First off, this is one of my favorite training clips of all-time. From the adorably innocent “Oh, I’m sorry” to your super-pissed face on the second set: [365 Press Behind The Neck] Seems like you’re a big advocate (too easy pun, not intended) of behind-the-neck pressing. Could you talk…

I feel these a lot in the triceps, and I perform these with high rep and light(ish) weight as a finisher after strict or push jerks/press. Definitely enjoy them. Just be careful in every sense when doing these, as they can be a bit dangerous in more than one way.

How close is your grip? That’s a common error. With the PBN the grip needs to be VERY wide.

It’s actually pretty close in hindsight. I think I did this because the work on the triceps was insane and I just went with it. Though, arguably not a BTH press, more like a weird inverted JM press.

@Paul_Carter , I recently developed a thumb tendinopathy that makes pressing a true pain in the ass (this is the thread in Injuries section of the forum: Working Around De Quervain Syndrome - #3 by atlashrugged ). Discovered yesterday that I can press behind the neck without wrist strain, I know it…

No I would not train it multiple times a week. Right now there still seems to be a trend with that and through both anecdotal and research we don’t see massive strength improvements when training a lift once a week compared to twice or even three times a week. Once you’re neurologically efficient …

Hi Paul, thanks for the prompt reply and the inputs. The whole plan so would be a few warmup sets leading to 2 heavy sets of 6-10 reps, then backing off and shooting for 15-20 reps, if I got that right. The back off set at 15-20 reps is appealing, not sure how I’d handle it tho, being fairly new t…

Maybe treat the dips similar to the BTN press for the second day? Do your warmup sets, grab a belt and add weight for some heavier sets staying in the 5-8 rep range or so, then a couple back down AMRAP sets with bodyweight?

If you can do dumbbell variations then do those. But I would still limit behind the neck pressing to once a week.

Dumbbell work is out, for some reason it bugs my wrist more than barbells. What I did at the end, starting from this week, is to put down a push-pull-legs plan. Push is first day of the week with all the stuff I can do with little to no strain on my hand, this way I don’t end up stressing it multi…

Paul, if one were to do a pull push legs using your 4 day template for hypertrophy (the one in your last week’s article) and wanted to use the Btn press on one push day and only press overhead once a week, what would you suggest as main “heavy” shoulder movement for the other push day? Let’s suppos…

Behind-the-Neck Press: Why and How?

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samul August 11, 2018, 11:11pm 28

Paul, do you like the behind the neck press in a smith machine?

I’d like to play around with the movement but doing it with free weights I’m a bit afraid to mess up my shoulders.

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Behind-the-Neck Press: Why and How?

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