Press form follow-up

[James Melson]

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Tried to keep arms and elbows in tighter

Video: https://youtu.be/-lBuN4Vr7-k?si=H_bYAKqc7hGeipEb

[Jason Donaldson]

Definitely looking better than previous. (Linking to the previous thread is helpful, by the way - thanks.) You're staying tight better, and you're getting the elbows set in better.

Try keeping your mouth open when you Valsalva. You're holding it in your mouth, not against your glottis.

I couldn't tell on that last rep whether you rocked forward, or you inadvertently tried a little calf raise action there to get the weight locked out. If the latter, that's not good. You want to push the floor and the bar apart from one another, not just try to push the bar up.

You could definitely stand to work on your hip bounce. It looks to me like you're moving your shoulders back as well as moving your hips forward. You need the shoulders to stay where they are with respect to your feet. Imagine standing with your heels close to the wall and your butt touching it. You should be able to do a hip bounce there without knocking yourself away from the wall. (The shoulders may rotate back a bit, but not enough to send you flying.) By contrast, if you were to face the wall from a close distance away, you'd be hitting the wall with your belly or your jock. It's almost obscene, like you're tapping your groin up at the ceiling.

When you get this down, and you keep all the muscles on the front of your body tight (quads and other hip flexors, abs), that's what provides the elastic tension that gives you the bounce. You're currently getting your head out of the way of the bar, which is good, but you're not providing any drive upward. Getting the movement and the tension to click will help you gain the full benefit of the hips for this lift.