HOW MUCH
DO YOU
THE PRESS
Halfpl8
>>36666788
1pl8 x 5
>>36666788
I hit 1pl8x3 before my cut, then it dipped down fucking 20lb, now I am at 1pl8 for 1.5 clean reps, or 2 sloppy reps
But that's a strict press, anon. The Press is a hip movement.
>>36666788
>tfw just conquered 110
>Going for 115 next workout
>tfw that sweet 35s on each side
>>36666788
about tree fiddy
>>36666828
>tfw you figure out how to lock your glutes and shift your hips forward, giving you the advantages of leaning back but without bending your spine and putting the load on your low back
My max - 80kg (176lb)x1
>>36666788
1 plate 5x5
>>36666788
Ego lifting 1pl8 for reps hurt my back. Now I do half a plate and try to keep my form as tight as possible. Still haven't perfected my form yet.
I was thinking about this recently as I observed some other guys OHPing. How do you guys stance? I strict press 75kg for one and 70kg for 5 on a good day, but I do it with my feet level, as in the picture. Some guys do it with one foot forward and one behind. I tried that, and it felt like a much more stable and comfortable movement. Thoughts?
>>36666788
Just hit Bodyweight, 180lb.
Big milestone after never thinking I'd be able to press again after rupturing my lower back.
Irritated that my phone missed the entire weight on the bar in the photo, but whatever. Next week.
40kg
>>36666848
>retard grip
lol
180 something.
102.5. Fucking progress on OHP is so glacial.
>>36666788
>tfw finally did 135 for 20 continuous strict reps
50kg 3x5
>>36666868
>68▶
>>>36666848
>>retard grip
Pretty sure Jim Wendler uses thumbless for Pressing. It's helped me a bit, too. Pressing isn't the same as benching.
5 x 75kg (165lb)
175 x 7 was what I got yesterday. Haven't gone for 1rm in a while.
bw: 215ish
the key to press is bracing of the core.
A slight lean back to allow for smooth bar path.
And the grit to do very hard reps.
I went from 60kg x 5 to 75 x 5 in 5 weeks OHP 3 days a week at 15 reps per sess
85 lbs 5x5
Went up p smooth looking forward to half pl8 for 5x5 soon tho
>>36666848
You can clearly see the weights brah, good work
>>36666928
For what purpose?
>tfw doing 5/3/1 beyond
>hit 60kgs 4 x 5 jokers
I want to increase the weights but Jim saying to stay away and just keep going.
>>36666825
Do you at least look better?
I started a "cut" I guess but I was completely lost and ended up losing 11 pounds in 3 weeks and a fuck ton of strength.
So I decided to just stop drinking and instead keep eating like I normally did and now hopefully i'll shed my bodyfat while gaining strength still slowly. Hopefully.
>>36666848
Mirin brah, are you worried at all by using suicide grip? Wouldn't want to drop that kind of weight on your noggin.
80kg x1
72kg x3
>>36667029
Not him, but unless you've got fairly small hands the odds of dropping the bar due to suicide grip (at least in a way that wouldn't also have happened with regular grip) is really damned low.
Of course, given some of the things I've tried lifting overhead a barbell is the least of my risks.
I manage to do 3x 60kg
>>36666868
Matches the retard haircut
>>36666966
>6666
>69
>66
Nice digits anon.
>thread topic
Fuck I used to be able to do 40-55kg at most for 5x5, and now after work straining my back I went down to like an average of 30kg or so.
Use a wide grip though, standing and I've never had really that much muscle so I'm surprised I could've gone to 50kg or so.
>>36666788
115
>tfw finally got to use the 35s
1pl8 and a gf, here I come!
45kg 3x5
I see nobody in my gym doing The Press. weird.
>>36667042
Yeah fair enough
>given some of the things I've tried lifting overhead
What sort of things? Strongman type shit?
>>36667094
Same as me buddy, how long have you been lifting?
>>36667105
Yeah. I'm horrible at it but its fun.
Once you've had a few fights with the log, the circus DB or (god forbid) the natural stones, you start to figure that the good old barbell is about the least dangerous thing to press.
I got 50kg for 3 any tips to improve my strength
>>36667109
Way too long. I finally started eating enough to make gains and training seriously in January.
>>36667134
I feel ya man I don't know where I would be without noobgains
>>36666847
doesn't make any difference really, do whatever you feel keeps more stable, you don't want to purposefully make something that can be as dangerous as OHP even harder by not being stable.
