The standing overhead press - how much you use it in your training?
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The overhead press
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I swap between the standing variety, seated variety and behind the neck variety in my shoulder training, so probably once or twice a month. But I always do some type of overhead press for shoulders.
Once a week. Always standing. I alternate between strict and push presses.
Good idea, and I agree the push press is a viable alternative. Switching between military press and push press works great, IMHO.
Rarely standing. Always sitting and with a barbell because it allows me to use more weight. Then I do seated DB overhead press, palms facing in at bottom and out at the top.
Do what works for you after trial and error.
Do what works for you after trial and error.
bentoverrows
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Dont know how much is true but I read an article in the internet which said that doing Overhead press will help in hair growth.
I would love to know if standing or seated are a better option. I see all the Pro BBs doing shoulder presses on the smith machine. You can push a lot bigger weight when you dont have to worry about balance.
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Sorry to hijack the thread, but is there any truth to this? And if there is, are the effects worth worrying about?
Just read this on the website linked above.
Sorry to hijack the thread, but is there any truth to this? And if there is, are the effects worth worrying about?
To me, standing military hits delts and core and stabilizers, and I really feel it in my abs. Seated military hits delts a lot more and not much else. Smith machine would take balance and other stabilizers out and hit delts even more, I think, but I have never used one because I don't have a vagina.
I work my core, abs, etc.. by themself and use seated miltary to hit my delts harder.
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Ocnbreeze
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I only do seated overhead presses. Standing puts too much strain on the lower back.
Same here. I like the alternation between control and power that they provide.
WHEN I STARTED GOING HEAVIER WITH PUSH PRESSES(STRICTER ON WARM UPS PYRAMIDDING) OOPS C.L. my Bench went up. i do them and then follow with dumbells strict on Delts day when i'm lookin for more. i like barbell incline seated front raises also for this same reason when upping my bench cycle.
I've had surgery on two discs in my lower back, and military presses work just fine for me, as does the push press. If you keep your back straight, stress on the lower back is minimal.
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strongrunbox
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I love the standing military press. I only do it standing and do my overhead presses with dumbbells. With barbell, always infront of chest, never behind neck and typically immediately after i bench. Perfect weight is reppin 60
