Quite a lot elite powerlifters use the OHP. Spoto, Dan Green, Jeremy Hamilton to name some. I personally think that most people’s bench press might benefit from doing overhead press. Just look at strong men. They prioritize overhead pressing (in many different ways) since it is a competition lift and yet a lot of them are great bench pressers.
But if you are getting absolutely no carry over from your OHP to your bench press then skip it (given you want to improve only your bench press).
[quote]RampantBadger wrote:
Eric Spoto does them every week. So should you.
He’s such a monster. I don’t really think of this as OHP though, more like a high incline bench press. Which I think may have more carryover than a true OHP. Just speculation though.
[quote]kalb wrote:
[quote]arramzy wrote:
Everyone has their style of training. I personally think that OHP overrated by many for building the bench press. I think it may have merits in terms of longevity of training, but not a direct effect on the bench. With that said, it is my opinion that someone who has established an outstanding technical proficiency in the bench press is not disposed to shoulder injury and thus perhaps the OHP really becomes close to irrelevant. I never perform the OHP and have had good success. I honestly bench raw like triple what I can OHP… Many fellow Canadian lifters I know also have a similar situation. Food for thought.[/quote]
You bench with a big arch and your bottom position is a few inches higher than most of us where the shoulder are mostly needed. Do you think this is why you don’t see any carryover from OHP?[/quote]
That is a reasonable thought. Perhaps those with thin rib cages and long arms and a narrower grip would have more reason to benefit from the OHP. I myself have a large rib cage, shorter arms, and full grip width haha! I have to say again though, with a really ideal setup (which includes the big arch alongside proper shoulder positioning) there is very limited room for any shoulder rotation and any room for the deltoid to do much of anything. Obviously longer arms and lower endpoint (i.e. chest height) will shift more and more focus onto the deltoids, but still should hopefully be as minimal as possible.
[quote]BIG-GEORDIE wrote:
A good expample of someone who does is dan green. A lot of raw powerlifter seem to do lots of overhead pressing whereas geared powerlifter dont seem to do as much. [/quote]
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