dumbbell military press preference

[mekannik]

Standing vs. Seated.


Which do you prefer and why?

Standing for core stabilization, carryover to other overhead lifts.

Seated for heavier weight, "safer".

 

[mekannik]

And to kick things off....

I think standing has more real world carryover benefits, even though I am performing seated in most of my training currently.

 

[wnt2bBeast]

anything that would recruit more muscle and make an exercise harder will have greater benefit..i voted for seated BB front press only because ive never done them standing..which does not imply that seated is better just my personal preference

 

[InTraining]

I prefer seated as well

 

[Jollyrogers_cookin]

I dont do standard Militarys, I rather do Behind the neck presses, they hit the rear delts a bit more, but I do them sitting, I cant cheat as much !

 

[eat big]

they also fuck up your shoulder sometimes

 

[powerlord]

Seated Arnold presses,Oh Yeah!!

 

[Synpax]

Standing /w DB. Harder to do. Strengthen more muscles.

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

I do heavy, low rep standing barbell presses and moderate rep, seated strict dumbell presses. Best of both worlds. In my opinion it is easier to mess your back up doing seated presses than standing if you don't have back support while seated.

 

[TheOak84]

i like standing push presses, if i do db military its not heavy, its usually 8-10 reps, which i think is moderate.. seated military is where its at though. touching my clavical and exploding up i like using 4-6 reps on that

 

[powerlord]

Hell yeah,I hit the press rack,load two wheels on the bar and hit 6 making my spine squeal like a pig!!!!

 

[Goodfellow]

Standing for the BB military lift will recruite more muscle fibers all around but I feel like i get better form seated.



Karma is always welcome!

 

[d3track]

a couple years ago i woulda said seated db press
but to be honest, i have made some good gains doing push press
plus, i dont have a spotter i trust at this gym, and i think thats pretty important for seated db presses