As far as shoulder machines go, this is the best of the best. Anyone that’s lifted weights long enough will have experienced shoulder pain in one way or another. A lot of times this pain will make it difficult to do direct shoulder pressing in one form or another. You may stop doing direct shoulder work completely. This is a drastic mistake. Many of the best benchers have tremendously strong shoulders. Which brings us to this Cybex shoulder press. This movement is like a DB shuoulder press without all of the associated pain. It is unilateral, which means it works one arm at a time. And it is converging, which means the hands come together as the weight is pressed up  – this creates less of a stress on the shoulder, allowing for heavy weights to be used. This machine however will humble even strong lifters. The weight is nearly true to feel – 90lbs on this machine would feel a lot like DBs. This is a great machine to use to get stronger while avoiding the wear and tear common in most shoulder strengthening movements.