I keep it simple, 5 heavy sets of five in replace of benching on my other upper body day.
How strict does anybody consider strict. I use zero knee drive but i utilise the stretch reflex on the bottom of each rep when going for reps, pausing at lockout.
I like using full extension at lock out with a slight pause...
Like the excercise but my shoulders don't seem to agree with it sometimes....
Military press is an interesting one that I'm currently thinking about. I have to use a very close grip or my shoulders get pretty bad pain. My best is 85kg overhead. I do it as a bit of an afterthought to bench, I have only had slow progress on it but I think high reps and volume work somewhat well..
I went to the physio recently and he advised me to do push presses at my age (32), cause at the bottom of the press position too much stress gets placed on shoulder (I think he mentioned tendons). He's a weight lifter who had a 500lb squat at a light body weight so I give his suggestions some consideration.
Inzane showed me recently that press variations are mainly a front delt exercise. This is not to argue against them, just to say you should balance them out with some laterals. Darkoz had a good suggestion for lateral raise form.
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I tried push pressing 100kg recently and failed miserably. Bazza you are one strong #@$ if you can strict press that.
if I can get it past my forehead and let the upperbavk takeober I've got it.
I use a close grip. Gonna start using a 50 mm fat bar see if its kinder on the elbows which do cop a hammering when I do alot of volume.
I use fat grips for my back off sets 10-20-50-100 reps for hypertrophy and injury prevention. Cant say much about elbow strain but it deffinately takes all the pressure of the shoulder joint and drills it directly into the muscles like nothing else.
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