Comments on: Military Press / Overhead Press Video Tutorial

By: space

space — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:34:16 +0000

Hey Marc!
Great advice as always !
Is there a tip or another shoulder exercise to perform these without developing traps ? I really hate having traps (want to be square not triangular)…

By: Chris Norden

Chris Norden — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:18:05 +0000

Thanks, Mark. Really appreciate your help. — Chris

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:08:56 +0000

@ Chris. It’s resting on my palms. I can understand why you couldn’t lift the same weight; you wouldn’t be as ‘in control’ of the weight with it resting on your fingers.
It’s like I say in another post, maximum comfort is maximum strength. You’ve just proved to yourself that having the bar rest on your palms is better for you, in fact, it’s hard to imagine that ANYONE would feel stronger/more comfortable with the weight resting on their fingers.
Listen to your body my man.
Mark

By: Chris Norden

Chris Norden — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:15:07 +0000

Hi Mark — I’ve a question about your grip. Is the bar resting on your palms or on the insides of your fingers? Your wrists look very flexed, which looks like it’s resting on the insides of your fingers, just above the knuckle. I ask because a guy at the gym earlier this week showed me that that’s how he does the press portion of cleans. I just came back from the gym where today was shoulder day and I started off with militaries trying to use that grip, but couldn’t do the same weight as I can when the bar is in my palm. Would appreciate your clarification. Thanks. — Chris

By: Muata

Muata — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:08:35 +0000

Nice video Mark and good form. I hope all is going well with you partner. Also, I like to really focus on engaging my lats by imagining that I’m doing a pull-up.

All the best,
Muata

By: Bry

Bry — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:24:26 +0000

Nice tutorial duder!
Thick arms too.
B

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:22:05 +0000

It sure does mate.
Much more effective standing up in my opinion.
Cheers!

By: Darrin_lean_muscle

Darrin_lean_muscle — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:17:09 +0000

Nice – this is exactly the right form for these. You see a lot of guys forgetting the slight push forward of your torso as the bar passes your head. I’ve also tried these seated, and you can still do the torso push but I have to reduce my poundage by about 10% when seated. But I prefer standing as I believe it recruits some stabilization muscles (abs and lower back).