Military press

[anthrax]

I've founf that dumbells military press were easier on my rot cuff than with a barbell

and it looks like a semi-supinated grip (plams facing each other) is the best option

What do you think?

 

[musketeer]

I cant stand doing them semi-supinated - seems to take the emphasis away from my tris.

A lot of the big guys (I'm not big enough to calss myself as big yet!) seem to favor the barbell for going heavy because the dumbels can slip out of the groove easily and cause an injury.

I love to do the barbell standing and the dumbell seated. I think that they are both important for a bodybuilder, and should think that doing something like 3 weeks of each alternated would be a good plan.

 

[KillahBee]

I've founf that dumbells military press were easier on my rot cuff than with a barbell

and it looks like a semi-supinated grip (plams facing each other) is the best option

What do you think?

I recently started phasing seating mil press back into my program since I tore my RC and found that they don't give me much trouble, as long as I start with the bar in front of me as opposed to behind me. The DB's are a little easier on the RC's, but I get a lot more out of the BB mil press.

 

[artrius]

I hate doing military press with dumbells, its a pain in the ass to get 100's over your head some days.... that's half the workout right there. I prefer doing seated barbell shoulder press to the front, and to where your arms come parallel to the floor. That's the safest on your rotator cuff. I've had a shoulder injury, so I have to be careful.

 

[Illuminati]

I cant stand doing them semi-supinated - seems to take the emphasis away from my tris.

A lot of the big guys (I'm not big enough to calss myself as big yet!) seem to favor the barbell for going heavy because the dumbels can slip out of the groove easily and cause an injury.

I love to do the barbell standing and the dumbell seated. I think that they are both important for a bodybuilder, and should think that doing something like 3 weeks of each alternated would be a good plan.

are you using your legs to drive the bar up as you are pressing? if so, then that is called a push-press. but if you are standing still, then its a military press. the push-press is more of a full body power movement.

 

[anthrax]

I prefer doing seated barbell shoulder press to the front, and to where your arms come parallel to the floor. That's the safest on your rotator cuff. I've had a shoulder injury, so I have to be careful.

I agreee you lift more weights with a barbell but I don't think it is that safe

It is anything but a 'natural' movement
When in every day's life do you perform such a movement?

 

[WalkingBeast]

I prefer the dumbbell military presses also over the barbell version. Less rotator and collar bone stress, and also seems to be less stress on the lower back. Barbell military never feels right to me even though my inclines are very strong (close to my bench press). The dumbbells can still cause some stress in those areas but I like them better overall. Havent done those in a while though due to my back problems.

 

[Mithrandir]

yeah, when I was a real n00b, I would do 4 sets of both in the same day, and I wondered why my shoulder goofed for about a month --I just stick to dumbbell now..less painful, and I have better control...

I have a Q for you guys, when doing DB incline, do you feel yourself eagering towards mil. press?? My arms don't come off my chest straight, they come back a little, liek I want to do mil. press, a friend of mine tried to spot me to correct my form and he said that I was pushing so hard to go up (like mil. press) that with even a strong foot brace, he could not correct me..does anyone else suffer from this?!

Mithrandir