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How much do you Military press?

How much can you military lift?

  • below 100lbs

    Votes: 29 10.5%

  • 101-200lbs

    Votes: 160 58.2%

  • 200-301lbs

    Votes: 68 24.7%

  • 301-400lbs

    Votes: 10 3.6%

  • 400-501

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I'm a god 501lbs and beyond

    Votes: 7 2.5%
  • Total voters
    275
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powerlifter450

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I'm curious as to the amount of weight that people are military pressing.front and back.I had impressive shoulders once and developed crepitus.I had to remove shoulders and anything using them much from my workouts.Very little chest and tricep work etc.After more then a year fighting the crepitus I'm developing shoulders that are better then ever.I'm currently repping 220behind the neck for 6 and 160 front for 8.This is final sets.nothing before except warmups.wieghing in at 195 and 10-12bf.@5'11

I know everyone is different but I'd like to know where I stand.
 
Don't laugh but I like doing Mil. Press on the Smith. max around 140

I mix it up with free seated ones but I feel more comfortable with the assist.

It's probably the only thing I use it for other than if the Squat rack is occupado...
 
200lbs for 2 sets of 3 reps on seated military

followed by 225lbs for 2 sets of 3 reps on standing machine presses

and finnished up with 80lb dumbell presses for 2 sets of three

oh yeah.... does anyone else have problems inhaling on the negative phase of military press.... i cant seem to catch a breath on the way down?

just wondering?
 
this might be the stupidest question but when you guys say 200 lbs or something else do you guys include the weight of the bar or is this just the weight of the weights on the bar :confused:
 
i count the bar..but in my journal i dont.....ohh and the db seated press i use to do 100 lb db's for about 6 reps ....now 70*8 :bawling: .....man i got to get my strength back up.....
 
i want the autograph of the person who military presses more than 350 for reps.
 
well u can have mine in a couple of months :D after my winny cycle i should be hitting at for a good triple. :D im keeping my fingers crossed.
 
I've done 315 for 5 reps in seated military presses. I was doing winny and test at the time, but 6 months after I got off it, I was still working out with 295 for reps (8). My new gym doesn't have a military press in there, so I had to resort to seated d-bells.
 
You guys all seem to go pretty low on reps. I personally only go as low as 6. Is it better to go to lower reps on the military press. I may give this a try.
 
low reps just means you can use more weight for more power......... that is how you build up your strength for the higher rep days
 
I read somewhere that a russian actually had a an unofficial max of 521lbs.That the military press was considered to be too much like a seated bench press so it was discounted as one of the big lifts and not used in powerlifting.I've read about people in the 400 range.I had little to no idea just how big a 300lb plus military press was to be considered.
 
db press- 45s for reps (YEAH baby!!!)... (50 for 3 1/2 :) )

starting on military presses next week ...(couldn't do them b4 because of an ab pull, (i know ab??? you're saying, yes ab... transverse to be exact, and shoulder presses aggrivated it more than ANYTHING else!!))
 
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My military press has always really sucked big time. I dont know why I have always had really WIDE shoulders.. but somehow I have never been able to military press or behind-neck press that much. I dont know what the problem is with my shoulder strength.

:D:D
 
hhmm, I dont actually use the barbell, I use a machine standing up with two seperate handles. Is that the same thing because im lifting about 155 on it. Should i switch over to barbell?
 
Destroyer1986* said:
hhmm, I dont actually use the barbell, I use a machine standing up with two seperate handles. Is that the same thing because im lifting about 155 on it. Should i switch over to barbell?
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No, its quite different with a machine. A machine stabilizes the weight for you, and also puts the weight in an unnatural plane of motion. Id reccomend adding some freeweight presses in, along with some dumbell laterals to work the shoulders better.

Ive never done much barbell military work. I prefer the dumbells. My best was 100's for 10-12 I beleive, with some slight assistance at the bottom of the last few reps.
 
