Overpress

[t3c]

Overhead press

Could an overhead press be used as a max effort exersise? Whenever doing these for a little while...my bench goes up...

Any thoughts?

 

[Arioch]

I use it. Have had a few athletes use it with a certain degree of success.

Be careful not to lean back too far.

 

[endpoint]

if your bench goes up.....use it.

it doesnt matter if a exercise is listed on the elite fitness "max effort" page or not. If a double knuckle side croation flange press helps you.....USE IT. If kickbacks work....use them, its your body and you have your own body structure and weakness so do what fits.

I have always been more impressed with over head stuff anyways!

 

[benchmonster]

I don't do them often, but I occasionally do overhead pin presses, which incidentally is an elitefts.com listed M.E. exercise. I have pressed around 350 over my head from a dead stop at my hairline (take that B-fold). I think it is an exceptional M.E. exercise, though not all agree.

I hate floor presses. They hurt my shoulder. Some people have used floor presses and put 50 lbs on thier bench in 8 weeks, though, so you have to see what works for you.

I have a very unorthodox exercise that I just love, it is my "magic" exercise. Shirt/board presses. You have never read an article about them, but I have put over 50 lbs on my bench with them in the last 3 or 4 months.

If you are lucky enough to find something that works for you, milk it to death. I have taken some shit for some of the things I do. I bet Noah was ragged for building a boat in the desert too.

Just be real careful at the bottom of the press if going behind the head. I personally only do them off pins. I feel it is safer.

B.

 

[FREAK19]

Well, I do these after my board press. I never bring the bar past my nose on my working sets. They will bring up your bench. Its a good exercise, and it gives you a good pump in the shoulder. And hell if your bench went up when you did this, you better do them.