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Illuminati
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Does anybody here do them? I have been wanting to add these into my workout, but really dont have a clue how to do them. Can someone try to explain it to me. Thanks.
JM Presses
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blut wump
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This site basically describes it as a close-grip bench but with an explosive concentric.
http://www.theministryoffitness.com/mof/library/anims/jmpress.htm
This one has it as an eccentric skullcrusher and concentric close-grip bench which is the opposite of how I'd originally read of it.
http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/exercise3/jmpress.htm
Yet another one here:
http://www.bodybuildinguniverse.com/article41.htm
http://www.theministryoffitness.com/mof/library/anims/jmpress.htm
This one has it as an eccentric skullcrusher and concentric close-grip bench which is the opposite of how I'd originally read of it.
http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/exercise3/jmpress.htm
Yet another one here:
http://www.bodybuildinguniverse.com/article41.htm
Illuminati
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Blut Wump said:
You must spread some Karma around before giving it to Blut Wump again.
ill hit with some K when i can
i basically do them with a shoulder-wide or maybe a bit wider grip, the bar is on a level with my throat or clavicula
as opposed to skull crushers my upper arms don't point straight (or as straight as i can keep them) in the air, but are more extended to the sides, making the jms look like a hybrid between close grips and skullcrushers
i don't know if i do them right but i really feel them in my tricpes and chest (which i think is because the pectoralis has a hard time stabilizing the weight because of the flared out arms)
watch out when going heavy for under 5 reps on them, when i'm shooting for a best of 3 i tend to bring the bar down on my upper chest, doing more of a shoulder-close-grip-exercise...
there is also a variation on them, i forgot the exact name, when you got the bar down at the height of your clavicula you move the bar a bit towards your chin and then push it up
i tried it out once and got crushed, it's much more difficult this way
hope i could help
as opposed to skull crushers my upper arms don't point straight (or as straight as i can keep them) in the air, but are more extended to the sides, making the jms look like a hybrid between close grips and skullcrushers
i don't know if i do them right but i really feel them in my tricpes and chest (which i think is because the pectoralis has a hard time stabilizing the weight because of the flared out arms)
watch out when going heavy for under 5 reps on them, when i'm shooting for a best of 3 i tend to bring the bar down on my upper chest, doing more of a shoulder-close-grip-exercise...
there is also a variation on them, i forgot the exact name, when you got the bar down at the height of your clavicula you move the bar a bit towards your chin and then push it up
i tried it out once and got crushed, it's much more difficult this way
hope i could help
The way the koala described them sounds right to me also - just making sure you stop 4"(I really feel them then) to 6" from your upper chest almost your neck. Though you keep elbows up, the bar need to be behind the elbows and travel closer to the head than the elbows. I use a closer grip, but med. grip is OK. It feels a bit awkward at first but comes easily enough. I believe the variation described is called the Dicks Press after a lifter named Paul Dicks.
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