Axle Press
A step-by-step form guide from the Ægir Iron exercise library: how to do the lift, what to watch for, and the muscles it trains.
- Equipment
- Axle
- Other
- Keg
- Log
- Viking Press
HOW TO PERFORM
- Clean the implement to the shoulders.
- Dip and drive, pressing it overhead.
- Lock out, then return under control.
FORM TIPS
- Not every implement on this guide is cleaned the same way. The Viking press starts from a fixed handle with no clean at all, and the circus dumbbell is a one-arm lift where the clean is most of the difficulty.
TARGET MUSCLES
Primary
- Shoulders
Secondary
- Triceps
- Quads
- Traps
In the app
This guide covers these exercises in the Ægir Iron library:
- Axle Press
- Circus Dumbbell Press
- Keg Press
- Log Press
- Viking Press
Log it in Ægir Iron to track your PRs and estimated 1RM, and to see the sets each muscle gets every week. Free for individual lifters.