About Military Press: Evidence-Led Overhead Press Guidance
Mission and audience
Military Press exists to provide clear, practical guidance on the military press exercise for an international audience. Whether you call it the standing overhead press, barbell shoulder press, or simply the military press, this site offers technique breakdowns, programming frameworks, and safety considerations grounded in coaching principles and biomechanical understanding.
Our content serves lifters, coaches, and fitness enthusiasts across all experience levels who seek reliable information on overhead pressing movements. We focus on repeatable form cues, progressive training structures, and variations that build shoulder strength, upper body power, and functional pressing capacity.
Military Press is educational in nature. The information provided here is not medical advice, personal training instruction, or a substitute for professional consultation. Always assess your individual readiness, consult qualified professionals when appropriate, and prioritise safe progression over rapid loading.
We write in British English and maintain an expert, authoritative tone without hype or exaggeration. Our design philosophy draws from Swiss typography principles: clarity, hierarchy, restraint, and functional layout that prioritises content legibility and logical information flow.
The site covers the core military press movement, its variations including dumbbell and seated versions, programming templates for strength and hypertrophy, and answers to common technique and training questions. We aim to be a focused, reliable reference rather than an exhaustive exercise database.
Our international scope means we avoid region-specific equipment brands, gym culture assumptions, or measurement systems that exclude readers. We present information that translates across training environments, from commercial gyms to home setups, and acknowledge diverse training backgrounds and goals.
Editorial standards and sourcing
Every page on Military Press follows a consistent editorial process designed to ensure accuracy, clarity, and practical utility. We frame claims carefully, distinguishing between mechanical principles, coaching conventions, and individual variation in response to training.
Our content draws on established coaching methods, biomechanical understanding of overhead pressing, and general principles of progressive overload and program design. We link to authoritative external sources including WHO physical activity guidance, anatomical references such as deltoid muscle structure, and evidence-based health resources like Harvard Health strength training guidance.
We avoid unsupported claims about optimal training methods, injury prevention guarantees, or universal programming prescriptions. Instead, we present options, explain trade-offs, and encourage readers to adapt information to their context.
"Clarity and precision in instruction matter more than volume of content. Every cue should serve the lifter's understanding and execution."
Our editorial standards are applied consistently across all pages. The table below outlines the quality checks we use to maintain content integrity and usefulness.
| Check | What it covers | How we verify | Update cadence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Anatomical terms, movement mechanics, programming principles | Cross-reference with anatomy resources and coaching literature | Annual review |
| Safety framing | Warnings, contraindications, professional consultation prompts | Review each technique and programming section for appropriate cautions | Quarterly review |
| Clarity | Sentence structure, jargon use, instruction sequencing | Read-through by non-specialist reviewer | At publication and annual review |
| Completeness | Coverage of setup, execution, common errors, variations | Checklist against content brief for each page | At publication |
| Link validity | Internal navigation and external authority links | Automated link checking and manual verification | Quarterly review |
| Accessibility | Semantic HTML, ARIA labels, contrast ratios, keyboard navigation | Automated testing and manual keyboard-only navigation check | At publication and after design changes |
We update content when new evidence meaningfully changes best-practice recommendations, when reader questions reveal gaps or ambiguities, or when external links become unavailable. Our commitment is to maintain a small, high-quality resource rather than chase algorithmic trends or publish for volume.
Contact and reuse
For questions, corrections, or feedback about Military Press content, you may reach us at contact@militarypress.org. We read all messages but cannot provide personal training advice or individual program design.
Content on this site is published for educational use. You may link to any page freely. If you wish to reproduce substantial portions of text or tables, please contact us to discuss appropriate attribution and context.
We do not accept guest posts, link exchanges, or sponsored content. Military Press remains advertising-free and editorially independent.
To explore our core content, visit the military press exercise home for technique guidance and programming templates, or consult the shoulder press variations FAQ for answers to common training questions.