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Vertical Push · Intermediate

Viking Press

Compound vertical push exercise using machine.
Movement pattern
Vertical Push
Difficulty
Intermediate
Equipment
Machine
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Viking Press

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Shoulder flexionprimary action

    Anterior deltoid (prime mover, high emphasis); Medial deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis); Pectoralis major (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Elbow extensionsecondary action

    Triceps brachii (prime mover, high emphasis)

  • Scapula upward rotationsecondary action

    Serratus anterior (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Trapezius (synergist, low emphasis); Trapezius (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Spine extensionsecondary action · resisted

    Rectus abdominis (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Transverse abdominis (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); External oblique (stabilizer, low emphasis)

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