military press, front or back?

[Mesofreaky]

the only advantage to behind the neck is that it pinches the traps a lil better, and someone said that a more full ROM leads to more muscle growth, this is pure crap, the only requirements for hypertrophy are microtears and protein enough stress on a muscle fiber will create microtears no matter what the ROM there was a time that the worlds best Olympic Weightlifters routines were primarily Isometric, these guys put up 500+ lbs in the clean and jerk before science was overly involved in the sport and without steroids, this is as early as the 1920's. it really isn't safe to military press behind the neck but then again it isn't safe to do any type of resistance training.

 

[sysopt]

I'm definately a front fan. You can't even see where the hell the bar is going when you go behind.

 

[FlexBailey]

one final thing. tell me how moving your head forward or backward changes the way the arm moves overhea?.

It's the angle at which your shoulders sit during this movement..it's a little more stressful in everyway behind the neck.
When doing them in front you have a tendency to use your pec major so it doesn't ISOLATE as well as behind. Trust me, when you lose your major pec for a year and have to watch what you do, you learn very quickly the role that the major pec plays in most exercises.

 

[mikelong23]

Front Front Front

 

[minion]

I say dumbbell are by far the best. Especialy if you divide your shoulder work out to be specific.

For example dumbbell press Front head(actually overall builder), Lateral raises medial head, Bent over dumbbell raises rear head. I throw in some heavy shrugs and my shoulders are smoken. My progress tells me I'm on the right track.

 

[liftah]

I love behind the neck, because its a great mass builder, but unfortuately I had to stop it because I would get incredible pain in the shoulder joint after doing it.

 

[Cackerot69]

Um, just listen to bignate...

 

[The mann]

tear my shoulders up if i do them behind..........