The FORM THREAD (questions about the exercises)

[desmond]

Shoulder Press (smith machine)
- how wide should our grip be?
- do we flex with our arms completely straight, or 3/4's straight, and don't complete the motion

 

[slamminshaun]

Omega, you made reference to the proper form of reverse curls AND regular barbell curls. My understanding is that we are NOT supposed to do regular barbell curls. Am I missing something? Thanks.

Good thread by the way. I can already see that I wasn't doing some things the "Omega way"...

 

[OMEGA]

Shoulder Press (smith machine)
- how wide should our grip be?
- do we flex with our arms completely straight, or 3/4's straight, and don't complete the motion

~Always Start Smith Military from the Top fully Extended position.
~Then Slowly descend till Arms break just Parallel
~Harness the weight with the delts and push through just short of lock out, hence my 3rd or 5th range of motion terminology.
~Always have the bar in front of you for front presses vs Behind the neck
~ As you get fatigues GET MORE STRICT instead of cheating.
~ The Strength curve for this lift rises fast in time, so while you may do girls weights at first you will get Strong FAST in it.

And the Delts just keep growing and growing

 

[slamminshaun]

~Then Slowly descend to Arm break just Parallel

By parallel, do you mean my bicep/tricep portion of my arms will be parallel to the floor? For me, that would mean bringing the barbell to around eye level. Is that correct? If not, what do you mean by parallel then? Thanks.

 

[sweed]

yes, the bicept and tricept line will be parallel to the ground. Just around eye level.

 

[desmond]

The first time I did shoulder press, I realise I was making it harder for myself and doing it wrong (pushing forward into the smith machine, and not straight up).

I didn't get 25 reps out of an unweighted smith machine lol

~Always Start Smith Military from the Top fully Extended position.
~Then Slowly descend to Arm break just Parallel
~Harness the weight with the delt and push through just short of lock out, hence my 3rd or 5th range of motion terminology.
~Always have the bar in front of you for front presses vs Behind the neck
~ As you get fatigues GET MORE STRICT instead of cheating.
~ The Strength curve for this lift rises fast in time, so while you may do girls weights at first you will get Strong FAST in it.

And the Delts just keep growing and growing

 

[OMEGA]

By parallel, do you mean my bicep/tricep portion of my arms will be parallel to the floor? For me, that would mean bringing the barbell to around eye level. Is that correct? If not, what do you mean by parallel then? Thanks.

YES Eye level or just below is PERFECT!

 

[slamminshaun]

yes, the bicept and tricept line will be parallel to the ground. Just around eye level.

Will this also be the case with the low incline dumbbell presses?

 

[sweed]

si, I go just before parallel for these.

 

[OMEGA]

si, I go just before parallel for these.

your a natural

Yes Just Below Parallel

ALL PURE PECTORAL contraction this way