Why Your Press Gets Stuck First | Nick Delgadillo

[stef]

Starting Strength Coach Nick Delgadillo talks about the progression of the basic barbell lifts during the programming lecture at a Starting Strength Seminar.

[Lasse Høi]

Is he saying that the time constant of the exponential decay is smaller for the press because is uses smaller muscles?

[jfsully]

Is he saying that the time constant of the exponential decay is smaller for the press because is uses smaller muscles?

I don't think he actually gets to the "why" in this video.

[Nockian]

Is he saying that the time constant of the exponential decay is smaller for the press because is uses smaller muscles?

Yes.

[Abbotsbury]

I don't think he actually gets to the "why" in this video.

Yes, he does. At 2:45. The press uses smaller muscles and the entire body as a stabilizer for the long kinetic chain.