vladimirtzu
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Also, glad my team is nerdy. I can get behind that.
The press(SOHP)
5x20kg
5x20kg
5x24kg
3x37kg
2x47kg
Fx54kg
Fx54kg
1x50kg
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Any ideas for a team av? If you guys shoot some ideas, I can throw something together.
that will do nicely as far as I am concerned!
have you always done your pressing Behind the neck by the way? never tried it
The biggest difference is bar position.
(sorry, had to get that out of the way)
Some people will have no issue at all pressing from behind the neck, and using the wide grip is a snatch grip press. This was done in days of yore to strengthen the ability to receive/catch the bar in the snatch and stability on the rise out of the bottom.
Pressing behind the neck will be difficult if:
1. You are an idiot and have developed a rotator cuff imbalance due to endless benching and not enough pulling, or have an imbalance from some other issue.
2. You have short little t-rex arms.
3. You lack flexibility.
When Olympic lifting was the rule rather than the exception, nearly everybody pressed behind the neck, push-pressed, and jerked from behind the neck as well (I still do this last one, as I currently have rack issues that bother one shoulder, and BTN jerks are far less painful). One of the reasons this was possible was because all three competitive lifts featured a pulling component, all three lifts heavily worked the upper back and the snatch (and assistance movements such as the power snatch) strengthened the external rotators (so much so that the Cuban press, used in rehab, is an adaptation from Olympic lifting).
The biggest advantage of pressing BTN IMO, is that it is easier to press in a straight line with less chance of cheating. This is why most people press less from that position. Like all other exercise, bad technique here can cause problems as well (like if you are a dumb ass and try to lower the bar to the middle of your scapulae or something equally stupid).