>>36666788
got up to 60 x 3 before cutting, now i'm two weeks into a 800 cal deficit and i can barely get up 60 for a single. life is suffering.
>>36666964
Thanks man :)
>>36666928
>>36667029
Not really. I've never felt my grip be an issue, not even once. I have a pretty tight grip from deadlifting/heavy chinups, so meh. I've never come close to feeling like it could be an issue.
I feel with thumbless, I can hold the bar closer in my palm, and push more from the outside of my hand, which I feel lets me use more Tris/chest/shoulder more effectively.
May just be placebo, but it's worked for me. Give it a shot with lower weight and see what you think.
>>36666788
115lbs for reps 155 is my max I can do 1pl8 but for 2x5
>>36666788
45 kg
>>36666868
Well, it will only fall in front of you if you drop it but it does help with wrist position.
Not enough.
>>36666788
guys when focusing on strength gains and if you are novice at the press(not a ss fag) would you recommend 5x5 or 3x6. just got back to 30kg again after being sick for 2 weeks and dont feel the progress with 5x5
>>36667318
Makes fairly little difference.
OHP is just a slow as fuck lift to improve.
>>36667318
Welcome to Press.
Where the progress is made up and the gains don't matter
>>36667318
definitely 5x5 for more volume especially as a beginner, it's just continuous deloading for the OHP and personally I just like to increase the rep range and general volume each time I deload but then again I'm on roids so prolly doesn't matter a single bit what I do
>>36667431
you regularly deload? wut
>>36667318
3x5 with proper form
>>36667119
>Log, the circus DB or the natural stones
Sounds intense man
>>36667683
It can be.
The log is surprisingly awkward (very easy to lose it backwards near lockout or let it drift forward off the initial drive), but nothing I've dealt with is as erratic or just plain unpleasant as trying to 'clean' and press a random rock that someone figured was kind of the right size and shape.
Strict 85kg
Push 110
155 1rm about.
>>36666909
How are you guys so fucking weak?
I went until failure on bench then hopped on OHP and did 90x8
>>36667899
>8 reps of 90 pounds
>calling ANYONE weak
hahahahaha nice try limp dick
>>36667826
1rm or for reps?
If reps brah mirin
gimme doze stats
>10kg from bw ohp
oh baby
>>36666788
30kgs lmao
p.s this is 1/2 bw
Last heavy OHP time I did 5x5 at 40 kilos.
I was stuck at 47.5 until I realised I had the form wrong
I had my forearms sort of vertical to the ground and to the sides of my body, tried it with them with a grip closer to how the top of a clean or front squat looks (except the elbows were lower down), and I could press it 100X better
IM GOING FOR HALFPLATE IN AN HOUR
IM GONNA GET YOU THIS TIME FUCKING OHP
>>36668064
GL buddy
>>36668064
REMEMBER:
TENSE YOUR ASS AND KEEP KNEES LOCKED
TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND BRACE YOUR CORE, TRY TO DO ALL REPS WITH ONE BREATH, IF YOU NEED TO BREATHE, DO SO ONCE THE BAR IS BACK IN RESTING POSTION
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD STRONG GRIP
MAKE SURE YOUR ARMS ARE IN GOOD POSITION
>>36666837
That was actually the best description on how to properly do the "the press" I've ever seen.
>tfw have to do seated ohp because low basement home gym masterrace
>>36667953
Strict is one rep
110 push was for 3
Both with an axle, but the last rep with 110 was more of a jerk
>>36666788
32.5kgs of pl8 for ten reps... since february
It's the most I can manage most times and even then I can feel it doing a number on my back
This exercise makes me want to kill myself
1 month into lifting, doing stronglifts 5x5
40kg ohp
>>36666788
140 max, around 125 for working weight
>>36667234
Senpai what shorts are those? Sexy as fuck
>>36668279
so the summer memes are true?
Usually I'm on /b/ or /pol/ and I'll occasionally check /fit/ but wow summerfags are real. So many DYELs
>>36667899
90x8 isn't bragworthy fampai
Bodyweight.
185x1 strict
Started lifting mid-january, did 40kg OHP for 5x5 last night, pretty happy with it after I stalled at 35kg for a while.
>>36668085
My body metrics make the lower resting position harder work than resting at the top (I can't rest the bar on my body, I have to suspend it).
