JM press?

[benchmonster]

Po3tic,

Glad I could help. I love them the way I do them. I have heard people say that if you are doing above a certain percentage of your raw max then you are doing them wrong, but I don' t buy it. Do it where it hits the triceps the most with the most weight possible is what I say.

I commonly go over 300 lbs with this movement for reps. It will build up the invisible triceps head like a madman. This is what locks out heavy bars, not the horseshoe you can see.

B.

 

[vtec96]

That was it. A side shot would be better. Just grip like a close grip bench, bring the bar down to your upper chest, and stop it 6 inches or so off the chest and drive it straight back up. I used to try and roll the bar back an inch and go back up, but I no longer think this is necessary.

You will hit the long head (the lockout head) by doing it the way I have described. Keep the bar in a straight line, stay over upper chest/neck, use pretty heavy weights, keep reps in the 3's and 5's, and for the love of god, use a spotter or do it in a rack. If you are not doing it heavy enough to kill yourself if you make a mistake then you are not going heavy enough.

B.

I also heard to try to roll the bar back 1-2 inches, but now im gonna try it without. One question: what would be the best placement for the elbows while doing this press? I heard 45 deg. out, and some say more facing forward making it more of a true tricep press??

 

[IrishPower]

sorry guys.... no jm press videos on my site yet.

honestly, i dont know what one is. maybe ill learn and incorporate them into next training cycle.

i actually dropped all direct tricep work except dumbell extensions and pushdowns (both with and without bands).

since getting rid of barbell extensions, my elbows seemed to never hurt anymore and my bench didnt suffer.

take care.
/irish