Power Jerk versus Push Press

[Zander1983]

What is the difference between a Power Jerk and a Push Press?

I do quite a bit of Olympic lifting for athletic purposes, and I've come across a program (High Tension Training by Christian Thibaudeau) that uses both on its Jerk-based workout day.

Thanks in advance.

 

[coolcolj]

Jerk - the bar is propelled up with mostly legs/hips and then locked out by the arms/shoulders. ie you literally jump the wieght up. You use your chest/delts as a launching pad for the bar.

Push-press, is basicly a overhead press where you use the legs to help "cheat" the weight up and the shoulders/arms finish off the pressing.

basicly the Jerk is much faster than the push press, there is no actual pressing.

 

[Zander1983]

Excellent, thank you.

It appears that when push pressing, I've actually been doing a combination of the two lifts! Whoops

 

[Sully810]

You also re bend your knees before lock out,to help to catch the bar,when doing a jerk.

 

[coolcolj]

No harm in doing a Jerk Press