Exercise library / Shoulders
Overhead press (Smith machine)
Shoulders · Machine
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: Front delts.
Secondary: Side delts, Triceps.
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
- Norsk Skulderpress (smith)
- Svenska Axelpress (smith)
- Dansk Skulderpres (smith)
- Deutsch Schulterdrücken (Multipresse)
- Español Press de hombro (máquina Smith)
- Italiano Lento avanti (multipower)
- Português Desenvolvimento (smith)
- Русский Жим на плечи в машине Смита
- Français Développé épaules (Smith)
Related shoulders exercises
- Overhead press (barbell)
- Seated overhead press (barbell)
- Push press
- Upright row (barbell)
- Landmine shoulder press
- Overhead press (dumbbells)
athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.