Cheating on Military?

[barc77]

I recently tried doing military press with some back support. I usually did them sitting on a flat bench facing the opposite way you would when benching. But when I tried it using a incline bench about 10 to 15 degrees off straight up and down I was able to lift a good bit of extra pounds. Does having this slight angle bring in more chest, thus taking something away from my shoulders? I would rather do them right than with more weight.

Thanks for any feed back.

 

[Scotty the Body]

Yes, the angle probably did transfer some of the work to your pecs but your delts are still working.

 

[LAM]

If you want to do military the best/safest way do them standing. The excerise will work other parts of your body as well as stabilizers (abs, erector spinae etc).

would you sit in a chair to lift something above your head to put on a shelf ?

 

[barc77]

Thanks for the info guys. I will give them a try standing and see how that works out.

 

[budo]

I agree with LAM I never got great results with the military until I started doing it standing. No cheating this way.

 

[powerrack]

I've always prefered dumbell shoulder presses over barbell presses. I get way more shoulder out of it and think it's safer then doing barbell, but doing standing military press is a different story. It is a really good exercise that will pack on lots of strength and size in the shoulders and tris area. A few powerlifters I know swear by it to increase their bench strength.