Behind-the-neck Military Press......What does it work?

[crew9]

I think that if done correctly this exercise is not dangerous at all. Although if you have been doing all of your shoulder and chest work in the anterior you will need to start extremely light with these. Also for volleyball i would say these are almost a must becuase of serving and spiking movements. In these you come from the posterior anyway i think by not diong them you are setting yourself up for injury.

In a spike or a server yes your arm will go back but your whole upper body rotates so you shoulder doesn't go as far back as you'd think. Also keep in mind that in the spike you then bring your arm forward and not up as in behind neck presses.

 

[Hannibal]

It also could be that i haven't been doing 100 pushes to 1 pull. Man why do we all do that at some point. So stupid!

That was my point pretty much. However you spike a volleyball you have to swing your arm...and it is the posterior that has to stop your arm. I was in no way advocating behind the neck presses as I do not think they are an effective exercise...seated power cleans, face pulls, kelso shrugs, bent over laterals are all far superior IMO.

 

[bignate73]

seated power cleans

are referring to like a dbell clean for rotator cuff strengthening?

i just cant picture the bar sitting on my lap and cleaning it up to my shoulders.....