Press overextension

[quad]

Hey coaches, I filmed a single for the press (doesn't happen with 5's).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfl3jvE-DUs

I squeeze the abs hard at the start, I am quite sure that my back is neutral at the start and that the movement comes from the hips. I am not sure about what happens next when I start pressing, is that the double layback? Nothing hurts and has never hurt though.
Is it something I should be worried about?

[Tom Campitelli]

You are overextending and relaxing your abs. Squeeze down harder. Also, that video is so fucking dark I can barely see anything.

[quad]

Right, do I need to deload or just squeeze harder? I'm posting another video next thursday.

[idlehands]

FYI YouTube lets you auto enhance videos you upload. If gym lighting is shit give that a try first. The corner I deadlift I. Has terrible light. If I use the YouTube tools to fix it it's a huge difference. For me and when I ask coaches for a second opinion. Cheers

[Tom Campitelli]

Right, do I need to deload or just squeeze harder? I'm posting another video next thursday.

Try thinking about crunching down with your abs when you start to lean way back. See if that helps.

[quad]

FYI YouTube lets you auto enhance videos you upload. If gym lighting is shit give that a try first. The corner I deadlift I. Has terrible light. If I use the YouTube tools to fix it it's a huge difference. For me and when I ask coaches for a second opinion. Cheers

Thanks, I'll check that out for next video.

[quad]

I took a video from 2 different angles because of bad lighting. I still squeeze my abs hard on a big breath, I don't feel like I'm overextending and nothing hurts but the video might tell a different story.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gwC...ature=youtu.be

[Tom Campitelli]

You are still overextending more than I would like, but before we get to that, let's fix your bar path. Right now when you push your hips forward, you push your head forward. What you want to do is keep your head in line with your torso in a similar configuration to when you are standing up straight. When you reach with your hips, your torso should lean back a bit and your head should move out of the way. This is a function of overextending your hips, not your back. By pushing your head forward as if Angus and Malcolm just hit the opening three chords of Highway to Hell, which epitomizes the perfect rock song, you force yourself to push the bar forward, too. You see this most clearly on reps four and five.

Uninvolve your head from the press. Reach forward with the hips and as they come back, work to keep your abs from elongating. A little extension in the back is okay and your earlier reps look better than the later ones. I would bet that getting your head out of the press will help a bunch of things.

[quad]

Ok, I'll try to fix the head thing.

[quad]

Although I am not sure I am pushing the bar forward, I thought I was losing balance and pushing it backwards, in rep 5 the bar goes back and then comes back forward on the mid foot at lockout.
I never thought consciously to push my head forward but I am close to the wall and looking at a point in line with my eyes as outlined in the book makes me do that.

One more thing, is it possible that catching the bar after the drive off the shoulders with my hips more forward compared to the standing position contributes to make my overextension look worse? You see that when I am locking out the bar the hips also come backwards, so they must have come forward at some point. Some of my layback is due to that.