The seat can go vertical fully, and that's good if you want to
do seated shoulder presses.
Harley Pasternack, a celebrity personal trainer, has his clients
do the seated shoulder press.
Not exact matches
But don't be fooled, the
seated shoulder press is not the go - to exercise for would - be slackers.
Simply roll it in and out of the power rack to
do bench
press, incline bench, set it up for inverted rows,
seated shoulder press, etc...
So some might just hold themselves in a handstand hold against the wall for a period of time, or they may
do seated dumbbell
presses or if they have
shoulder issues they may
do shoulder mobility drills in place of that movement.
Once you
do, it's a fantastic functional exercise to get about fifteen reps on each side of the body You'll feel the
shoulders really
seated, so it's a great warmup for any kind of throwing, or any kind of
pressing work as well.
Among the best exercises that you can
do to strengthen and build muscle mass in your
shoulders are the
seated shoulder press, the lateral raises, the dumbbell
shoulder presses and the military
presses.
Try
doing this strict
seated press variation (which increases upper back and
shoulder demands more than standing) one to two times per week for 4 sets of 4 - 6 repetitions with a moderate to heavy load, holding each rep at the top for two seconds to increase overhead stability.
That's what I've been
doing for the past 6 months, and it is really amazing to see what happens: I'm down to 56 kg (super lean) from my initial 61 before cutting out simple and starchy carbs 5 years ago, I have probably at least 1 kg more of muscle, my strength has doubled in the sense that I used to bench
press 20 kg each hand, and now I use 40 kg, I used to
shoulder press with 15 kg each hand and now I use 30 kg, I used to
seated upright row 30 kg and now I use 60 kg, and I use to leg
press 100 kg, now I use 200 kg.
I'm
doing squats, ez bar curls, dumbbell bench and bent rows one day... and deadlifts,
seated press and
shoulder - width upright rows only to bottom rib on the next day.
4 sets of
Seated dumbbell
shoulder presses 4 sets of heavy dumbbell
shoulder shrugs 4 sets of bent over dumbbell raises 4 sets of front dumbbell raises
Do the first sets 12 reps then progress with weight on each set to failure
But you go through an upper body circuit of chest
press, pull down,
shoulder press,
seated rows, and you
do that minimal rest one exercise to the next.