Originally Posted by
Forthright
I never do my standing press with the bar resting on my shoulders. I always have my shoulders back with the bar resting on my upper chest and low in my hands. This has worked great for me. However, I never do push presses or jerks.
I understand that you are supposed to rest the bar on your shoulders for the push press or the jerk. I want to start doing push presses so I was doing them with an empty oly. bar earlier. I realised that I can't get the bar even moderately low in my hands while the bar rests on my shoulders. My arms are too long even with a wide grip. I can just barely get the bar on the edge of my palms. How am I supposed to get the bar low in my hand for the press?