Progression ladder for the Bent Press

Pick an exercise to see the easier and harder steps either side of it, and log your sets so you can see when you are ready to move up.

Easier and harder steps around the Bent Press

These are the substitutes for the Bent Press, ranked by difficulty from the substitutes list: the ones we score below it, then the ones we score above it. They are not reviewed progression steps, so treat the order as a starting point and judge the jump yourself.

Easier steps (6)

  1. Kettlebell One Arm Military Press To The Side

    • Intermediate
    • Kettlebell
    • Delts
  2. One-arm Kettlebell Para Press

    One-arm Kettlebell Para Press

    • Intermediate
    • Kettlebell
    • Delts
  3. One-arm Kettlebell Push Press

    One-arm Kettlebell Push Press

    • Intermediate
    • Kettlebell
    • Delts
  4. Standing Palm-in One-arm Dumbbell Press

    Standing Palm-in One-arm Dumbbell Press

    • Intermediate
    • Dumbbell
    • Delts
  5. Dumbbell One Arm Shoulder Press

    • Intermediate
    • Dumbbell
    • Delts
  6. Kettlebell Arnold Press

    • Intermediate
    • Kettlebell
    • Delts

Where you are now

Bent Press

Bent Press

  • Advanced
  • Kettlebell
  • Delts

Harder steps

Nothing in the substitutes for the Bent Press scores harder than it.

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