OHP form question

[AggieBalling]

Is lifting your heels during OHP acceptable form?

[Retoaded]

Is lifting your heels during OHP acceptable form?

no...going on your tippy toes while pressing is a not good form. you need a strong base on your heels, pushing through your heals, center of gravity there....you get up on your tip toes something bad is bound to happen.

[JustBulk]

I'm pretty sure you would be stronger if you kept heels to the floor, tighten your glutes and push through the heels.

Even in a push-press, your heels should still be rooted to the ground.

My two cents.

[AggieBalling]

Thanks guys. Saw a really big guy OHP some big weight but he was coming up on his toes. Not bending his knees and getting a leg lift, but definetly was getting some cheat in with his heel raising up about 2 ". Within 5 minutes 2 other guy's started OHP with a heel raise on the other side of the room.

Thank you for the confirmation.

[71Avido]

Sounds like a push press performed incorrectly.

[Engineer_Guy]

Even in a push-press, your heels should still be rooted to the ground.

Absolutely not true.

[Xuaxace]

Absolutely not true.

^^^


watch any decent push press and the heels come off

[tokelift]

Sorry for kinda hijacking this thread, just didn't wanna make a new thread about it. In general, what is the ratio of Strict OHP:BB Bench Press weight? By this I mean how much more should you be able to bench compared to OHP? I feel like my bench has started stalling a bit and my OHP numbers are creeping up to my bench... somehow. I'm sure it's something wrong with my technique, but thought I'd ask. My OHP feels strict and solid, bench is feeling a bit "meh"... Never feel like I'm getting my body in an optimal position for good pressing leverage.

[Xuaxace]

Sorry for kinda hijacking this thread, just didn't wanna make a new thread about it. In general, what is the ratio of Strict OHP:BB Bench Press weight? By this I mean how much more should you be able to bench compared to OHP? I feel like my bench has started stalling a bit and my OHP numbers are creeping up to my bench... somehow. I'm sure it's something wrong with my technique, but thought I'd ask. My OHP feels strict and solid, bench is feeling a bit "meh"... Never feel like I'm getting my body in an optimal position for good pressing leverage.

ratios are hmmm... completely useless, but I have tend to have noticed a 66% ratio from strict standing overhead press and bench. Obiously there are a hell of a ton of variables that make this observation rather useless.

[Quake215]

Absolutely not true.

Engineer_Guy, your heels should stay on the ground...its not called a push press (instead of jump press) for no reason....thats like squatting on ur toes, you should have a stable base.

[Engineer_Guy]

Engineer_Guy, your heels should stay on the ground...its not called a push press (instead of jump press) for no reason....thats like squatting on ur toes, you should have a stable base.

lol do you even know what a push press is?

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...PushPress.html

[Xuaxace]

Engineer_Guy, your heels should stay on the ground...its not called a push press (instead of jump press) for no reason....thats like squatting on ur toes, you should have a stable base.

I suggest you go up and watch the video I posted, or any decent/heavy push press for that matter.

edit: beaten

[Quake215]

I suggest you go up and watch the video I posted, or any decent/heavy push press for that matter.

edit: beaten

watched it. The people I've seen do it keep their heels on the ground. So, I'll say agree to disagree.

[Quake215]

I just peeped I got some negative rep because I disagreed....lmao

[blkbelt42]

I just peeped I got some negative rep because I disagreed....lmao

o lawdie!

[Engineer_Guy]

I just peeped I got some negative rep because I disagreed....lmao

Because you are claiming something that isn't true. There's nothing to agree or disagree about.

[Quake215]

Because you are claiming something that isn't true. There's nothing to agree or disagree about.

lol it is what it is...that's the knowledge that's been passed to me.

The thing about lifting is that it's fairly subjective....there's overall agreed on forms to exercises, but people have minor things they do different. Dude who showed me could be wrong, but that's like questioning someone's shot form...there's a reason why everyone in the nba doesn't shoot the same. lmao

[Quake215]

funny thing is, dude came for me when a couple other people in the thread agreed....smh lmao

[Engineer_Guy]

funny thing is, dude came for me when a couple other people in the thread agreed....smh lmao

Who agreed with you that a push press requires the heels to stay on the ground?

