Overhead (military) press question

[The Red Dragon]

Beats the shit out of the traps too...good shoulder exercise

 

[papucho]

Dbells would stress more stabilizers IMO.

 

[eazyb81]

i already do seated db presses, so i decided i wanted to switch it up a little and add in military press. Am I correct in assuming that if i do front military presses, that it will hit the front and side delts, but not the rear? Right now I do seated bent over db side laterals for the rear delts, would that be enough for them? Also, should I tell my workout partner to stop using the smith machine for military press, or is not that big of a deal? Thanks for the info bros.

 

[Exodus]

always do overhead press standing............. unless low back is fatigued or injured. it builds synergy(a unison of muscles working together). i hate isolating. the more bodyparts i combine in 1 exercise the better.

imo

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[Becoming]

I do push presses. I have been a big believer in them for a long time. Kind of similar to standing overhead in front of face military... It is more of a power movement though, requires a little balance and coordination, and involves probably the most stablizers including legs, abs and erectors...

 

[Prime Rib]

Don't do behind the neck presses, it's very unnatural and murder on the cuffs.


Josh

 

[Tiervexx]

Don't do behind the neck presses, it's very unnatural and murder on the cuffs.


Josh

i strongly disagree. this will obviously vary from person to person but for me behind the neck is a lot more controled because it is balenced. When you do it infront it is allot harder to balence the weight and keep it moving strait up and down in a grove like you can with behind the neck.

people will argue over safty forever but one thing that is indisputable is that if you can handle behind the neck it is allot more effective for shoulder growth. i hardly ever do front presses but that number keeps going up, but your behind the neck press will not go up much doing them in front, this proves that behind the neck works some important muscles that front presses don't touch.

in short, do presses in front if you feel that behind the neck is to dangerous for you. But i think that as long as your shoulders stay flexable and you don't go too heavy you will be fine.

 

[Tiervexx]

Another important note about shoulder flexibility:

About 6 months ago i started to feel bad cramping in my shoulders. For a while i thought I would not be able to do overhead pressing again but then i figured out that if i stretched with my hand behind my back at a certain angle it would go away. After stretching it out for a few weeks it never came back.

I feel that many shoulder problems could be prevented if people spent more time stretching and balancing all the muscles of the shoulder.