Does it matter? seriously - If someone can strict press 225 for 8 or push-press 315 for 8… that someone is strong. Just pick one and get good at it. This advice might change a bit for someone who must measure upper body strength entirely with bench press (powerlifter).
I’ve been making good strength gains by doing strict press after medicine ball overhead throws. My medicine ball throws are somewhat like a push press in that I use legs/ hips initially. Maybe the best of both worlds?
The less dynamic a movement, the more carry over it’s going to have to another so long as it’s ROM correlates in some way with the primary lift. A push press is great assistance for a bench, but a strict press would be greater, and I think that’s indisputable. If you’re trying to build a strong bench with split jerks as your assistance, your results will dictate misuse.
I know for a fact that assistance isn’t going to be as responsible as you think for building the main lift. Just pick one, and do it for a while.
[quote]cubuff2028 wrote:
Does it matter? seriously - If someone can strict press 225 for 8 or push-press 315 for 8… that someone is strong. Just pick one and get good at it. This advice might change a bit for someone who must measure upper body strength entirely with bench press (powerlifter). [/quote]
What if someone modified a Metal ACE bench shirt to work for the press. Would it still not matter? Cause the shirt only works from the rack position and it’s all you from there. lol
Being the gear whore that I am, I might have to work on this idea.
Just use it for 6 to 12 weeks where you are trying to build explosiveness and move the strict press to assistance. See how it works for you.
I gotta agree with strict press being better if your goal is bench/powerlifting. A big part of the reason press is so great is because of strengthening the shoulders(especially a big deal for raw lifting). You’re going to replace a lot of that shoulder work with leg drive, and make it more about the triceps…if that’s what you’re looking for I’m not sure why you wouldn’t just pick a normal tri exercise like floor press, CG bench or skullcrushers.
Also, a lot of this discussion seems pointless because you already admitted that your problem is being weak at the bottom, so why would you want to stop training the part you’re weak at? That’s like someone who’s weak off the floor replacing all their deadlift work with bock pulls.