atlas stone press?

[42wob-14ft]

I competed in my first naha strongman comp yesterday. I was happy enough with my results on all the events but one. We overhead pressed atlas stones and I could not lock out the last 3 or 4 inches. Beside the obvious lift the stones in practice what can I work on to get stronger on the lock out portion.
Thank you in advance for any advice

[BigRick87]

I competed in my first naha strongman comp yesterday. I was happy enough with my results on all the events but one. We overhead pressed atlas stones and I could not lock out the last 3 or 4 inches. Beside the obvious lift the stones in practice what can I work on to get stronger on the lock out portion.
Thank you in advance for any advice

I have done atlas stone presses a few time as well and those last few inches are a royal pain for me also. I was looking into doing alot of overhead press work with bands but I ran into other problems at the time and didnot get to explore that. I will be sticking around to hear if anyone else has a solid answer.

[freeride88]

Overhead pressing an object involves a lot of core. Work your abs with heavy weight. Also, you can set the safeties in a power rack at a few inches from lock-out and overload a barbell with more than you can press, then lockout and squat the weight up and hold it as long as you can.

[81Ort]

That last couple inches is hard enough with a block press let alone a spherical object. You might need to get your hands in a little closer so you have more grip under the stone. If your body senses that you may lose the stone and drop it on your head it will naturally shut certain muscles down. This is a similar thing to what sometimes happens with deadlifts; when your grip is giving way your body won't put full force into the lift.

[clorox_me]

no advice to give, except that atlas stone pressing is by far the stupidest event. Not only is it stupid, but it's adding even more danger to a sport that already has a high risk of injury. I'd much rather see odd object pressing, where people can get some sort of grip on the object, and not have it resting on their chest for an extended period of time. That said, luckily it's not in many contests at all, so i don't know if i'd put extended amounts of time into training the event. Just my 2 cents.

[jhashey]

Atlas stone press is a serious pain to do, I agree with the last poster somewhat. I much prefer the log press.

What was the weight? Its such an odd object to put above your head.

[User4543432]

I have to agree here, pressing an Atlas Stone is just dumb. Log pressing, Axle Pressing.... much safer and more entertaining to watch....

[42wob-14ft]

Thanks for the advice bigrick, freeride and 81ort. I know that pressing the atlas stone is not a common thing to do it is more of a personal pride thing. I am happy with the other events because I felt I did my best, I could not even press the 160lbs stone. I think 81Ort is right my body shut down so I'll go with the overloaded bar per freeride's advice. To me it makes sense. Thanks for all the input.

[ArmstrongMike]

81ort is travis ortmayer. Not sure if you knew that, so i would listen to everything he said he's one of the top 3 american strongmen right now and i'd put him top 5 in the world. You can also practice loading the stone to a really high height above your head and get used to popping the stone up and pressing it onto the platform. That way the platform is there as kind of a spotter untill you get used to the motion.

[vigor5]

I have to agree here, pressing an Atlas Stone is just dumb. Log pressing, Axle Pressing.... much safer and more entertaining to watch....

I agree about Atlas stones pressing.

I would add block press as interesting to watch and test power:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EbUGMnExN0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emarunde%2Dmuscle%2Ecom%2Ff orum%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ft%3D16101&feature=player_embedded