Press at an angle, save your shoulders.
Keep your core tight and don't twist, the angled path is easier on cranky shoulders than a vertical press.
Pressing the end of a landmine barbell sends the load up and slightly forward on an arc between a vertical and horizontal press, which is why the shoulders lead and the upper chest assists. The angled path lets many lifters press comfortably when strict overhead work feels rough, while the standing single-arm setup makes your trunk resist the twist. It earns its place as the bridge between horizontal and overhead pressing, and often as the shoulder-friendly volume option.
The bar arcs up and forward, so you get overhead-style shoulder work without forcing the arm fully vertical. Lifters who find strict pressing uncomfortable often get on far better with this path.
Staggered or square both work. Staggered, with the opposite foot forward, gives the most stability. Keep your core tight either way so the press does not twist you.
Plates load onto the free end of the barbell, the end you hold. Start light, the thick bar end and the arc feel different from other presses, and add plates once the path feels smooth.
