Exercise library / Arms
JM press
Arms · Barbell
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 4
Reps10 to 15
RIR0 to 2
Single-joint work responds to reps and time under tension more than to heavy load.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Triceps.
Secondary: Chest, Front delts.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian JM press
- Swedish JM press
- Danish JM press
- German JM Press
- Spanish Press JM
- Italian JM press
- Portuguese JM press
- Russian Жим JM со штангой
- French JM press
Related arms exercises
- Biceps curl
- Hammer curl
- Concentration curl
- Incline dumbbell curl
- Overhead triceps extension
- Triceps kickbacks
athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.