Originally Posted by
AndrewLewis
There is a stretch reflex in the press, but not in the typical way like the other lifts. In the bench, the stretch reflex is in the muscles that both lower and raise the bar. In the press, the stretch reflex is in the hips created by the hip movement.
If you want to use the stretch reflex in the strict press, you just don't stop at the bottom, but this doesn't work as well as the way we do it in the press we teach.
Yeah, don't rush your presses if you're getting loose and the technique suffers.
Why would using the stretch reflex reduce the stress of the movement?