military press

[beefyin]

hey
i need suggestions or tricks to increase the military press......am stuck.....and the weight doesn't seem to increase.....
i workout 3/w on mon wed fri routine.......anything else and i seem to overtrain.......delts are usually on fri......bench on mon...

 

[Mike_Rojas]

Try push presses

 

[beefyin]

thanks
but what sort of sets / reps to use....

 

[beefyin]

how many set/reps.....

 

[Lumberg]

3 to five sets with 4 to 12 reps.

Start on the high side and work it down to where on the last couple of sets you're doing less than 8.

or you could just to 5x5, works great esp. for explosive movements.

Just for the record just 'cos it's a push press doesn't make it any different in the rep/set figures.

You could just substitute push press for military press with everythign else the same, I think that's what Mike meant.

 

[STEP OFF]

whats your shoulder routine look like?

 

[louden_swain]

Definately heavy push presses:

5 sets of 5 to 8 reps.

 

[beefyin]

will try out the push presses this friday........though may have to have to try them later on as the right shoulder is acting up a bit.......
delt routine
2-3 wrmup sets(military press)
3 worksets around 155lbs*3(strict)
4-5 side lateral raises 25lbs*10
3 rear lateral raises 20lbs*8
3 shrugs 170lbs*8
any suggestions??????

 

[louden_swain]

one other thing. . have you ever thought about cycling your training?

 

[beefyin]

do you mean periodization...