Barbell Safety | Matt Reynolds - Starting Strength
2014年8月20日 · "At 8pm, on the night of July 28, 2014, my cousin Kenny was bench pressing alone in an empty, unsupervised corporate gym on a Smith Machine when something went terribly wrong...My family cannot be saved from tragedy, but I hope by writing this article, yours may be. There is a correct way to safely spot and perform the barbell lifts, even when lifting alone. This is my practical guide on how ...
New Article: Building a Bigger Press - Starting Strength
2017年7月12日 · .For starters, there just aren’t a lot of guys with big overhead presses. It seems like nowadays 500-600 lb Deadlifts are a dime-a-dozen, but you still don’t walk into most commercial gyms and see anyone repping out 225 overhead on a strict overhead press
The Quest for a Stronger Overhead Press | Bill Starr - Starting …
The result was that in a span of only a few years the standard of strength for the upper body shifted from the overhead press to the flat bench. If any pressing was done at all in a routine, it was done with light weights and relatively high reps. The once mighty and proud overhead press had been relegated to ancillary status.
Do you overhead press often-and how much can you do?
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Grippaldi the Great: How to Train the Overhead Press
2013年8月1日 · "Grippaldi walks you thru how he trained for the press, at a time when he was pressing 370 weighing 195 pounds...His approach to pressing was extremely well thought out and involved three parts:1) The use of unrelated assistance exercise; 2) The use of press-related assistance exercises; 3) The continual honing of the competitive pressing technique"
I'm weak and getting weaker - startingstrength.com
2013年1月30日 · Overhead press: 35lbsx5 I think those 3 months on smith machine smay have wasted noob gains, anyone else think so? Something I would like to point out, I NEVER ONCE WAS ABLE TO MAKE A 5lb INCREASE IN BENCH, ROWS, OR OVERHEAD PRESS. I hardly even made 2.5lb increases, it was usually every other workout that I made a 2.5lb increase.
Switching from Barbell Rows to Power Cleans - Starting Strength
2011年3月1日 · Are rows unnecessary (given the use of the bench press and overhead press) or can you gain additional benefits by doing both power cleans AND rows? Last edited by swingshiftworker; 10-05-2012 at 12:31 PM .
smith machine - please explain the actual problems - Starting …
2015年1月18日 · I need to explain to my friend the limitations of a Smith machine for squats. I have read about 15 threads on this forum about Smith machines, and can't find any that actually explains the problem with the machine. Almost all the comments are uninformative jokes. I of course understand that it removes the benefit of using stabilizing muscles.
The Overhead Press | Mark Rippetoe - Starting Strength
2014年1月6日 · Pressing a barbell overhead has somehow acquired the reputation as a dangerous exercise for the shoulders. Doctors and Physical Therapists routinely advise against the exercise weightlifters refer to as simply The Press on the false assumption that an injury known as “shoulder impingement” is the inevitable result. Not only is the press perfectly safe for the shoulders – as evidenced by ...
Using the Smith Machine (GASP!) - Starting Strength
2010年6月12日 · I'm on 5/3/1. What does anyone think about doing smith machine bench presses as an assistance exercise for the bench? I've been reasoning myself into it recently. I fully understand and agree with the arguments against using the smith machine, but as an assistance exercise on 5/3/1 I see few reasons why it would be such a bad thing.