Full body

Standing OHP

Lineout lift + contact strength

Coaching cues

How to do it well

These are the cues the app shows on the exercise card, written for the moment you are standing in front of the bar.

  • Ribs down
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In the program

How Train Smart prescribes it

The sets and reps below are the authored starting point. The actual weight you see is calculated from your own last top set and the week you are in within your four-week block.

ProgramSessionSets × repsLoad
Rugby UnionStrength (Total Body)4 × 6Heavy

How the weight is calculated →

At a glance

What it trains, and who trains it

Muscles worked
Shoulders
Region
Full body
Prescribed in
rugby union
Alternatives

If you cannot do this one

Rack taken, kit missing, or it does not suit you. These are the swaps the app offers, matched by movement pattern and body region — each with the reason it is a fair substitute.

AlternativeWhy it works as a swap
Push PressLeg drive overhead — power + strength for throwers/strikers
Overhead PressStrict vertical pressing strength
Split JerkOlympic-style overhead — explosive shoulders for combat athletes
DB Shoulder PressEven both sides, shoulder-friendly
Seated DB Shoulder PressStrict, no leg drive — pure shoulder mass
Arnold PressFull shoulder sweep through rotation

This exercise, in a program that knows why it is there

Train Smart puts this movement in the right session, at the right point in your block, at a weight calculated for you — and swaps it automatically if you do not have the kit.

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