Phemomena said:
It's not much of a tail. But, I'm sorta attached to it...
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that's one hell of a tail in the avatar :p

holy old thread is right. wow. nothing wrong with bringing it up i guess.

i put my vote in the 101-200 range. i do seated front as a 5x5 lift. this past tuesday i did 130lbs. i'll go to 135lbs this week, and i feel like i'll hit it w/out a problem, even though it's starting to get real hard. dunno what i could max at for a few reps, i'd say maybe 165 for 3. never tried more than what i did this past week, so it's like hitting a PR every week :D
 
I'm working my way up, as it is the anchor 5x5 exercise for my shoulder workout.

Today I did 5x5 with 45 LBS dumbells (90 total) standing up and no cheating.

I saw a guy next to me doing them seated with a 95 lbs dumbell in each hand, but he was arching so much it was almost an incline press and he wasn't coming all the way back down to his shoulders.

So if you cheat a bit there's a lot of weight you can add.
 
Destroyer1986* said:
Ok, im doing 150 on the machine, should i do 150 on the bar(including the barbell) or is that too much?
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Id start light to get used to the movement and to get in a few warm-up sets.
95 may even be heavy. The barbell is much different then the machines, but also much better. Just experiment and work your way up. Concentrate on keeping good form.
 
I don't like doing barbell military press cos its uncomfortable going in front and bad for the shoulders behind neck. Only do them when I powerclean and press (aka clean and jerk) 143 pounds for singles. And 50 pound dumbells for 12 reps.
 
for my 5x5 im at 165 for the seated. i also do seated dumbell presses. i use the 70's for sets of 8. my shoulders have gotten a lot thicker since i started using presses as my main motion for shoulders and started doing more compound movements.
 
guldukat said:
Jesus. In my book, anything over 275 is a monster military press.

About 2-3 months ago you'd mentioned a torn pec...you're healed up and rolling again, I assume?
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It's a lot better than it was. It's not 100%, but that's just powerlifting.
 
JT Iron said:
I'm already back.
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Heh. Unlike someone I know, you don't mince words... ;)

Anyway, good. As I recall, you've got a very impressive total. Gotta be nice to work at moving it up again.
 
guldukat said:
Heh. Unlike someone I know, you don't mince words... ;)

Anyway, good. As I recall, you've got a very impressive total. Gotta be nice to work at moving it up again.
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yes it is. thanks man.
 
I'm not too big on shoulder presses with a bar. To the front feels funny, and behind the neck feels funny. Ideally I wish I could bring a bar down right through the middle of my skull, but I can't unfortunately. So I use db's or sometimes machine presses.
 
I did 315 a few weeks ago. Freeweight, seated. Got to 3 reps before racking it. I probably could have hit another 2 reps. But your shoulder girdle is not designed to handle that kind of weight.

I have a thread on it on the C & C forum.
 
225x6 on smith (seated military)
185x6 seated barbell military
hit the 80's for two sets of 10, ive never tried more because my gym is stupid and they dont have dumbells bigger than 80lbs.
 
Don't know wat I used, all I know was my form was strict and smooth, motion was controlled, and my delts were wishing they were home...........
 
Bigdawg1468 said:
did dumbells yesterday 110lbs for 8 then did Barbell 225 for 8
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Fuck. Good numbers on both. Something about your shoulders do look dense and very strong.

I think my best on the BB military, fresh, was 225 for a near triple. I missed the lockout on the third (?)...it's been awhile. I'm sure I've done 10 strict with 185 so that sounds about right. Once I get these chickenshit triceps really strong I look forward to doing 250+ for a few. *crosses fingers*
 
AAP said:
I did 315 a few weeks ago. Freeweight, seated. Got to 3 reps before racking it. I probably could have hit another 2 reps. But your shoulder girdle is not designed to handle that kind of weight.

I have a thread on it on the C & C forum.
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That is some sick shit bro, talk about major stress on the shoulder joints!!!!
 
Bigdawg1468 said:
That is some sick shit bro, talk about major stress on the shoulder joints!!!!
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Yeah, the next day my bones were more sore than the muscles. I don't believe you need a lot of weight to build shoulders.

But I have seen Paul Baker - IFBB Pro - bang out 10 reps non-stop with 315. Dude was blowing them up and looked like he could have kept going.
 
Freeweight the best I have done is 275x2 behind the neck presses. That was a couple of years ago and I don't do them anymore since I have trouble finding people I trust to spot me at my gym.

