Shoulders · Bodyweight
Sitting Shoulder Press Toe Touch on a Padded Stool
How to do the sitting shoulder press toe touch on a padded stool, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- VerticalPush
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Sit tall on a padded stool with your hands at shoulder height. Press both arms overhead, then on the way down hinge slightly and reach one hand toward the opposite toe. Return to upright and press again, alternating the reaching side each rep.
- 1Your shoulders driving the press straight overhead
- 2Your obliques working as you reach across to the toe
- 3A controlled return to tall posture between reps
Common mistakes
- Rounding your back hard as you reach for the toe
- Shrugging your shoulders during the press
- Bouncing into the reach instead of controlling it
Muscles worked
The sitting shoulder press toe touch on a padded stool mainly works the front delts, with the triceps, obliques, side delts, upper traps, upper abs, and lower abs assisting.
- Front DeltsPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- Side DeltsSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- GlutesMinor
- Rear DeltsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.