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OHP from rack vs clean from floor

Semillon

Semillon

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Has anyone else noticed that if they clean the bar from the floor prior to overhead presses rather than just lifting it out from the rack at chest height, you are able to press more weight / the same weight feels easier?

I am trying to work out why on earth this would be the case for me - my guess at the moment is cleaning the bar gets me into a better starting position?
 
Semillon said:
my guess at the moment is cleaning the bar gets me into a better starting position?
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activating more of the back prior to pressing? creating more of a systemic response, test, endorphins etc prior to pressing???
 
I just find the energy you use to clean it saps energy for the press. Plus the bar is often not in the ideal position or grip.
 
Sounds like youre not using your lats as a shelf when pressing and cleaning the bar cues this
 
Semillon said:
No momentum at play, I clean the bar, pause with it on my upper chest, then do 5 reps.
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Ah ok. Thought you were going all at once. Good exercise though. Maybe it's in your head and you're more prepared for the weight??
 
when i OHP from the racks i feel like im gonna pass out, anyone else get this? feels really shit
 
Indirect stimulus? Priming the CNS, similar to depth jumps for squats/sprinters..?

I find this aswell, specifically for the lower end sets of 3 or less reps.
 
I find this too, I think it's cause I lean back more standing after I clean it for some reason.

When I'm free standing I can make my body look more like this:

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Facing -> That way. (c) joe 2012 on image
 
Rack or floor, my push press is the same.
you just have to mess about with grip a tad more if you clean it.
 
Look into using the lats as a shelf. Just google it as it's hard to explain
Do a load of chin-ups first so they are activated and have a pump and it will be easier. The bar should be off the chest a few inches and set if you get it right

Maybe someone who actually trains people can explain it better lol. I think about pulling my shoulders down with my lats when I do it. I rarely strict press though and stick to push press variants where it's not as important
 
If your doing decent cleans, so that the topic even matters than have fun catching it a few inches off your chest, when I catch a clean it lands on my delts/uppsr chest, and can feel the bar flexing/ bouncing, no way I am holding that just in my hands with the wrist bent right back...

But yes engage the lats drive the elbows forward for momentum and then the delts and then tris take over,..just like a benchpresss
 
you don't catch it on that lats from the clean lol you drive it up with your knees a little and set it at the same time you adjust your grip
 
0ni said:
you don't catch it on that lats from the clean lol you drive it up with your knees a little and set it at the same time you adjust your grip
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At no point did trofius say you catch it on your lats.
Also Oni have you had any training in proper olympic lifting technique??

And if the bar is sitting off the chest you need to work on your flexibility.
 
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