[quote]Achilles of war wrote:
Hit 275, here it is. It is a PR but hope to beat it very soon. (238 bw)[/quote]
you sir, are an unequivocal badass
Great lift achilles
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Great lift achilles[/quote]
He hears that a lot
Thanks guys, 315 would be a great number to reach eventually, especially at under 250 lbs. This thread inspired me to start working more on my OHP, been about a month that ive been back to it. Hopefully it will help my bench increase as well.
[quote]Achilles of war wrote:
Thanks guys, 315 would be a great number to reach eventually, especially at under 250 lbs. This thread inspired me to start working more on my OHP, been about a month that ive been back to it. Hopefully it will help my bench increase as well.[/quote]
out of curiosity, how much do you bench?
[quote]rehanb_bl wrote:
[quote]Achilles of war wrote:
Thanks guys, 315 would be a great number to reach eventually, especially at under 250 lbs. This thread inspired me to start working more on my OHP, been about a month that ive been back to it. Hopefully it will help my bench increase as well.[/quote]
out of curiosity, how much do you bench?[/quote]
Best numbers I have hit were a 435, 455 off a 2-board, and 475 with the reg sling shot. ( all numbers were paused since i compete in pl and rarely train my flat bench without a pause )
I have been at a plateau though, so maybe this OHP training is what I needed to break through.
Managed 275lbs for a double. Not sure what I was thinking when I increased the weight to 295.
I love to check out the vids in this thread. Really awesome stuff. Congrats on the 295 as well. Is that the closest one so far?
Everyone here is strong as fuck on the bench press rofl.
I think I’m the only person on Tnation who can overhead press more than I bench. 260 strict press, 315x2 bench press, but I’ve push jerked (not split jerked!) 335. All at a 230 BW.
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
Everyone here is strong as fuck on the bench press rofl.
I think I’m the only person on Tnation who can overhead press more than I bench. 260 strict press, 315x2 bench press, but I’ve push jerked (not split jerked!) 335. All at a 230 BW.[/quote]
Post a video of you benching in the 90% plus range, I am sure we can help correct issues.
btw, i am assming there are issues to correct because ive never met someone or read about someone who can ohp more than they bench lol.
[quote]Achilles of war wrote:
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
Everyone here is strong as fuck on the bench press rofl.
I think I’m the only person on Tnation who can overhead press more than I bench. 260 strict press, 315x2 bench press, but I’ve push jerked (not split jerked!) 335. All at a 230 BW.[/quote]
Post a video of you benching in the 90% plus range, I am sure we can help correct issues.
btw, i am assming there are issues to correct because ive never met someone or read about someone who can ohp more than they bench lol.[/quote]
REALLY?! I sort of milked the entire situation baffling me. I say that because I bench once a month maybe? In my avid benching days I could max out with 365 and a 225-235 strict press to compliment it. Those numbers seem complimenting towards one another. I guess once I really took my strongman training seriously and hijacked my program slowly weening bench press out of it, the numbers just went nuts. Granted, the push jerk is a very dynamic lift. I can probably only push press 300lbs. So the extra dip gives me tons of weight.
I mean international HW strongmen can log press nearly 500lbs and probably only bench 450-550. I guess it’s my bane pursuing strongman, although I do indeed prefer 300lbs+ over my head than my chest!
[quote]jessiethedude wrote:
Managed 275lbs for a double. Not sure what I was thinking when I increased the weight to 295.[/quote]
Great lift, wonder what you would have hit if you did 275 for a single, 300 for sure the way 295 went up
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]jessiethedude wrote:
Managed 275lbs for a double. Not sure what I was thinking when I increased the weight to 295.[/quote]
Great lift, wonder what you would have hit if you did 275 for a single, 300 for sure the way 295 went up[/quote]
Thanks man! I dunno about 300… the next jump I want to try and record will be 305 in a couple of weeks or so. No deadlifts beforehand, either.
Has anyone even given 315 a go yet? Tried it tonight. Got the weight just past the top of my head, then failed miserably. My body couldn’t even take the grind; it dropped to my chest like a ton of bricks and threw off the rest of the night.
315 will take a while. At 240 and climbing. I’m confident 250 will fall next week.
[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I was referring to the status of push presses and jerks mostly[/quote]
No pushing pressing and no jerking. Strict(ish) OHP. [/quote]
If you can’t push press or jerk, then I would call it the 315 strict press or 315 military press thread. OHP to me, means by whatever means necessary.
In fact, from now on, let’s just run all thread titles by me first.
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
I mean international HW strongmen can log press nearly 500lbs and probably only bench 450-550. I guess it’s my bane pursuing strongman, although I do indeed prefer 300lbs+ over my head than my chest![/quote]
I don’t agree with that. I’d be shocked if Lalas, Radzikowski and Zydrunas aren’t all closer to 600 than to 500. Jenkins says he usually trains floor press instead of bench, but I’d be shocked if he were benching “only” 450.
[quote]KBCThird wrote:
[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I was referring to the status of push presses and jerks mostly[/quote]
No pushing pressing and no jerking. Strict(ish) OHP. [/quote]
If you can’t push press or jerk, then I would call it the 315 strict press or 315 military press thread. OHP to me, means by whatever means necessary.
In fact, from now on, let’s just run all thread titles by me first.[/quote]
Lol nice.
Actually though, the press or the overhead press is historically the name of the exercise in which you take whatever stance you please and press the weight overhead without bending the knees. A push press is a single knee bend, and the jerk is a double knee bend. But really overhead press or just “press” is the correct term for a “strict press”.
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]KBCThird wrote:
[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I was referring to the status of push presses and jerks mostly[/quote]
No pushing pressing and no jerking. Strict(ish) OHP. [/quote]
If you can’t push press or jerk, then I would call it the 315 strict press or 315 military press thread. OHP to me, means by whatever means necessary.
In fact, from now on, let’s just run all thread titles by me first.[/quote]
Lol nice.
Actually though, the press or the overhead press is historically the name of the exercise in which you take whatever stance you please and press the weight overhead without bending the knees. A push press is a single knee bend, and the jerk is a double knee bend. But really overhead press or just “press” is the correct term for a “strict press”.[/quote]
Well, true, the olympic did call it simply a press, but I’d argue that adding the “overhead” incorporates the possibility for more techniques, and some of those old school presses weren’t very “strict”
Let’s keep it strict. I don’t think I even have the back mobility to perform that old olympic lean.