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03-11-2007, 12:01 AM
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| eating clucking chickens Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Crawley
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 | Overhead Pressing My shoulders are not responding very well. Have a couple of questions... 1. Behind neck or in front? Which is most beneficial? - Behind feels really awkward at times. :lift: 2. When the bar is below the neck and you're about to press up again do the forearms need to be at 90 degrees to the floor or squeezed tight into the body like you see powerlifters lift? |
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03-11-2007, 07:39 AM
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| Vegas 2009 oh yes indeed!!  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rochester,Kent
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i press from the front coming down to just below ear level.i have problems with my rotator cuffs due to training using bad form when i was starting out. are you training for powerlifting or bodybuilding? try pre exhausting your delts.....do side and rear delts first before your pressing movements.
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03-11-2007, 07:42 AM
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  | Re: Overhead Pressing There is no overhead pressing in powerlifting. To answer your questions: 1. Front 2. Whichever is most comfortable to you and puts you in the strongest position. Everyone's body mechanics are different.
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03-11-2007, 08:58 AM
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| Re: Overhead Pressing Quote:
I do laterals but only do side and rear delt as I think the front gets hit enough. Trying to keep the isolation stuff down so I can build the mass up. I will try the pre-fatigue thing with side laterals today and see how that goes. I am way off being able to press my own bodyweight yet. Just trying to get as much mass on them as poss. Wanna be a shoulder freak!  | |
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03-11-2007, 10:12 AM
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| Vegas 2009 oh yes indeed!! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rochester,Kent
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| Re: Overhead Pressing Quote:
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03-11-2007, 11:49 AM
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| Re: Overhead Pressing To the front, safer and more beneficial IMO. Don't over think it, just keep the form tight, and let the bar come down to your clavicles. I find seated to be better than standing.
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| Re: Overhead Pressing Front is alot better IMO. I used to do to the back & it fecked my rotator cuff....
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03-11-2007, 12:26 PM
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| craving a pizza :(  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kent
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| Re: Overhead Pressing Strict form to the front while standing is my favourite. Anything done behind the neck feels very awkward to me.
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