BTN Push Presses

[SgtSlaughter]

I hear ya... that's why I stated specifically what I was thinking... "BTN Military"

It's all good... Push Presses can be done from the front as well.

I'm looking forward to my workout tonight when I get to do the BTN PP's

OHH and AL... i'm 7 weeks in - doing Push Presses (only 7 workouts... once a week) for the first time... (BTN too) .... I'm just now getting very comfortable with them.... I've never done them before... i was a strict Military press lifter when my shoulders weren't bothering me before.

 

[The Shadow]

I hear ya... that's why I stated specifically what I was thinking... "BTN Military"

It's all good... Push Presses can be done from the front as well.

I'm looking forward to my workout tonight when I get to do the BTN PP's

OHH and AL... i'm 7 weeks in - doing Push Presses (only 7 workouts... once a week) for the first time... (BTN too) .... I'm just now getting very comfortable with them.... I've never done them before... i was a strict Military press lifter when my shoulders weren't bothering me before.

I HATE Military's....I get better results with heavy dumbells and BTN/BTN Pushes...my upper chest takes over when I press to the front

 

[SgtSlaughter]

I HATE Military's....I get better results with heavy dumbells and BTN/BTN Pushes...my upper chest takes over when I press to the front

Definetly! I'm glad I found out the source of my shoulder problems... OH pressing feels perfect now... and I'm definetly a BTN person now too, MUCH better delt ROM (or "activation" rather), IMO.

 

[al420]

OHH and AL... i'm 7 weeks in - doing Push Presses (only 7 workouts... once a week) for the first time... (BTN too) .... I'm just now getting very comfortable with them.... I've never done them before... i was a strict Military press lifter when my shoulders weren't bothering me before.

How heavy are you going? I can see a lot of weight going up soon.......

 

[SgtSlaughter]

How heavy are you going? I can see a lot of weight going up soon.......

Heavy is a very relative term... so, with that said, lol...

I think I started out the 5x5 doing military and subed it in quick, cuz i wanted to try them... and kept with my military weight so it's a bit lighter than my PP's should be at... but i'm not going to bump it up crazy, I'm adding 5 lbs every week... I don't see it stalling anytime soon.

Oh... uhhh... i think 145x5 was last week... nice and smooth, not tough at all... original plug in max...not sure... going back to check my log and edit with more info brb.

Musta gotten a max feel out session before i started that log then... Been doing BTN PP the whole time, lol... started with a "max" of 130x4 ... I definetly have the form down and know that I can handle some more quality weight OH.

I'd love to slap on some 25's with the big wheels and go for 185 but the Coaches would yell at me

Hell i'm making progress, why rush it I guess...

I have a feeling you're going to love 'em once you find your groove, if you get it down right away... it's a great lift.

 

[al420]

They felt weird in a couple places:

1. At the top - never held much weight up and "back" like that before - felt a tad uneasy on my last set. Just the thought if having it go behind me slowed me down.

2. At the end - putting it down is the hardest thing. I can certainly see the benefit to having rubber weights - I think this will be my main deterent from doing much weight to start w/.

 

[The Shadow]

They felt weird in a couple places:

2. At the end - putting it down is the hardest thing. I can certainly see the benefit to having rubber weights - I think this will be my main deterent from doing much weight to start w/.

I do mine in a squat rack - facing the pins and a mirror and I set the catches mid chest level......when I rack the last rep - I just walk it into the racking pins

 

[SgtSlaughter]

I do mine in a squat rack - facing the pins and a mirror and I set the catches mid chest level......when I rack the last rep - I just walk it into the racking pins

ditto.... my gym has a ghetto rack i can't adjust pins so sometimes i'll bring the weight down in front and rack... others I'll just walk into the top non-adjustable pin.

Re: #1 ... it'll take time to get comfortable up there.

#2: a rack helps alot... other wise i'd power clean and military it up and back... and bring it to the front on the last rep.

 

[al420]

Thanks SW and Sarge - I was in a rack but for some reason didn;t think to set the bar on the pins - I kept deloading on the saftey pins instead which I had set at knee level for some odd reason.

 

[carlsuen]

how's the grip with your guys? which finger do yall place on the ring, or maybe an ultra wide grip or narrower grip? pls state your height as the grip width would vary accordingly of course.. just wanted to see the difference..

i used to put my pinky or fourth finger on the rings and strict BTN press them till almost touching my traps and pressing it back up again... and maybe becuz i have a weak left shoulder, i'm recovering from a minor injury around the rotator cuff and delt area.. btw i'm standing at 6 feet..