amount of leg drive on push presses?

[MOD]

just curious about how much you guys push with your legs when doing push presses. how far do you dip down before you drive the weight up?

 

[slobberknocker]

no dipping for me

 

[ffknight84]

barely any, few inches at most maybe

 

[Nico Cujo]

3-4 inches. If you dip too deep, you have a chance of driving the bar forward instead of directly overhead.

 

[edgecrusher]

I go as low as possible.

 

[endpoint]

Push press is 90%-95% legs.

 

[revexrevex]

end point - you mean power jerks are 90% legs

nico - you're right, once I did almost a parallel front squat with 205 and all it did was drive the bar forward

 

[spatts]

If I'm trying to isolate my shoulders more I don't dip. If I want to work in a higher weight range, I add a "dip." I also like to use a dip with the light weight sometimes too, so my legs are getting some AR while my shoulders are working.

 

[endpoint]

end point - you mean power jerks are 90% legs

nico - you're right, once I did almost a parallel front squat with 205 and all it did was drive the bar forward

Power jerks are like 99% legs

the difference between a push press and a power jerk is the dropping to catch the weight.

you can use heavier weight(jerk) because you dont have to push the bar as high, instead you drop your body to catch it in a lower position

 

[revexrevex]

But if you're going for an explosive type of lift, you'd want to incorporate your legs.

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