Push-Press

Resistance Training · Book exercise 6.35

Watch the movement, then use the book-specific cues below to check your technique.

Exercise Video

Technique Photograph

Bar supported across the front of the shoulders with elbows forward — Shared front-rack setup detail, reused from the hang-clean photograph. This still shows shoulder support; use the video above for this exercise’s movement and timing.

How To Perform The Exercise

Start with the bar supported at shoulder height. Use a shallow controlled dip with coordinated knee and hip action, then drive upward and extend the elbows to establish overhead support. Keep the torso organized instead of hinging forward. Lower under control to the front rack and reset.

Technique Cue

Use a shallow dip with a steady trunk and secure bar support at the shoulders. Allow the wrist position needed for the front rack, then establish a stacked overhead grip without excessive back arch.

Book Technique And Progression

Book difficulty: 1 (the book’s exercise rating). Learn the component movements and choose a load suited to your technique.

Use a shallow dip with a steady trunk and secure bar support at the shoulders. Allow the wrist position needed for the front rack, then establish a stacked overhead grip without excessive back arch.

Related exercises: front squat and standing military press. See the tennis conditioning book for the full description, and browse complete tennis workouts when ready to combine movements.

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Book reference: Advanced Concepts of Strength & Conditioning for Tennis, Chapter 6, exercise 6.35 Push-Press.