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    Military Press form check

    Hey guys, could you check my form on military press and tell me if it looks fine? This is 175x5, it was after doing 4 sets of 3 at the same weight

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    Good effort, but you're leaning back. At the top of the rep, the bar should be over the center of your body.





    Entire vid has good info, but the above issue is addresses at about 1:10:

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    OK thanks, so it's not ok to lean back even a bit?
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    Originally Posted by Panterabreh View Post
    so it's not ok to lean back even a bit?
    You're putting your lower back at increased risk of injury by leaning back, plus the work stays mostly on your front delts rather than get shifted back to where your middle delts can help.
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    Originally Posted by ironwill2008 View Post
    You're putting your lower back at increased risk of injury by leaning back, plus the work stays mostly on your front delts rather than get shifted back to where your middle delts can help.
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    Alright, thanks i appreciate it
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    Don't lean back but you can tilt your head back a bit as the bar come past it.
    It should just about be brushing your nose.
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    When you pick the weight up, your back is rounded. Even though it's not much weight, try not to get sloppy.

    As far as the lift goes, Try pushing your head forward through your arms as you lift the weight up. This will help your balance and shift the weight off of your front delts and utilize the whole shoulder.
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    Thanks for your advice guys; so basically, for my next workout, I need to make these adjustments:

    -To not lean back
    -and to push my torso forward and head through my arms on the concentric part of the lift so that the bar is over the center of my body at the top

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    Originally Posted by Panterabreh View Post
    Thanks for your advice guys; so basically, for my next workout, I need to make these adjustments:

    -To not lean back
    -and to push my torso forward and head through my arms on the concentric part of the lift so that the bar is over the center of my body at the top

    Thanks
    A soon as the bar passes my eyebrows I mentally cue myself "get under it, get under it". Works wonders for me.

    Also, I'm not sure if I'm seeing this right but your grip seems pretty wide. It might be worth experimentiong with a narrower grip (more triceps less delts).
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    Noob question, I'm just starting out. What is the difference between this and the barbell shoulder press?
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    Yeah, use a close grip for overhead press (in front). Wider for BtN.

    As for barbell shoulder press, this is that. But you could also do it seated, which a lot of people do. Or with dumbbells even.

    A bit of lean back is natural when pressing heavy (relative your own current strength levels).

    Also, feet don't need to be touching, unless you seriously care that it's precisely a military press, rather than "just" a strict press. I find it easier to use (approximately) a squat stance. But I don't squat ultra-wide, for the record.

    Also, congrats OP. That's more than most guys can strict press, already.
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    Originally Posted by BloodType3R View Post
    A soon as the bar passes my eyebrows I mentally cue myself "get under it, get under it". Works wonders for me.

    Also, I'm not sure if I'm seeing this right but your grip seems pretty wide. It might be worth experimentiong with a narrower grip (more triceps less delts).
    Thanks for the tip,
    as for my grip, I feel most comfortable with my pinkies just inside the rings so that if I moved my hand slightly outward my pinkies would be on the rings, is that too wide of a grip?
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    Originally Posted by MichaelCJ View Post
    Yeah, use a close grip for overhead press (in front). Wider for BtN.

    As for barbell shoulder press, this is that. But you could also do it seated, which a lot of people do. Or with dumbbells even.

    A bit of lean back is natural when pressing heavy (relative your own current strength levels).

    Also, feet don't need to be touching, unless you seriously care that it's precisely a military press, rather than "just" a strict press. I find it easier to use (approximately) a squat stance. But I don't squat ultra-wide, for the record.

    Also, congrats OP. That's more than most guys can strict press, already.
    Thanks man So you're saying the lean back in my lift is in the acceptable range, or am I leaning back too much?

    As for my grip, it's pinkies just inside the rings

    I used to do DB Shoulder Press almost exclusively for months, when my strength gains in that stalled, I switched to a seated BB Shoulder Press, but didn't like how it felt, and for the past 6 weeks I've been doing Military Presses, and I like them the most out of all 3, I started at sets of 5 with 135 on standing military press and have reached sets of 3 with 175 now so I'm pretty happy with my progress
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    If the grip (and the lift in general) feels comfortable to you - as much as hefting stupid amounts over your head can ever feel comfortable, lol - then stick with it, I guess.

    The lean back looks fine to me, but do try what's been suggested upthread, is my advice: stick your head forward once the bar's cleared it. If you want to have less of a lean back, maybe work on that. I wouldn't worry about it, personally. Unless you're turning it into a standing incline bench press, that is.

    One thing I have found to help is a thumbless grip, but this is a bit of a leap of faith, and I understand some folks are not keen on the idea. Fair enough too. But if you wanted to try it, you *might* also find it easier.
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    Alright, so I made adjustments to my form taking into consideration what you guys said; I made sure to push my torso forward and get Under the bar as soon as it cleared my head, took a closer grip than before, and made sure to keep my elbows up and forearms vertical at the bottom of the lift; also started doing them with a thumbless grip, as it helped me make these adjustments to my form.
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