After the Starting Strength Deadlift chapter you can now also read the Press chapter of the 3rd edition of Starting Strengt for free. Click here for the PDF or check it out below.
Getting Started in Olympic Weightlifting
Dan John wrote about a “Beginners Program for the Olympic Lifts”. he suggests starting out the Bulgarian way, with deep squats then learn the clean – “Push the floor away” then get the bar overhead – learn true military press, push press, push jerk,split jerk, and the corresponding behind the neck variations of these exercises […]
Mark Rippetoe and the Overhead Press
Some clips of Mark Rippetoe talking about the Press. Press Review Weighted Press, Part I Weighted Press, Part II Weighted Press, Part III Press Instruction, Part 1 Press Instruction, Part 2 Press Instruction, Part 3 Press Posture Question Basic Positions Hand Positions
Basic 6 Week Strength Training Program
Kirk shares a super simple 6 week strength training program. He and his lifters used this for presses, weighted chins and dips, squats.He doesn’t recommend applying this template to Olympic lifts as they require more work in the 85-90% of 1RM range with fewer than 5 reps per set. Week 1: 70% 1RM x 4 x […]
Barbell Complexes – Build Muscle, Lose Fat
Justin from 70sbig.com wrote a little post about Barbell Complexes and why they’re awesome. Working big compound movements with full range of motion on all joints will give you a whole body workout like no other. They can provide a dose of high intensity conditioning stress, yet also take the major joints through a full range […]
5 Tips to Improve your Overhead Press
Jim Wendler has 5 tips to improve your overhead press Use a false grip – better bar path Hold the bar in the shelf of your lats – be stronger at the bottom View it as a total body lift – keep your body tight, squeeze your glutes Use volume to get stronger – do […]
Are you ready for the Overhead Press?
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 restScapular anterior tiltScapular winging. Shoulder Flexion Test Scapular Wall Slide checking T-Spine Extension Exercises to address shoulder problems Glenohumeral joint […]
Dmitry Klokov Training Videos
A YouTube user with the descriptive name 44252005 has some Dmitry Klokov training videos. And there is some imPRESSive stuff. Klokov Push Press 212kg. Booyah! 190kg snatch for 2
Smolov Jr. – 531 Excel Spreadsheet
Mogwoggle on reddit put together a really nice spreadsheet that combines the Smolov Jr. and 5/3/1 into one program. I put together a spreadsheet (based off of MEatRHIT’s original Workout2.xls file) that incorporates both of these, with a light bench that allows to test a 1RM on the deload week. OHP also shows up on deload […]