Is breathing at the top gonna injure me?
>>36668372
>Summer
It's spring m8, and february is in winter
I've been here for years and my other lifts are pretty good, but my OHP progress is and always has been shitty and my shoulders are the most embarrassing part of my body
I don't even know why I took this b8
Been lifting 3 months, just hit120lbs 5x5 on Monday. I was stuck at 110 forever.
back up to 200lbz senpai.
>>36668446
How many years lifting? Gear?
>>36668468
5 on and off. No gear, just creatine.
>tfw I got up to 10x40kg and 3x50kg at 60kg bw
>>36668476
Solid progress brah
>>36668524
cheers senpai
225 x1 which is a few pounds higher than bw
>>36668476
Impressive, no bullshit.
Do you have gyno nips or excess skin?
>>36668476
At what kind of rate do you tend to up weight for your exercises in general?
More importantly, do you jerk off to this picture sometimes, massaging your pecs and thinking about how great you are after so many years of being a sad cunt? I would desu
>>36666788
2pl8x1
105, getting stronger hopefully.
>>36666788
Been stuck on 50 for way to long, is the reason I dont progress that I do it after incline bench? Also; the main reason I do the press is cause I wanna increase my clean & jerk, should I instead of always doing strict military press alternate it with pushpressing/the rippetoe way?
>>36668387
thick
solid
tight
140x1 @ 155 lbs
>>36666788
>>36666788
1 pl8x8 my max is around 75/77 kg
>>36666788
I thepress a lot everyday OP...
>>36668064
did 40 x5x5x3
im okay with this
>>36668373
90kg is decent weight you fucking mong.
>>36666837
Can you explain this? I've had real trouble with the hip movement in OHP.
The issue is that you want the bar directly above the muscles that are pressing, right? And leaning back allows that the same way that an arched back does for bench press. But how does locking the glutes work and how should I start the movement/
Once or twice with 50kg or 10x40kg
Currently working my ass off on increasing that by 10kg
I dont. The last time I did it I got 1 pl8 for 2 reps and that was probably 5 months ago
>>36666788
142.5 3x5
55kg 3x5
Hoping for 1plate soon
>>36669229
Like this.
By squeezing your glutes tight and thrusting your hips forward, you effectively lean back without using your back.
1 rep max is 205 brah, do 185 for sets of 5 usually
max is 120kg, done 100kg for 5x5 doe
>>36666788
For some reason my 3x5 is stuck at 165.
I also get lower back pain, I try to tighten my glutes and brace my back. It was from a failed push press where I could feel my spine compress.
>>36666788
15kg each side + shitty bar from my gym (weights 15kg too) 45kg total
>>36670215
pushing your head through makes The Press™ so much easier anyone struggling make sure you are doing this
185x1
I'm going for bw next time (+10 lbs)
>>36666788
2 pl8
>>36666788
150lb 3x5
>>36666830
in the same boat anon. I did 110 last week, going to try for 115 friday.
Been excited to finally move from 25s. Not gonna be happy until its 45s though
Lmao1pl8 3x5
Stuck at 87.5 kg.
87.5's easy, but 90 for some reason is unmanageable.
115kg x3
>>36670215
Looks dangerous to me. How can you tell when your back is bending?
>>36666788
Just hit lmao1pl8 3x3 ... Been lifting for 7 months
>>36667094
Sorry bro. The lifts that /fit guarantee gets you a gf is 2/3/4/5. 1/2/3/4 is just what you need to not be a dyel anymore
>>36666868
Actually for OHP a false is preferred and perfectly safe.
So in reality you're the retard
>>36666788
80 kg 1RM, my weight being 78kg
>>36666868
Most big pressers do it.
Only stupid in the hands of stupid people
>>36673162
when you stop doing OHP and start doing standing bench press
1 pl8 x 10
Stalled on 3x5@55kg for fucking ages . i deload, sometimes down to 40kg and work up. I hit 55kg for 3 sets of 5 with decent form but then the next time I have to go back to 52.5 or 50kg. Time to buy some half kilo plates and microload my way up from 50 I think. 1rm is 62.5 though so I have half of my 1/2/3/4. Wahey.
>>36668102
>first time THE PRESSing homegym
>not thinking
>THE PRESS right into ceiling fan on high
felt bad man
100kg last summer
did 3x8 at 70kg the other day, so imagine it's gone up some
>>36674747
91kg bw now, 85kg or someshit last summer for reference
240 for 1 or 2.
