Just wondering what you guys consider a strong military press. Either in front or behind.
185?225?275?315? just curious.
IMO, if you can do a bodyweight strict shoulder press, you’re pretty strong.
Chrome dumbells for reps
Bodyweight is the traditional standard of a pretty strong dude.
Is it this is a mildly arched, legs locked press taken as strict?
Bodyweight as a parameter…but how many times ?! Once ?
In real life, bodyweight for one rep would be a very good parameter. You can always go for more (reps or weight). On ths forum, you will need 2-3 times bodyweight to be considered strong by some memebers.
[quote]ocn2000 wrote:
In real life, bodyweight for one rep would be a very good parameter. You can always go for more (reps or weight). On ths forum, you will need 2-3 times bodyweight to be considered strong by some memebers. [/quote]
Uh, yeah, and you would also need arms bigger than 15" to call them “big”.
Oh God…here we go again.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
ocn2000 wrote:
In real life, bodyweight for one rep would be a very good parameter. You can always go for more (reps or weight). On ths forum, you will need 2-3 times bodyweight to be considered strong by some memebers.
Uh, yeah, and you would also need arms bigger than 15" to call them “big”.[/quote]
damn, this guys obsessed with 15" arms.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
ocn2000 wrote:
In real life, bodyweight for one rep would be a very good parameter. You can always go for more (reps or weight). On ths forum, you will need 2-3 times bodyweight to be considered strong by some memebers.
Uh, yeah, and you would also need arms bigger than 15" to call them “big”.[/quote]
Unnecessary roughness?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
ocn2000 wrote:
In real life, bodyweight for one rep would be a very good parameter. You can always go for more (reps or weight). On ths forum, you will need 2-3 times bodyweight to be considered strong by some memebers.
Uh, yeah, and you would also need arms bigger than 15" to call them “big”.[/quote]
I have 1 arm bigger than 15", what do I get for that???
whenever i see someone using 2 wheels, i am always impressed.
I would consider anything over a 200 pound shoulder press to be strong…i really don’t like setting standards by bodyweight, if some people here say that i would have to hit a 3x bodyweight press to be considered strong…than that would mean i would have to hit almost a 900 lb overhead press, i wish…but i’m not quite there yet:)
…i’ve had guys try to argue that even though they barely weigh over 100lbs. that because they lift 2x bodyweight on say, bench press…that they’re “relatively” just as strong or stronger than me…no, you’re still just benching 200ish pounds…
I have a hard time with shoulder press form. How do you guys do it? I’ve tried standing and that seems to be the most comfortable as far as not killing my shoulders.
Im not trying to bragg or boast but I recently did 205 for 7 reps seated behind the neck. I was just curious what was thought strong. I weigh 215
Ive seen my shoulder press stronger than guys who can bench 150 lbs more than me.
I wish my whole body responded like my shoulders!
Thanks for the input guys!
[quote]Kill’Em All wrote:
Im not trying to bragg or boast but I recently did 205 for 7 reps seated behind the neck. I weigh 215…
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It’s just internet shit talk if you don’t have a video to post…
Please people, if you’re going to make claims, back it up with some sort of proof.
I always figured bodyweight for reps.
[quote]Kill’Em All wrote:
Im not trying to bragg or boast but I recently did 205 for 7 reps seated behind the neck. I was just curious what was thought strong. I weigh 215
Ive seen my shoulder press stronger than guys who can bench 150 lbs more than me.
I wish my whole body responded like my shoulders!
Thanks for the input guys![/quote]
Just so you know, some people avoid going extremely heavy on behind the neck presses because of possible shoulder damage. Most of the big guys I have ever known who made that a mainstay in their training early on ended up having major shoulder injuries, some requiring surgery. That is one reason I began doing them on a smith machine and only coming down to ear level with the bar. Since then, I do most of my work lately on the Cybex plate loaded machines that mimic the same movement.
In other words, it really doesn’t matter that you overhead pressed more than someone else. If they can bench that much more than you, maybe they have their own reasons for not trying to set personal records with that one exercise. It obviously isn’t necessary for growth.
[quote]Kill’Em All wrote:
Im not trying to bragg or boast but I recently did 205 for 7 reps seated behind the neck. I was just curious what was thought strong. I weigh 215
Ive seen my shoulder press stronger than guys who can bench 150 lbs more than me.
I wish my whole body responded like my shoulders!
Thanks for the input guys![/quote]
What do YOU think is strong?