I don’t think I’ve ever felt pain quite as hellish in my mid delts and traps until I tried these for reps. They’re the best thing ever.
The man himself:
Paul Carter:
So who else is doing these? I’m also kinda curious how much people are using in relation to their OHP. Mine is 76% of my OHP at the moment.
Klokov is awesome. I tried them out a week ago. Got 190x1. 190/235 is 81%.
No where close to my OHP numbers - most likely due to crappy shoulder mobility and issues getting it started.
105/235 so 44.68%
Won’t you run into the same shoulder issues as with any behind-the-neck press? I’ve seen a lot of cautions against doing something like that.
But impressive nevertheless.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Klokov is awesome. I tried them out a week ago. Got 190x1. 190/235 is 81%.[/quote]
190?
Wow.
[quote]SamMcLoughin wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Klokov is awesome. I tried them out a week ago. Got 190x1. 190/235 is 81%.[/quote]
190?
Wow.[/quote]
further reaffirming that my strict press is shit lol
I was rumbled with 140, 170 felt like death, 200 made my arm fall off and slap me on the face
Threw these in on my “free day” saturday sessions. I only messed with 95lbs for sets of 3, but even that was quite heavy.
Going to be incorporating them more and more at the behest of guys like Jamie and Paul (Lift, Run, Bang and Chaos&Pain respectively, who have been leading the charge to make these popular)
what is the main benefit of this over standard BTN press? Is it more comfortable with the wider grip?
These just feel awesome. Zero pain too. 110 x 3 is all I’ve done so far but I will be keeping these in for some time. Also inspired purely by Chaos & Pain/that video.
[quote]yolo84 wrote:
what is the main benefit of this over standard BTN press? Is it more comfortable with the wider grip? [/quote]
496lbs … if he lynched a Jew, I’d do it too
[quote]LoRez wrote:
Won’t you run into the same shoulder issues as with any behind-the-neck press? I’ve seen a lot of cautions against doing something like that.
But impressive nevertheless.[/quote]
Personally, I can BTN press without any problems. So it’s definitely possible to do so if you get enough mobility.
Even so, the wider grip on a Klokov press makes it not so sketchy since your shoulders start with your arms higher. Kinda pull your shoulder blades together, externally rotate, and you’ll be fine.
going to try this, never would have thought of this.
i’ve never over head pressed consistiently ever. it feels like crap but this looks awesome
Can’t watch vids
But from the posts in this thread I’ve gathered they are wide grip behind the neck presses?
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]yolo84 wrote:
what is the main benefit of this over standard BTN press? Is it more comfortable with the wider grip? [/quote]
496lbs … if he lynched a Jew, I’d do it too[/quote]
How did he lift that listening to that horrible music?
Also the Klokov press, what are the primary muscles for that lift? rear delts and traps?
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Can’t watch vids
But from the posts in this thread I’ve gathered they are wide grip behind the neck presses?
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The “official” term for them would be “Snatch Grip Behind The Neck Strict Press” if you used all of the technical cue’s in the name. The combo of the snatch grip and the lack of leg drive make them a beast.
Tried these last night. The start of the press is easily the hardest part, once I got the bar moving, it wasn’t so bad. I made sure I hit a dead stop on my traps after each rep. Did 115 for 3, tried 135, and couldn’t move it. OHP for me is max 195. I’m guessing my max on this is around 125, so that’d be 65ish%. Great movement, definitely a weak position for me. I also did 5x10 of these at 65lbs, hoping this will contribute to better flexibility.
Did volume with it yesterday after benching. Used 95, 115, 125, and 145 and just went back and forth with those weights. Probably did 12 sets total… maybe more. It’s a great exercise.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Did volume with it yesterday after benching. Used 95, 115, 125, and 145 and just went back and forth with those weights. Probably did 12 sets total… maybe more. It’s a great exercise.[/quote]
what do you feel is the main benefit? mobility, local fatigue or both? I will try them tomorrow, just wondering why people are so positive on them.
[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Can’t watch vids
But from the posts in this thread I’ve gathered they are wide grip behind the neck presses?
[/quote]
The “official” term for them would be “Snatch Grip Behind The Neck Strict Press” if you used all of the technical cue’s in the name. The combo of the snatch grip and the lack of leg drive make them a beast.[/quote]
Thanks I’m excited to try em now.