Are you supposed to bend your knees when doing standing militay presses

[puppetzz]

Are you supposed to bend your knees when doing standing militay presses. I noticed some people do that. Is that cheating?

[Tamacracker]

Are you supposed to bend your knees when doing standing militay presses. I noticed some people do that. Is that cheating?

I do.. sometime last year I had my knees locked in place and I fealt a weird pop inside of my knee cap, fealt weird but didn't hurt. After that experience I dont lock my knees anymore. Nothings worst than gettin this spine tingly feeling as you lift.

[puppetzz]

I mean like using your legs to help you drive the weight up.

[Jools]

That changes the excercise to a Push Press if you drive with your legs.

Still a good excercise, but Id add a little more weight because of the extra help you are getting from your legs.

[Ricky_k]

I mean like using your legs to help you drive the weight up.

if ur their legs are going from bent to straight when they put the weight up then obviously i reckon they are cheating, doin em setaed is much better and safer if ur unable to do em strict

[Tamacracker]

if ur their legs are going from bent to straight when they put the weight up then obviously i reckon they are cheating, doin em setaed is much better and safer if ur unable to do em strict

True this is a good way to do it as well. But my uncle tells me it's good to stand up so you can build a bit of endurance in your stabilizing (i dont think i just spelled that right) muscles

[dkfan9]

Using the legs makes it a push press, not a military press. More useful for athletes than bodybuilders.

[lonewolfshome]

Are you supposed to bend your knees when doing standing militay presses. I noticed some people do that. Is that cheating?

you are supposed to keep a slight bend in legs anytime you are doing a exercise standing....... keeps tension off the knee joint .

[$AJ]

knees remain rigid. if you're letting them bend and use them to drive the bar up, you're doing a bastardized push press (Sicne chances are the rest of your form is **** since you're aiming to do a militiary press, not a push press).