Hammer strength bnp I have done 365 for 6.

Standing presses 245x5 with no leg movement and 265x2 push presses.

Cheers,
Scotsman
 
i messed up my shoulder doin standing 225 trying to get reps (happened on 3rd rep)
last week i was in the smith and did 2 plates each side (seated) for 3
starting ot get some strength back
 
seated.
275 for 7 reps.
225 for 3 sets of 10.

I use the same grip as i do on bench, so i am fairly wide. I only touch the bar to the crown area of my head. I do not go past parallel.
 
I havent done military press in a year due to my rotator cuff, but since some yuppie was using the hammer strength I gave it a shot again today. I managed to put up 225lbs for 10 reps, right to the upper chest, not bad for a years lay off
 
my 5x5 is now up to 46.125 for each DB, so added together, etc.

I do believe it is harder to do with DB than with a BB.
 
needsize said:
I havent done military press in a year due to my rotator cuff, but since some yuppie was using the hammer strength I gave it a shot again today. I managed to put up 225lbs for 10 reps, right to the upper chest, not bad for a years lay off
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ROTF. A yuppie ;)

225x10 ain't bad, period! After not doing it for a year...day-um ;) Nice.
 
guldukat said:
ROTF. A yuppie ;)

225x10 ain't bad, period! After not doing it for a year...day-um ;) Nice.
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I was pretty happy, pisses me off though, cuz if I hadnt been hurt, i would be pressing close to 315 for reps by now. Shoulder was a little tender but I may stick with it for a bit, that way I can avoid the machine hogging yuppie bastards
 
got the 90lb dumbells for 7 tonight, seated press. Most ive ever tried. Next week ill try the 100's. Seated military barbell max 225x3 (front), havent done them in a while though
 
This poll is flawed!!!!!

A military press is done standing, unsupported, with a barbell. No leg drive. You can not do a military press seated and you surely can't do a military press in a fucking smith machine.
 
Big_BK said:
IMO seated is harder then standing even without any drive.
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I can press more seated with a barbell vs. Standing with a barbell. A lot of these guys claiming 275-315 pound "military" presses would crumble if they tried this standing. I've been around a lot of strong fuckers and I've never seen anyone Standing strict press 315 + pounds.
 
seated or standing 315 is no easy task. I don't know why but when i am sitting i can't tighten my core like i can when i am standing!
 
My best standing strict military press was 392 lbs. I never tried any more than that, and now that im not as strong as before, I wish I would have tried 400lbs, just to say that I did it. Oh well. I also did a standing "cheat" military, or push press, with 440lbs. Best reps as near as I can remember was 265lbs for a set of 10, dont think that was quite max, but it was the most I ever did.

glenn pendlay
 
glennpendlay said:
My best standing strict military press was 392 lbs. I never tried any more than that, and now that im not as strong as before, I wish I would have tried 400lbs, just to say that I did it. Oh well. I also did a standing "cheat" military, or push press, with 440lbs. Best reps as near as I can remember was 265lbs for a set of 10, dont think that was quite max, but it was the most I ever did.

glenn pendlay
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Hey thanks for stopping by!!!
 
I did standing military in high school but I was a meager 160lbs of bones. I only do the seated now due to the gym I am at and my old age. LOL However, last week I did do 275x9 with spot. I can almost seated military more than I can bench. WTF is up with that?
 
I just finished doing military press. I only did 95 X 6 reps. Really screwed my shoulder up three years ago when I got cocky and thought I was a beast. Basically dislocated my shoulder and ended up ripping my tendons. Haven't lifted for three years and before I finished rehab recently, I still had subluxation of the shoulder. Three years ago I was doing 185 x 6 reps solidly.

My shoulder feels real solid now, but it's still scary to try to do these compound lifts. I know I'll get back to 185 eventually, but it's definitely going to take time. Moral of the story: don't be retarded and let 300 lbs on lat pullbacks rip your shoulder out of socket.
 
I used to do 165 for 1 and 135x10 in the front. Now that I'm cutting weight I can barely do 135 for 2.

For behind the neck I don't know.
 
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