Whenever I do push presses, my heels come off the floor and I’m on my tip toes, but I don’t “pop” under the bar and my feet don’t completely come off the ground. Is this still a legitimate push press, or is it now a push jerk or whatever?
as long as you just push up without dropping back down its a push press, seen a lot of people push press with the heels coming off the ground.
[quote]Kalle wrote:
as long as you just push up without dropping back down its a push press, seen a lot of people push press with the heels coming off the ground.[/quote]
Good to know. I feel that I’m able to transfer more power to the bar that way. Thanks man.
as a curiousity, as long as you dont drop back down, is it still a push press if you PP with one leg about 10-12 inches behind the other?
[quote]Chap Manly wrote:
as a curiousity, as long as you dont drop back down, is it still a push press if you PP with one leg about 10-12 inches behind the other?[/quote]
Yes, I think it still is, but what is the reason for doing it like that?
[quote]Wrah wrote:
[quote]Chap Manly wrote:
as a curiousity, as long as you dont drop back down, is it still a push press if you PP with one leg about 10-12 inches behind the other?[/quote]
Yes, I think it still is, but what is the reason for doing it like that?[/quote]
Some people have balance problems.
I’ve just always felt like I get more power that way is all.
I do them with a staggered stance. I find it helps my balance but I get less leg drive. You have to be careful with the staggered stance because I find I drive a lot more with my front leg and not BOTH legs.
It makes perfect sense, but I swear it feels like i can get the bar up faster when staggered.
Just want to note that for this to count in a strongman contest you would need to bring your feet back to a normal stance.
I haven’t had any problems of the such so far. I mean it doesn’t look like a full blown jerk stance even by a long shot.
The rules in strongman are feet need to be in line and within shoulder width but judging of course varies
I rise up on my toes quite significantly. I also can put a lot more weight up from a behind the neck push press than a normal push press (100 btn, 90 normal). Anyone have a similar experience?
[quote]ros1816 wrote:
I rise up on my toes quite significantly. I also can put a lot more weight up from a behind the neck push press than a normal push press (100 btn, 90 normal). Anyone have a similar experience?[/quote]
I never do BTN because I don’t have a safe way of doing them, so I’d probably do more on front just because of the simple fact that I never train BTN.
[quote]ros1816 wrote:
I rise up on my toes quite significantly. I also can put a lot more weight up from a behind the neck push press than a normal push press (100 btn, 90 normal). Anyone have a similar experience?[/quote]
I do the same. I even train normal alot more. My guess would be bc you have to work to stablize the torso more in a regular Push Press due to the position its in, as compared to BTN.
You’re not going to see a BTN push press in ANY competition you do. It may be rotated in every once in a while in your training but I would really focus on other, better things. Working on technique being one of the biggest.
For whatever reason, alot of the pros train BTN PPs rather often