[Stone_Sour]

Sorry for posting another thread but im having a hard time jut uploading another response to my other one for the bench press. But to the point, For military presses, do you guys let the bar all the way down about an inch away from your chest ? or do you bring the bar so its level with your nose or eyes?

[ZiR RED]

You should bring the bar down to your collar bone. Your elbows should be in tight to your body at the bottom of the and slowly move outward as the bar goes up.

Br

[Stone_Sour]

thanks bro, i usually bring it right down an inch off the top of my chest. do i want it to touch my collar bone?

[MikeNYY420]

I always let it touch my collar bone for a second, and then all the way to the top.

[ROM7]

If you have full rom then I don't see any harm in dropping that bar down low, but I haven't seen any hard evidence of the benefits of lowering the bar to the chest. (Not that I wouldn't be open to reading some).

[ZiR RED]

Originally Posted by ROM7

If you have full rom then I don't see any harm in dropping that bar down low, but I haven't seen any hard evidence of the benefits of lowering the bar to the chest. (Not that I wouldn't be open to reading some).

There will be very little visable difference from using a full ROM, however, the stabilizing and supporting muscles of the shoulder do not get fully recruited unless you use a full ROM.

These include the muscles of the rotator cuff, who are most heavily recruited at the bottom of the movement. What happens is, the primary movers (deltoids) hypertrophy and grow stronger while the synergists (muscles of the RC) atrophy and grow weaker. This imbalance in strength is a recipe for injury down the road.

Br

[Tripower]

Thanks for the tips Br. Another awesome post.

[chrispghmuscle]

Originally Posted by ZiR RED

You should bring the bar down to your collar bone. Your elbows should be in tight to your body at the bottom of the and slowly move outward as the bar goes up.

Br

Red..I'm trying to get a visual of keeping my elbows tight to my body.. But if I take a hand position on the ring on the bar...then my arm will not be at a 90degree angle a the bottom.. It will be a V position.. If I'm visualizing what your saying correctly..

Is that what your saying to do? please advise..

Chris

[MikeNYY420]

^ What I do is have a slightly wider than shoulder width grip and that makes it so I can keep my elbows in and have more power on the movement. I actually tried with my elbows out yesterday and elbows in (plus a closer grip) made me a lot stronger.

[miggitymags]

Not to steal the thread, but I have done presses behind my head.. Is this beneficial? Asking for injury? Are presses in front a better movement for the whole shoulder? If presses behind the head is beneficial, what kind of ROM does this movement require?

sorry about all the questions, but intersted to hear what Zir has to say...

peace

[FronttaBackThickness]

i use a much more narrow grip and gets off my cuffs a bit and aids in guiding my elbows down and in.
of course that's imo.

[prime52]

ive been told that i go beyond wide grip. i only do this due to my long arms, the more narrow i go the less i feel it in my shoulders and more in the tri area.