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How can your feet be parallel if you have a wide stance? It doesnt make sense.

Why is bench so important to you? Overhead presses require better overall strength and athleticism.

I'm not sure you'd have enough left in you for explosive lifts after performing several heavy sets.

I found that an explosive exercise done before a lift helps improve the lift. For example high pulls before deadlifts. Or jerks before overhead presses. Maybe the logic is the same here, but of...

And also that he was big and strong and the three were scrawny little teenage scumbags. Too bad he didnt kill them.

IMO if you're serious about lifting you'll go to a real gym. "Only have access to 2 dumbells" excuse is only valid if you're stranded on a deserted island.

I havent tried seated in a long time. But when I do it standing, the bar starts lower, from the clavicle level, and that helps.

Layoff benching for a while and start doing standing overhead presses instead, it's a lot of fun. (I personally dont get benchpressing's popularity).

Honestly, I havent seen much direct carryover in other exercises (I do mostly squats, deads, and overhead stuff). It's more of a coordination, balance, and overall strength exercise. It looks cool...

I dont know about "thick", but I've gained a lot of core strength from OH squatting, especially from paused bottom OH squats. From OH pressing I gained shoulder strength.

IMO neither OH presses...

I'm not thinking of a push press, I'm always trying to make it as strict as possible. But I havent done any seated OHP in years, so that was conjecture. So, I dont understand why seated > standing. ...

Nope. OH pressing does not take a "high amount of core strength". Heck, you can jerk a lot of more than you can strict OHP, and if you manage to lock the bar, you're done. Not a lot of core strength...

Seated overhead press > standing?! How is that possible? When you do it standing, there will always be some degree of lower body drive, no matter how much you try to avoid that, and that helps a lot...

Preventative care in one thing, treating an injury quite another. Do you think that chiropractors order XRays or MRI scans and are able to interpret them? Of course in case of injury one should see...

I see. Then why not use the hack squat machine?

The motion of the bar in front or back squats is not vertical. There are no advantages in using the Smith, and there are clear disadvantages. I used to front squat regularly, and I've gained a lot...

DL > SQ is normal but the discrepancy is very high in your case. My guess is that you are pulling with your back, your DLs are nearly straight-legged. Work on your squats.

Looks pretty good. In the C&J you dont extend the hips (the shot-in-the ass reaction), and I have the same problem. I do the same lifts as you (see my vids if you want to compare).

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I havent noticed that, and it is pretty bad. Thanks