Machine Shoulder (Military) Press — Bodyweight Variation
Bodyweight version of the Machine Shoulder (Military) Press. Same target muscle (shoulders) with a different equipment requirement.
Substitution plate
Machine Shoulder (Military) Press is a PUSH shoulders parent; the BODYONLY swap keeps force direction first, kit second.
Parent exercise
Machine Shoulder (Military) Press
canonical record
Primary muscle
Shoulders
trained via parent
Equipment
Bodyweight
this variation
Parent docs
465
low third · 249 BODYONLY
Machine Shoulder (Military) Press opens on force profile: a PUSH parent (Machine Shoulder (Military) Press) swapped onto Bodyweight. Force direction is the first filter before muscle (shoulders) or kit.
This BODYONLY substitute sits in the lower third of the 883-page catalogue by parent instruction mass (< 657 chars). Short parents are intentional catalogue stubs; open the parent only for orientation, then judge the swap visually.
BODYONLY swap on Machine Shoulder (Military) Press (PUSH · DOC · force)
One of 249 Bodyweight substitutes on PlainExercise. Parent Machine Shoulder (Military) Press is shoulders · machine · beginner with 465 instruction characters (DOC, low corpus band). Use this page when bodyweight is what you have; open the parent for the step list.
Educational catalogue only, not medical or personal-training advice.
Parent exercise · DOC
Parent docs are thin (465 chars). Use Machine Shoulder (Military) Press as orientation, then judge the BODYONLY pattern live before loading volume.
Safety notes · BODYONLY · PUSH/COMPOUND
Bodyweight removes external load on a beginner shoulders pattern. Keep reps honest; add pauses before chasing volume when joint control still feels new. Read the Compound vs isolation guide before programming the swap.
Read with Machine Shoulder (Military) Press
Nearest BODYONLY cohort peers by parent documentation depth (DOC · PUSH/COMPOUND · FLOOR), plus parent and guide.
Hang Clean — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Hang Clean (quadriceps). Parent docs 468 chars · Δ3 vs this DOC parent.
Heaving Snatch Balance — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Heaving Snatch Balance (quadriceps). Parent docs 460 chars · Δ5 vs this DOC parent.
Pull Through — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Pull Through (glutes). Parent docs 460 chars · Δ5 vs this DOC parent.
Barbell Walking Lunge — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Barbell Walking Lunge (quadriceps). Parent docs 473 chars · Δ8 vs this DOC parent.
Iron Cross — Bodyweight Variation
THIN pole in the BODYONLY cohort, parent Iron Cross at 2 instruction chars.
Power Clean — Bodyweight Variation
DEEP pole in the BODYONLY cohort, parent Power Clean at 3264 instruction chars.
Machine Shoulder (Military) Press
Canonical parent (MACHINE · PUSH · COMPOUND). Steps and muscle map live here, this page is the BODYONLY substitute only.
Compound vs isolation
Guide drill for a BODYONLY · FLOOR · DOC substitute, how to judge whether the force profile still transfers.