why do i see no one else doing this? if anyone else in the gym i go to does an ohp, its seated with a massive lean and only bringing the bar down to the forehead. is the fact you have to bring the bar up from the floor first? the full ROM? the fact that your core is woring hard to support the bar and your self? the act that it is a relatively low-weight exercise?
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i do them from the bars in the squat rack so i don’t have to clean it from the floor.
i can do my BWx1, i think that’s good.
i use a belt though when im doing it over 175lbs.
BW (60kg DBs) is a long-term goal. iv BB ohp my way to 77.5kg using 5x5 and like the change of pace using dbs. i will have to use the rack for heavy bb ohps cos of the lack of space in my gym and dropping bumper plates on the rubber floor results in basketball levels of bounce.
[quote]HolyMacaroni wrote:
i do them from the bars in the squat rack so i don’t have to clean it from the floor.
i can do my BWx1, i think that’s good.
i use a belt though when im doing it over 175lbs.[/quote]
From your pics I thought you were 135, brah.
People don’t do it because it’s hard for them to get it up.
I use the squat rack, as I know it’s good to power clean the thing up, but sometimes, well, every time actually I’m too lazy so i do them from the rack.
Because I move more weight seated.
I also use the squat rack, I do this exercise because I’m a lot stronger in it than with dumbells.
I’d do seated and standing if I could, but as I train at home with no rack, I have to clean the weight. If your primary goals were bodybuilding, then the seated press is probably a better alternative to the standing press.
I think what most people miss out on is how badass a heavy clean & press is. Hell, in the gym I used to train at anything over 60kg would be impressive done strictish and for reps. If I see anyone repping 100kg then I’m going to become their best friend very quickly.
ceiling’s too low in my basement gym 
I move more weight standing
BW military press is a goal of mine.
I do the seated version because I can move more weight for more reps which = more delt growth. Which is my goal when doing any kind of shoulder pressing.
[quote]josh86 wrote:
I do the seated version because I can move more weight for more reps which = more delt growth. Which is my goal when doing any kind of shoulder pressing.
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this ^^ is what matters, and clearly has worked well for you
I only do SOHP, but that’s out of personal preference.
hmm, not sure why the mods moved this to bodybuilding, because i wasnt asking a bodybuilding training question, just wondering why people seem to need a station/machine/gizmo to do anything these days, or to shorten the range of motion down to a few inches (not refering to actual powerlifting here). do the T-people who do seated have massive backward leans? barely bring their elbows to 90degrees?
[quote]TheDudeAbides wrote:
josh86 wrote:
I do the seated version because I can move more weight for more reps which = more delt growth. Which is my goal when doing any kind of shoulder pressing.
this ^^ is what matters, and clearly has worked well for you
I only do SOHP, but that’s out of personal preference.[/quote]
Same here for the same reason, and also because it takes a lot of strain off my low back.
[quote]josh86 wrote:
I do the seated version because I can move more weight for more reps which = more delt growth. Which is my goal when doing any kind of shoulder pressing.
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And that built your big, fierce, and beautiful pale mountain peaks, like XB said, haha…
(Total homo)
Clench your ass cheeks together, that will naturally reduce your arch, and put you in a better position to be holding / pressing weight over your head. Core tight, ass cheeks clenched, and that should have you standing in a nice straight line.
Make sure you have the shoulder flexibility to get weight up over your head and still be in a nice tight straight body position. The guys you see leaning back probably have no shoulder flexibility, and can’t press up in a straight line. It also gets the upper chest involved and allows you to move more weight.
[quote]yusef wrote:
TheDudeAbides wrote:
josh86 wrote:
I do the seated version because I can move more weight for more reps which = more delt growth. Which is my goal when doing any kind of shoulder pressing.
this ^^ is what matters, and clearly has worked well for you
I only do SOHP, but that’s out of personal preference.
Sitting and Standing begin with the same letter you big silly.
Does anybody else wear a belt? Is this to stop excessive arch? My arch is disgusting and I’m not sure how to reduce it apart from reduce the weight. Overhead squats maybe?[/quote]
HA HA ok how about StandingOHP
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No belt, but I’m not sure how using it would help
Standing OHP presses are hard and can humbling. I like to make them my main shoulder exercises for the same reason I would rather do pullups then pulldowns or squats v. leg press.
I think you should do both standing OHP and seated. Both have their advantages. Minus an injury to the lower back or legs, most lifters should do standing OHP.
Overhead Press is as old school as it gets. Grab weight…push it above your head. Cheat, no chest, whatever. Get the damn weight up!
Hey…no one does these anymore either: Bent press - Wikipedia
I just started doing them. I think one of the reasons people dont do them is because everyone is so pre-occupied with getting the most weight up and bench pressing. On top of that there was a myth tossed around that overhead pressing was harder on your shoulders. I heard Rippetoe talk a few times though about how he has older guys mainly only do standing press, and that it is easier on the shoulders because it builds the strength all around the joint. So I just started doing them, and my repping weight is WAY less than what I can bench. So im trying to bring these up to BW as well.
[quote]BantamRunner wrote:
Overhead Press is as old school as it gets. Grab weight…push it above your head. Cheat, no chest, whatever. Get the damn weight up!
Hey…no one does these anymore either: Bent press - Wikipedia [/quote]
You’ll see someone bring those back soon. The new Defranco program looks like it might have side press in it.
I loved these for a while but it seemed to severely mess up my middle back. After doing these for maybe 3 weeks, whenever I did lat pulldowns or some other pulling motion where the contracted position has my back in a tight arch I swear I could feel the discs rubbing. Extremely uncomfortable.
Problem went away after I stopped doing them. Sucks though b/c I enjoyed them.
And Caveman, the lean is called high incline press, it’s still a shoulder movement but allows you to load it much heavier. It also feels better on my shoulder joints.