the overhead press everything else in the family is measured against, loaded
and progressed as a lift of its own
standing and strict, so your legs hold position without contributing: that is
what separates it from a push press, where they launch the bar
the bar has to travel around your head, which is the one problem a
behind-the-neck press does not have to solve
Execution
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a barbell at shoulder level
with a pronated grip just outside shoulder width. Rest the bar on your front
delts with your elbows pointing down and slightly forward. Brace your trunk.
press the bar up, moving your head back to clear its path
as the bar passes your face, press up and slightly back
lock out with the bar over your shoulders and midfoot
lower it under control to your front delts
reset on your front delts before the next rep
Keep it strict. Once you add a dip and a leg drive you are push pressing, which
is a lift of its own here and the better way to load the top of the press.
Purpose
the overhead press everything else in the family is measured against, loaded
and progressed as a lift of its own
standing and strict, so your legs hold position without contributing: that is
what separates it from a push press, where they launch the bar
the bar has to travel around your head, which is the one problem a
behind-the-neck press does not have to solve
Execution
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a barbell at shoulder level
with a pronated grip just outside shoulder width. Rest the bar on your front
delts with your elbows pointing down and slightly forward. Brace your trunk.
press the bar up, moving your head back to clear its path
as the bar passes your face, press up and slightly back
lock out with the bar over your shoulders and midfoot
lower it under control to your front delts
reset on your front delts before the next rep
Keep it strict. Once you add a dip and a leg drive you are push pressing, which
is a lift of its own here and the better way to load the top of the press.