Shoulders · Leverage Machine
Lever Standing Viking Press
How to do the lever standing viking press, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- VerticalPush
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand facing the machine and grip the neutral handles at shoulder height. Press the handles up and overhead until your arms are straight, then lower under control back to your shoulders.
- 1Shoulders and triceps driving the handles overhead
- 2Core braced tight to keep the torso upright
- 3Even pressure through both arms to lockout
Common mistakes
- Do not arch your lower back to push the weight
- Do not let the handles drift forward of your head
- Do not lock out with a jerk at the top
Muscles worked
The lever standing viking press mainly works the front delts, with the triceps, upper traps, side delts, upper chest, lower back, upper abs, and lower abs assisting.
- Front DeltsPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- Side DeltsSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
- QuadsMinor
- GlutesMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.