Winter is coming.
That’s not a a pun. I miss the sun. Lyric is fun. Pressing is done. Satisfaction I had some, although my technique is still scum and visible improvements are slow to come.
Had to retake the last set once because some dude walked right in front of my face to fumble about with some weight plates and that threw me off too much. He meant no harm and I chuckled it off but it did upset me a bit on the inside.
despite my poem, I think I was able to reach some improvements in my technique today compared with my last sessions. @strongmanvinny1 Do you have any idea on this: I’m currently really struggling to get my head through on my push jerks and end up bending the knees but leaning back instead of diving under.
Mobility simply can’t be the reason in my case. I’m inclined to believe it’s quads or technique but I can’t really figure out what to do atm.
@Cyrrex another one for the category of ‘weird but impressive’ today
I am not a PT or anything close, but if flexibility isn’t the issue, stability probably is. It looks like it could be lat problems in tightness and stability lacking in the scapula (traps/etc).
I would consider two factors moving forward:
Explore the avenue for mobility/stability and see what stones it turns.
Push through with what stability you have.
The former is generally great for long term but often requires taking a step back to take two (hopefully) forward.
The latter is generally what most people seem to do. One reason as to why I’ve trained push press so hard is because my push jerks lack integrity in which is needed to support my ability to jerk 400+. My body is weird and I get diminishing returns on push jerk benefits due to my body’s limitations. Push pressing has allowed me to channel more delt and tricep top end, allowing me to actually press as much as my best push jerks. The goal from here is to now retrain the skill of jerks and hopefully i can muster 180kg+.
Tl;dr train push press and match it to par or more with your jerk. OR focus on stability mobility and see what it yields
I agree for stability being the main suspect here.
You know what I noticed? If I catch the jerk with my head pushed through, I feel a lot of pressure on the dorsal parts of my shoulders. I think that’s probably a specific location that lacks stability/ strength.
I now reintroduced btn push presses because I feel they work that area well and in general are an awesome shoulder builder.
I like your approach to focus more on push pressing in general. That’s something I could definitely explore more!
I fear in my case it’s a good bit simpler though. It’s likely just load management from the heavy push jerks.
Also it’s already feeling better with minimal action my side (quad stretching, cycling, eccentric quad activation).
Was missing some pop from the legs, probably because of DOMS. Also shoulders quite fatigued. Might deload next week and take out the btn push presses (which work like a charm but also fatigue the shoulders). Might swap them for strict pressing. Left biceps is a bit angry.
