Reply With QuoteThose are decent, although you want to have the bar resting on your deltoids for this movement. Since the legs provide a lot of the initial push, having the bar in contact with the trunk makes for a more efficient transfer of force.
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Those are decent, although you want to have the bar resting on your deltoids for this movement. Since the legs provide a lot of the initial push, having the bar in contact with the trunk makes for a more efficient transfer of force.
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but it will not hurt my wrist?
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Putting the bar on your shoulders does not mean that you have to strain your wrists. There are several pictures in SS that show this. SS recommends that you do all presses with some shoulder contact, this is very difficult for some people with a strict press, but with a push press you can simply start from a rack position with open hands if necessary. Think about the way people do jerks.Originally Posted by the author
If you have to bend your wrists a lot no need to worry, your wrists will not actually bear weight in the bent position as the wrists will only become loaded after you complete the "push" segment of the push press. By this point, bar is at your face and wrists have straightened out.
http://www.youtube.com/user/bonkfest#p/u/20/L_q4WJWx1u0
Last edited by Dastardly; 06-24-2011 at 06:14 PM.
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thats a god dam good answer. tnx dude
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