# Substitute for pin presses?

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/substitute-for-pin-presses/3474>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous\
**Created:** [September 23, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/substitute-for-pin-presses/3474 "2018-09-23T12:39:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![m.j.21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@m.j.21](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/m.j.21)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/substitute-for-pin-presses/3474/1 "2018-09-23T12:39:36Z")

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Hey all,

My gym doesn’t have pins on the outside of the squat rack that I can use for presses, and I’m too tall to do presses inside of a rack (my reach is higher than the top of the rack). Does anybody have any ideas for acceptable substitutes for pin press?

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**Author:** ![PWard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/pward/32/6239_2.png) [@PWard](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/PWard)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/substitute-for-pin-presses/3474/2 "2018-09-23T13:41:29Z")

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Reduced ROM press, where you stop the lift where the pins would be if you had them.

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**Author:** ![m.j.21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@m.j.21](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/m.j.21)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/substitute-for-pin-presses/3474/3 "2018-09-23T16:36:07Z")

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Would seated pin press be appropriate?

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**Author:** ![PWard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/pward/32/6239_2.png) [@PWard](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/PWard)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/substitute-for-pin-presses/3474/4 "2018-09-23T18:57:10Z")

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Sure, that would work.

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**Author:** ![JHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@JHG](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/JHG)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/substitute-for-pin-presses/3474/5 "2018-09-24T00:38:12Z")

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You could also try 2-count paused presses. Start at the bottom as usual and press to forehead level, pausing for a count of 2, before finishing the movement.

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**Author:** ![lightnow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@lightnow](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/lightnow)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/substitute-for-pin-presses/3474/6 "2020-01-16T03:09:45Z")

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