>>36666788
60lb
;_; I'll never make it jesus christ
225
>>36674941
SS + GOMAD
4 scoops of weight gainer 2-3 times a day every day
>>36666788
going for 145x5 today.
did it a month or so ago, but that was on a cut.
Wish me luck boys
>>36668476
>creatine
>not gear
alright their Mr. Panini
155 for 3x2
gonna up the weight next week
>>36666788
105 currently
>inb4 hungry Skelly
180X9 with room in the tank going for 185x10+ in a cycle or two
I have a shitty home gym in my tiny little room. I only have a str8 bar and an ez curl with a total of about 140 lb in plates so I can't progress like I'd like to. I can't bench cause no bench or rack. I can squat but not enough to make good gains I think. And I only have gone up to 80 on the squat for 12-15 reps and on the shoulder press for about 10 reps.
Currently I can only deadlift about 105 with good form. I'm in process of losing weight and on the come back from over a year of no exercise so that's expected I guess.
>>36666788
>tfw I used to strict press 87k for reps
>now I only press 40k and its heavy
Life is pain bros
55lbs top kek, I'm progressing tho
>>36675123
>that pic
FUCK
I do 5x5 of 65lb right now, but I remember a few months ago just struggling to do reps with the barbell alone. I lust for the moment I push 1pl8 above my head.
probably like 20 kgs
i always get a strong pain in my upper back so i use dumbells instead
>The Press
>>36666848
>What kind of haircut you want, senpai?
>>36666868
Weakling detected. Thumbless OHP is mandatory on high weights or you easily fuck up your hand joints.
Or you can use straps instead.
strict The Press 40kg 3x5
push press 1pl8
>>36668387
JaSON Stathem, is that you?
>>36668476
Did you cut first and then bulk to current weight?
I'm not sure on what to do, whether to cut now and become really fucking skinny, or bulk up and then cut from around 180-190lbs to low body fat.
What would recommend?
>>36674561
which would be most of /fit/
>least he wore sandals
>>36668387
This is my goal body
Whats your height?
>>36679008
bulk. or to put it in a different perspective. Whilst you have the body fat, take advantage of it and pack on muscle.
>>36680459
0/10 terrible bait
>>36677410
>fuck up your hand joints.
Pussy detected
1 pl8.
I hit 1 and 4. Just need to get 2/3.
>>36666788
80lbs. Started lifting at the beginning of February.
115 for 5. I feel like a big kid with 35s on now.
30kg --->66 Lb. strict press, none of that leg movement bullshit. I plate is my goal.. I hope it happens soon.
>>36676231
We are all gonna make it, brah. Same here.
130kg natty at 130/195cm
is it okay to do this with dumbbells? i do these with two 30lb dumbbells
>>36681304
if you dont have access to a barbell.. I guess.
>>36666788
40kgx8
>>36666788
1pl8×2
Tfw squat is 245×3
>>36681304
Yes but it's not The Press.
>>36666788
>tfw can press 32 kg overhead with one arm.
>The Fucking Feeling When I can't even press 28 kg with the other one!
>tfw two arm press is at 1 plate
Pr'd at 145 a while back
Yesterday i did 140lbs and it felt good, maybe soon i'll get more weight up
>>36666788
170 bby
http://youtu.be/GWpnH1xG6Kw
I wish I could Press every single day forever. All the feels fade away when pressing
>>36666837
Congratulations. You learned how to properly do the lift...
>The Press
>>36673162
When it hurts in your back. I used to lean back with my back not my hips and I used to get lower back pain. Then I did it right and I can lean back without getting any pain.
135x3 im happy :^)
>>36668387
Are u natty? Respect for truth
>>36667234
Thanks famalan I'll try this next time. I've gotten some wrist pain lately and it's only happened after I managed 50 kilos for reps. When I max out at 1pl8 I also feel it.
8x3x65, 1x70, 3Fx75 @ 98
13x57.5 @ 100
6,5x60 @ 99
Not pressing regularly at the moment, bw press when ;_;
>>36666788
doing 5x5's atm
55kg x5 at least
205lbs x5
245lbs x1
for size reference, I'm 5'11", 230lbs training for 2 years(about, 2 years in 4months) so not really that impressive for my size.
>>36668417
>I can't rest the bar on my body, I have to suspend it
lrn2rackposition faget
