I used to do the seated behind the neck Smith press, but it’s messing with my shoulder, so I tried the barbell for the first time today. I did it in the squat rack, but how do you unrack the thing?
The shoulder pressing bench won’t move forward enough for me to unrack it straight behind my head and I had to unrack it like 3-4 inches in front of me and then move it back. The unracking took more effort than the pressing.
What’s the best way to do seated BTN barbell presses with no spotter?
Turn your seat around… and rack it in front of you?
[quote]VibeAlive wrote:
Turn your seat around… and rack it in front of you?[/quote]
I can’t. It’s a power rack and has bars on the floor behind it, so the seat would tip.
What about sitting with your face facing the back rest on an overhead pressing machine? Gets that BTN feel if you angle yourself, without some of the difficulty of a BTN barbell press
who said you have to unrack it from behind you?
why not just unrack it from in front of you and then move the bar behind your head…?
[quote]Standard Donkey wrote:
who said you have to unrack it from behind you?
why not just unrack it from in front of you and then move the bar behind your head…?[/quote]
good idea. you could also unrack it as if you were squating then sit.
Maybe the BN press is the reason you’re having shoulder problems.
[quote]Boffin wrote:
Maybe the BN press is the reason you’re having shoulder problems.[/quote]
You should think about this!!!
[quote]Standard Donkey wrote:
who said you have to unrack it from behind you?
why not just unrack it from in front of you and then move the bar behind your head…?[/quote]
I WAS doing this and it’s difficult to do.
The sitting down option, I’m bound to get hurt with.
And I was having shoulder problems specifically wit the Smith because it’s on a slight incline and felt weird. Barbell BTN feels fine.
Do them standing? You are in a rack after all.
There might be some truth to your shoulder issues if you are doing BTN bb press. Or alternate & try some kickass DB shoulder presses. A little more challenging
[quote]jaybvee wrote:
Do them standing? You are in a rack after all.
There might be some truth to your shoulder issues if you are doing BTN bb press. Or alternate & try some kickass DB shoulder presses. A little more challenging[/quote]
I do these on Monday shoulder days. I might try them standing, but I tried it once and had to concentrate on balancing over moving weight. Would using a one foot in front stance create an imbalance?
What do you do Mondays? Standing BB or DB presses? Balancing is going to be an issue - you are working your whole body after all - I find doing standing DB presses to be a total bitch while I can sort of lay back on BB shoulder presses a bit. It might be obvious but there is much less body english available on DB overhead standing vs. BB work.
My other question is are you sacrificing some exercise form for weight? That is an individual choice but for me I prefer whole body strength, thus I usually prefer standing over seated work. I know guys that can do seated shoulder press 100lbs & up but when you get them to do them standing the poundages plummet, but to each their own.
One foot forward shouldn’t cause an imbalance as long as you alternate the foot placement for an even # of sets.
[quote]jaybvee wrote:
I do these on Monday shoulder days. I might try them standing, but I tried it once and had to concentrate on balancing over moving weight. Would using a one foot in front stance create an imbalance?
What do you do Mondays? Standing BB or DB presses? Balancing is going to be an issue - you are working your whole body after all - I find doing standing DB presses to be a total bitch while I can sort of lay back on BB shoulder presses a bit. It might be obvious but there is much less body english available on DB overhead standing vs. BB work.
My other question is are you sacrificing some exercise form for weight? That is an individual choice but for me I prefer whole body strength, thus I usually prefer standing over seated work. I know guys that can do seated shoulder press 100lbs & up but when you get them to do them standing the poundages plummet, but to each their own.
One foot forward shouldn’t cause an imbalance as long as you alternate the foot placement for an even # of sets.
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Well, I do 3 working sets, so there goes that.
I do seated dumbbell shoulder press on Mondays. I prefer ear-level pressing. I don’t think I’m going to do standing BTN barbell presses. I like to isolate the shoulders.
I was thinking of trying high incline presses on the smith, or maybe with a barbell, too. Those aren’t at ear level though.
I could just do dumbbells twice a week, but I feel that since I’m doing it twice a week, I may as well be progressing on 2 different exercises.