Need to strengthen Standing MP

[BOOEY]

What can I do to strenthen my standing military press? I've started to plateau and looking for ways to increase the weight. I don't want to ditch the exercise completely, because I'm afraid that if I do, I'll be weaker on it when I come back to it

 

[mayhems]

i guess going slower or taking 2 weeks off and then going at it again... usually helps when you've reached a plateau

btw the only advantage to going slower is it might create a little more strength since it seems the slower you go the more effective...

 

[Bonkme2]

What can I do to strenthen my standing military press? I've started to plateau and looking for ways to increase the weight. I don't want to ditch the exercise completely, because I'm afraid that if I do, I'll be weaker on it when I come back to it

I do a lockout type thing every few weeks.
I set the guards high in the rack...high enough that I'd only be pressing the weight a few inches. Load the bar, squat down a little, lock the arms, push the weight off the guards for maybe 10 seconds (or however long I can hold it) and then lower it slow as possible.

I've only done it a couple of times now, but I can already feel that I'm more stable and stronger when I press.

 

[b fold the truth]

Changing rep ranges, push presses, jerks, etc...

What ARE you doing to increase it???

B True

 

[Smurfy]

Hi Clint

 

[coolcolj]

14inch grip bench press

core work

cuff, shoulder gridle and mid trap work

 

[Scotsman]

Shrugs, rear delts, as CCJ said core work, Also all of what B True said. The weight will increase as overall shoulder strength increases. Also you need a lot of core stability to do standing presses.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[Kane Fan]

you can take a week off of it
and then go back to it
first of all how important is strength toyou, I could have a pretty good strength gaining program but it would mess with your mass gains because that's just what the program tends to do (I till gain mass using it just not as fast as I would on a strict mass type routine)

 

[BOOEY]

Changing rep ranges, push presses, jerks, etc...

What ARE you doing to increase it???

B True

I've stalled for the past two weeks, so not much out of my ordiniary routine. I usually pyramid the weight up: 10,8,6,4,2 reps. Core work is there. Getting stronger in other shoulder lifts like upright rows and side laterals. I may have to experiment with some intensity techniques like dropsets or supersets.

 

[b fold the truth]

Hi Clint

Hey there hot stuff...

B True