[Xuaxace]

watched it. The people I've seen do it keep their heels on the ground. So, I'll say agree to disagree.

No you haven't, admit that you just ****ed up and move on with it. I have never seen a push press with no heels off the floor unless it was with a broomstick, it just DOES NOT HAPPEND.


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[blkbelt42]

[Xuaxace]

lol, I guess that is that ...

haha

[Quake215]

No you haven't, admit that you just ****ed up and move on with it. I have never seen a push press with no heels off the floor unless it was with a broomstick, it just DOES NOT HAPPEND.


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While I respect the fact that you brought some more videos in as proof, how can you tell me what I have and haven't seen? lol...nobody "****ed up". ya'll are just too headstrong to accept the fact that I was taught (and shown) how to do the push press a certain way.

But ya'll continue to be great. lmao

[Engineer_Guy]

While I respect the fact that you brought some more videos in as proof, how can you tell me what I have and haven't seen? lol...nobody "****ed up". ya'll are just too headstrong to accept the fact that I was taught (and shown) how to do the push press a certain way.

But ya'll continue to be great. lmao

So that gives you authority to tell people their heels should not leave the ground when push pressing???

[Quake215]

Who agreed with you that a push press requires the heels to stay on the ground?

see? You came after me so fast, you failed to acknowledge the other posts before me lol....check the first 2 responses to the original poster.

[Engineer_Guy]

see? You came after me so fast, you failed to acknowledge the other posts before me lol....check the first 2 responses to the original poster.

The original poster asked about overhead pressing, not push press. You brought up push pressing.

[Quake215]

So that gives you authority to tell people their heels should not leave the ground when push pressing???

......you're reading too deep into this. The original poster came on here and asked a simple question, I gave an opinion(based off of what I know), just as you gave an opinion(based off of what you know).

Where did authority come into play?

[Xuaxace]

While I respect the fact that you brought some more videos in as proof, how can you tell me what I have and haven't seen? lol...nobody "****ed up". ya'll are just too headstrong to accept the fact that I was taught (and shown) how to do the push press a certain way.

But ya'll continue to be great. lmao

Well, up to today I have never thought about the fact that heels leave the floor. I saw engineers post and looked it up and realised that it is true. There are jsut no videos on youtube of people doing push presses with the heels on the floor, period. I am not sure what else I can say, and who is the "headstrong" here.

Regardless, you have been tought wrong, that is NOT how the push press works, and by looking at your sign, it isn't like you are an elite lifter that knows everything. Not saying I am either, but guys push pressing 500lbs use the same technique as me, so I think I am good.

[Quake215]

The original poster asked about overhead pressing, not push press. You brought up push pressing.

whoops, made a mistake. even still, I contributed my opinion....didn't say it was fact, nor do I profess my word to be final.....lmao.

[Quake215]

Well, up to today I have never thought about the fact that heels leave the floor. I saw engineers post and looked it up and realised that it is true. There are jsut no videos on youtube of people doing push presses with the heels on the floor, period. I am not sure what else I can say, and who is the "headstrong" here.

Regardless, you have been tought wrong, that is NOT how the push press works, and by looking at your sign, it isn't like you are an elite lifter that knows everything. Not saying I am either, but guys push pressing 500lbs use the same technique as me, so I think I am good.

Like I said initially, before Engineer guy got his panties in a bunch, I agree to disagree. I couldn't find any videos on youtube with people's heels on the floor, but I feel like if I did, ya'll wouldve said something like "that's wrong" anyway lmao....for that matter you could talk about extreme arches in backs on bench, how you hold the bar when you squat, etc. if you're going to talk about guys that push press 500lbs using the same technique as you. I'll point you to a previous post, where I said that "lifting is fairly subjective". everyone has different methods, it's all about the results.

Unless ya'll are going to tell me everyone does every exercise the exact same. lol.