Is the press an un needed accessory in the training program?

[kittenSmash]

I find that pressing and chinning keeps my shoulders healthy so I can do some benching. Seems like lots of lifters that don't press, do a lot of upper back and rear delt work to compensate.
Plus, putting shit overhead is just cool.

[Matt Reynolds]

I liked pressing a lot. It was a fun lift that was pretty technically demanding. But I love a big bench too. As a powerlifter, this lift means more because it is useful to my total. I think anyone would be stoked to have a 600+ raw bench. :-)

More stoked than a 500b raw press?

[Les Hahn]

More stoked than a 500b raw press?

I think a 500 raw press, especially if it was done sort of strictly, would be greater than a 600 raw bench. That would be more like a 700 raw bench in terms of rarity. My pressing form was not perfect by any means, and I could have maybe done more with a lot of 2.0 press practice, but my ratio was 315/465ish when I was still pressing.

[Matt Reynolds]

I think a 500 raw press, especially if it was done sort of strictly, would be greater than a 600 raw bench. That would be more like a 700 raw bench in terms of rarity. My pressing form was not perfect by any means, and I could have maybe done more with a lot of 2.0 press practice, but my ratio was 315/465ish when I was still pressing.

That's a pretty damn incredible press and bench press. Great work. Very hard to get to that point.

[Les Hahn]

That's a pretty damn incredible press and bench press. Great work. Very hard to get to that point.

Thanks Matt. I actually injured my shoulder a little bit in prep for a meet, so I am now just starting to hit OHP again. I am going to lay off the bench for a while just to let things heal up. I am hoping to push the press up more, since I am trying to do it 2.0 style now. I still suck at it, but I am trying. :-)