http://breakoutworkout.com The Push Press is a great exercise for building upper body strength, lower body explosiveness and a strong core. Used extensively in Crossfit and Olympic Weightlifting training, this exercise is a full body workout.
To add to this, rest the barbell on your shoulders, It's going to take some flexibility but the more bar space that is rested on the shoulders the more power can be applied. If the bar is floating on your wrists in the rack position then you will lose power. It's actually pretty good video. Good job.
Hi Nate, awesome to see people posting vids like this! A couple of points about your form:
1. Your dip/drive transition is "soft". You're letting your hips circle forward before driving the weight up, which is inefficient and causes a loss in power. Straight down, change direction, straight back up!
2. When you dip, you cave your chest forward slightly. When you push up some more challenging weights it will shift the center of gravity too far forward
At first i got discouraged from this in the summer, i started at 95lbs for 12 reps, now im at 225 for 8 reps. HELPS A LOT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD!
54Rhinosmith 3 months ago
yea...i can do this without bending my knees. :P nice push tho. i will post my 185lbs push soon :)
AndrewAnctil 4 months ago
Is this lift mainly for explosive hips?
tytythomas21 6 months ago
To add to this, rest the barbell on your shoulders, It's going to take some flexibility but the more bar space that is rested on the shoulders the more power can be applied. If the bar is floating on your wrists in the rack position then you will lose power. It's actually pretty good video. Good job.
capscave 1 year ago
Hi Nate, awesome to see people posting vids like this! A couple of points about your form:
1. Your dip/drive transition is "soft". You're letting your hips circle forward before driving the weight up, which is inefficient and causes a loss in power. Straight down, change direction, straight back up!
2. When you dip, you cave your chest forward slightly. When you push up some more challenging weights it will shift the center of gravity too far forward
Nice work!
madaozeki 1 year ago