Hey there
Is there an official record for Military Press? Or does anybody know approx. what it could be around?
Thanx
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Thread: Military Press world record
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03-15-2007, 08:24 AM #1
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03-15-2007, 08:27 AM #2
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Overhead press used to be one of the contested olympic lifts, I'm sure you could dig it up if you googled it.
Quick google brough up this site which says 535, but I wouldn't take it at face value
http://www.martygallagher.com/riverh.../234_0_14_0_C/http://youtube.com/user/Kiknskreem
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03-15-2007, 12:16 PM #3
Tough to say ...
The reason the clean and press is no longer contested as an olympic lift is because it's too hard to judge. Technically, you're not supposed to do it with ANY leg drive and with your back perpendicular to the floor. But every person in the world will bend a bit when trying to put 500 pounds+ over their heads. The question is "when does 'a bit' become 'too much'?" and there's no real objective way to judge that.
I don't know what the "official record" was before they stopped contesting it ... but a little over 500 pounds sounds about right.
Any strict overhead press over 400 pounds is incredible ... 500 is unbelievable.
Strongest guy I know of right now is a gentlemen by the name of Dru Patrick. He's done seated presses in the 450 pound range, taking the weight at chest level in a power rack.
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03-15-2007, 12:32 PM #4
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03-15-2007, 12:35 PM #5
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03-15-2007, 12:38 PM #6
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03-15-2007, 12:42 PM #7
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03-15-2007, 12:42 PM #8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3nJrYPVJ88M (502, only a bit of back bend)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7erVblY7aiU (507, more leg drive though)'Prior to the Department of Education, there was no illiteracy'
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03-15-2007, 12:47 PM #9
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03-15-2007, 12:55 PM #10
The olympic clean and press was just that, an olympic press. A correct military press is done with the feet together "at attention." Ala "military" press. Your back is not suppose to bend or push away. I don't know what the record is for the lift, because so many people confuse the types of pressing.
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03-15-2007, 02:10 PM #11
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03-15-2007, 06:07 PM #12
Kara's military press is like 165 she is using bumper plates so it looks like more but thats what it is. She said it somewhere. Still mighty impressive.
The olympic press involves using the lower back to help catch the weight like most people use the leg to help get under the weight in the clean and jerk. They lean way back making it almost a bench press.
If you watch videos of the Olympic lifts you see this is a lot different from a military press.MyMuscles.com
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03-15-2007, 06:39 PM #13
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03-15-2007, 10:00 PM #14
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11-04-2007, 10:45 PM #15
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11-04-2007, 11:17 PM #16
Not at all. Just because it's a bumper plate doesn't mean it's a 45lbs plate. But you're right about the change, except I'm pretty sure they're 5kg, not pounds. Although for a woman, it's darn good, she's only pressin' 154lbs tops. She's also using a woman's olympic bar, so I'm not sure if they weigh the same as a guys. I'm assuming it does. Not trying to be harsh here, just the truth.
(By the way, I'm not picking on you. Just telling everyone who posted any weight they thought she did.)"Rather, train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. " 1 Timothy 4:7-8
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11-04-2007, 11:19 PM #17
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11-04-2007, 11:23 PM #18
Really?? I always thought they were less, just never knew how much. So I guess that really makes her doing roughly 143lbs. Still darn, freakin' good.
(Those bumper plates are 10kg apiece. Just to clarify for everyone so you all don't have to do the math:
4 x 10kg = 40kg + 15kg(bar) = 55kg + 10kg(change) = 65kg x 2.2 = 143lbs)"Rather, train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. " 1 Timothy 4:7-8
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11-04-2007, 11:27 PM #19
yep taken from wikipedia
A women's Olympic bar is similar to the men's bar, but is shorter (2.05 m) and lighter (15 kg) with a thinner grip section (25 mm). Also in contrast to the men's bar, the women's bar does not sport a center knurl.Workout Journal
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11-04-2007, 11:40 PM #20
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11-05-2007, 12:05 AM #21
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11-05-2007, 01:02 PM #22
Yeah, I was going to say Ken Patera.
That would have been a standing press tasking the bar out of racks
the dropped the press after the '72 olympics because people had gotten so good at cheating that it was impossible to judge it anymore, lol
here is a great site with tons of clips etc http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/e_movie_theater.asp
the olympic press looked like a real backbreaker, lol http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/web...ess_techniques"Humility comes before honor"
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11-05-2007, 03:59 PM #23
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11-19-2007, 11:25 AM #24
You may very well be right. I know that bumper plates are all the same diameter no matter what the weight. I just thought Kara said it was 235. Looking back, she didn't say that, it was someone else. But it didn't seem impossible - her numbers are almost double mine:
551 squat
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tH7-JeDEdLU
402 bench
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wpw-NcYXDIQ
501 deadlift
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EeXww0PMMA8
...admittedly with boatloads of equipment.
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11-19-2007, 11:55 AM #25
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11-21-2007, 09:39 AM #28
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