All Things Gym

Best of Olympic Weightlifting

  • ATG Shirts
  • Patreon
  • ATG Podcast
  • Rep Max Calculator
  • Contact
    • About
Home » articles » Are you ready for the Overhead Press?

Are you ready for the Overhead Press?

September 2, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Over at T Nation Todd Bumgardner goes over some points you might want to consider before starting heavy overhead presses.

Before you start shoulder pressing we need to assess a few things:

Excessive internal rotation at rest
Scapular anterior tilt
Scapular winging.

Shoulder Flexion Test

Scapular Wall Slide checking T-Spine Extension

Exercises to address shoulder problems

Glenohumeral  joint (GH) Internal/External Rotation:

Sleeper stretch with lacrosse ball
Active pec mobilization with stick
Lat stretch with jump stretch band
No money drill (with or without bands)
Serratus Anterior Activation

Forearm wall slide
5 count scap push-up
Push-up plus
Feet elevated push-ups
Mid and Lower Trap Activation

Floor blackburns
Band pull aparts (front, behind the neck and diagonal)
No money drill with band
Scapular wall slides

Overhead Press set-up cues

Air: Take a breath of air into your belly and lock it there.
Abs: “Lock” your rib cage by contracting your abs.
Ass: Tighten your glutes!
Lats: Raise your elbows to create a lat shelf and then squeeze.

Filed Under: articles, exercises, overhead press, prehab, shoulder, strength, videos

About Gregor Winter

Hi, I run ATG.

Follow me on instagram @gregorwinter (and ATG @atginsta).

Support ATG
Support ATG on Patreon The ATG Shirt
ATG Shirts on HookgripNew ATG Script Shirts on Hookgrip All Things Gym Instagram
All Things Gym Patreon
All Things Gym YouTube
All Things Gym Facebook
All Things Gym Twitter
The ATG Hoodie ATG Hoodie on Hookgrip Store

Featured Posts

The Russian Approach to Planning a Weightlifting Program [Paper]

Lin Qingfeng Handstand to Back Stretch 2015 Asian Championships Training Hall

Free Interactive 3D Human Anatomy Atlases

Wu Jingbiao 139kg Snatch at 56kg 2015 Chinese Nationals

Clarence Super Sunday

Clarence Kennedy SUPER Sunday 227kg / 500lbs Clean PR, 320kg Deadlifts + Heavyweight Tricking!

New Romaleos ColorEuropeans Try RogueEurope.eu

Copyright © 2023 · Gregor · All Things Gym