Exercise

Barbell Guillotine Bench Press

Also known as: guillotine press, guillotine bench press, neck press barbell, vince gironda press

Barbell Guillotine Bench Press — position 2

Barbell Guillotine Bench Press is a compound exercise for the chest. Main target: upper chest. Also works: middle chest, anterior deltoid and triceps lateral head. Equipment: barbell.

EquipmentBarbell

TypeCompound (multi-joint)

MovementPush

CategoryStrength

Muscles worked

Primary

Upper chest

Secondary

Middle chest Anterior deltoid Triceps lateral head

How to do it

Using a medium width grip (a grip that creates a 90-degree angle in the middle of the movement between the forearms and the upper arms), lift the bar from the rack and hold it straight over your neck with your arms locked. This will be your starting position.
As you breathe in, bring the bar down slowly until it is about 1 inch from your neck.
After a second pause, bring the bar back to the starting position as you breathe out and push the bar using your chest muscles. Lock your arms and squeeze your chest in the contracted position, hold for a second and then start coming down slowly again. It should take at least twice as long to go down than to come up.
Repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.
When you are done, place the bar back in the rack.