did savickas presses tonight for the first time tonight.
really think these will help, i worked up to 75kilos/165lbs for 5. hit the core hard.
I’m training for my first strongman comp in september, and my biggest problem on presses is that the weight just feels really heavy in my hands. Is there any way to remedy this, or is it just a mental thing that I’ll get over with practice?
Other than wearing some wraps to support your wrists which may help, it really is just getting used to the weight. I’m sure high % benches felt heavy when you first put them in your hands too.
I guess theoretically you could try putting more weight in your hands for holds and that will make the comp weight feel lighter…?
Yet another of the many things a strong grip will cure. That, and handling that weight more often to where you’ll be accostomed to it.
[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:
Other than wearing some wraps to support your wrists which may help, it really is just getting used to the weight. I’m sure high % benches felt heavy when you first put them in your hands too.
I guess theoretically you could try putting more weight in your hands for holds and that will make the comp weight feel lighter…?[/quote]
It’s kind of a weird feeling, it only feels heavy at the bottom, once I get it roughly face level it feels fine. I tried doing some really high pin lockouts with heavier weight, but that only seemed to tire out my triceps.
I think I’m just going to hit it twice a week, replacing my bench day, in an effort to get used to it.
If it only feels heavy at face level that means you either don’t have you forearms perpindicular to floor and are fighting to keep it up (maybe unknowingly)- try using the shelf that is your chest/shoulders
OR
you have bad wrist flexibility and once it gets lower it is putting you in a bad position
Also, thumb or thumbless grip and where is the bar resting? After talking with Meat about wrist pain, he made me realize I was resting the bar too much in the middle of my hand and not enough directly above the wrist. try that out?
hope that helps
I read the thread where Meat talked about keeping the bar as low on your hand as possible, I’ve been doing it ever since. I use a thumbless grip, also. My arms might not be perpendicular to the floor, but the thing that really just dawned on me is the whole using my upper chest as a shelf thing. The way I do it now, the bar is just kinda “floating” out there, not resting on anything but my hands.
I think this will help me a lot, thanks man.
Just an update, turns out my forearms were nowhere near perpendicular. My hands were probably 4-5 inches too wide on either side. Moving my grip in, combined with pressing off my upper chest has made a HUGE difference in how the press feels. I expect it to progress quite nicely. Thanks a ton coolnatedawg.
[quote]BJack wrote:
Just an update, turns out my forearms were nowhere near perpendicular. My hands were probably 4-5 inches too wide on either side. Moving my grip in, combined with pressing off my upper chest has made a HUGE difference in how the press feels. I expect it to progress quite nicely. Thanks a ton coolnatedawg.[/quote]
No problem. Good luck
Nate, it’s been a month, how are you liking the DE/ME set up for your overhead?
I like it. Log weight went up by 30lbs. Still needs a lot of work (tricep) but I think it would work well for me. Biggest benefit was the technique practice I got with DE. Getting lats and glutes tight, big air, etc.
I won’t be able to train with any implements for a few months though unless I can find something near my new place near Savannah, GA.
[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:
I like it. Log weight went up by 30lbs. Still needs a lot of work (tricep) but I think it would work well for me. Biggest benefit was the technique practice I got with DE. Getting lats and glutes tight, big air, etc.
I won’t be able to train with any implements for a few months though unless I can find something near my new place near Savannah, GA.[/quote]
Just out of curiousity, what are you using as your DE overhead lift exactly?
Push presses, jerks, and the like?
I was doing strictly DE OHP. It’s been helping me make sure I was getting a good line with the bar and learning how to keep and stay tight.
I had a feeling from what you had told me about how you had been training that you’d see good results. I figured you were probably pressing too much, so this would be a good system for you. Awesome progress, 30lbs in just over a month is fucking legit.
I’m starting to experiment with heavy lockouts prior and alternating rep work in for speed work on occasion, I’ll let you know how it goes in a few weeks. The goal is to press the 180lb Circus DB (BW) in 3 weeks, if I get that, then I’m taking Louie out for dinner and a movie. Even if I only get 170, I’ll continue to experiment.
I’d think you could still use the method even without implements if you found the right rotations.
Chap, as far as what lifts to use, doing anything other than a strict press on a DE day is kinda retarded in my opinion. I’ve seen a lot of other variations, but I truly believe that what I outlined is the way to train IF you decide to incorporate speed work. I’d explain why, but I’m too fuckin lazy.
Yeah it makes complete sense; I just never really considered DE strict pressing.
I decided to get my push press up for HG, i would start with a warm up on millitary presses, then push presses, push jerks, then over head supports, then some one hand presses, i did this twice a week for three weeks, got some good progress, then after a good few weeks, about 9 I added in an extra day on BB style training, doing raises for the front rear and side delte, and shrugs,
i improved a bit more, then dropped back to maintaince push presses and worked some other weak points, but i got strong in this and maintained it, g’luck, Leo