CoC#3 Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 We all have those sessions from time to time, just write it off and give it hell next time! Today's overheads, barx10 132x5 200x3 250x3 286x2 308x4 308x5 last 2 sets are rep PRs. My technique was poor today, shaky, and the leg drive felt weak. I managed to get a good push jerk on some of the reps but most were just a bounce up and down and a press out through the top half of the lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTHOS Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 We all have those sessions from time to time, just write it off and give it hell next time! Today's overheads, barx10 132x5 200x3 250x3 286x2 308x4 308x5 last 2 sets are rep PRs. My technique was poor today, shaky, and the leg drive felt weak. I managed to get a good push jerk on some of the reps but most were just a bounce up and down and a press out through the top half of the lift. Nice work Sam! My friend you're getting stronger day by day...!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bullitt Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 YES!!! Finally hit my goal on strict seated overhead press! Today's workout from pins at eye level. warm up: 1X10 each arm with 20lb kettlebells Work sets: 115X8 155X6 185X3 205X1 225X1 PR I never did get a chance to go to Gold's and try out my push press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTHOS Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 YES!!! Finally hit my goal on strict seated overhead press! Today's workout from pins at eye level. warm up: 1X10 each arm with 20lb kettlebells Work sets: 115X8 155X6 185X3 205X1 225X1 PR I never did get a chance to go to Gold's and try out my push press. Well done Mike! One PR after another....May always be like that my friend!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bullitt Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 YES!!! Finally hit my goal on strict seated overhead press! Today's workout from pins at eye level. warm up: 1X10 each arm with 20lb kettlebells Work sets: 115X8 155X6 185X3 205X1 225X1 PR I never did get a chance to go to Gold's and try out my push press. Well done Mike! One PR after another....May always be like that my friend!!!! Thanks my friend. Not anywhere close to what you monsters are pressing, but this was huge for me. I would like to get it up around 250 in the next few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankyBoy Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Congrats Mike! Thats a great lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoC#3 Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 Welldone Mike that is a big seated press! Today i did some seated strict press, starting at nose height, 220x8x1. For some reason i find strict seated a lot harder than strict standing, even though i start with the bar higher (nose height as opposed to a racked position when doing it standing). I also did some floor presses, 308x7x1. Paused with my triceps on the floor. Finished off with ez bar tricep extensions behind the head up to 100x10, 150x3, 100x10. I think bringing up my tricep strength more will cause my press to shoot up, my technique feels like it is there now i just need to get more raw strength, this was the purpose of tonight's session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarytheDino Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Good stuff What's your PR on push press John? Thanks, guys! My PR's 365 set a number of years ago. I'd like to hit 4 wheels someday. I might log some seated presses. These push presses are way out of my league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdawg Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Power clean & push presses today: 135x1x5 155x1x3 185x1x3 205x1x3 255x1x10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTHOS Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 30/09/2009 PUSH PRESS Workout: 40(88) x10 70(154) x10 100(220) x6 120(265) x3 140(309) x3 Loose balance and the bar falls on the floor. Again load it on the pins and hit another set. 140(309) x5 After that some pinch work and some fast walking for cardio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTHOS Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Welldone Mike that is a big seated press! Today i did some seated strict press, starting at nose height, 220x8x1. For some reason i find strict seated a lot harder than strict standing, even though i start with the bar higher (nose height as opposed to a racked position when doing it standing). I also did some floor presses, 308x7x1. Paused with my triceps on the floor. Finished off with ez bar tricep extensions behind the head up to 100x10, 150x3, 100x10. I think bringing up my tricep strength more will cause my press to shoot up, my technique feels like it is there now i just need to get more raw strength, this was the purpose of tonight's session. Nice workout Sam. Stronger triceps defenately will give you stronger presses and a very good exercise for building the triceps is reverse grip bench presses....You should give this a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarytheDino Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 (edited) Seated Barbell from eye level barx10 135x10 185x5 205x3 225x2 225x2 185x5 One arm DB seated 70x12x2sets each arm,light pec deck (typically not my style but fun to do the whole stack) 5 sets of 10 top set 200 (whole stack) Tricep pushdowns (overkill on top of all the presses, went light) 100x12x3sets Edited October 3, 2009 by GarytheDino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Shoulder had some slight tension in it, but felt much better today than it has in weeks. So I decided to take advantage of it. 1x8, 250 pounds. Belt, no wrist wraps. One rep PR. Haven't given up on my goal yet. -Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoC#3 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 Good work, Gary and Rex! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Thanks Sam! -Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Forgot to write this last time...I am learning that I can make good progress on push press without doing much push press at all. In fact, my gains on push press were hurt when I focused on push pressing and excluded bench pressing. I think Bob Lipinksi is right that the triceps are key, and heavy benching builds up the triceps more than does push pressing. In particular, I'm getting benefit from doing partial range bench work inside the rack. If your push press is not going anywhere, try heavy bench work, partials in particular, and dumbbell shoulder work. You may benefit from it. -Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoC#3 Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 (edited) I'm re-thinking my approach to this now. Short term i am going to focus on seated DB press while keeping my hand in technique wise with standing overheads. Today i trained in the uni gym because i had 2 hours spare and did: seated DB press 50s x 10 75s x 10 88s x 14 (would have liked heavier but 88lbs were the heaviest there) 88s x 8 push jerks 264x2x3 (these were done with no pressout, just jerked straight up) close grip bench 220x10, 264x3, 308x2x1, 220x9 Finished with RC work and pushdowns. Bodyweight on scales in the uni gym - 302lbs. I felt my tehcnique was good when i hit 350, as in i feel i am not going to improve much more on overheads just by playing with form. I am hoping, that as Rex suggests above, working on stricter stuff will help me get stronger and that there will be some carryover. In the strongman gym we have some 125# dumbells. Next time i do pressiing i'll aim to hit these for 3-4 reps, and as i did today i will bring them right down the the shoulders on each rep. Edited October 8, 2009 by CoC#3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 1x9, 250 pounds. 1 rep PR. I've found that doing the one-arm DB push presses, no belt, has help my shoulder stability and core strength tremendously. Tonight I felt rock solid in the lockout position. For anyone struggling with that 'wobbly' feeling on push press, give them a try. -Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) mis-post Edited October 13, 2009 by The Natural Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoC#3 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 Nice work Rex. One arm presses definitely carryover to push presses/jerks. Last week i did a few singles on one arm press with a 155lb DB, no belt. I am including twice a week direct ab work aswell now to increase stability at lockout. My last pressing workout i close grip benched 335 for a single then did DB presses, paused on the shoulders with 88lbs dumbells. I ended with tricep extensions and pushdowns. On Saturday i'm doing push jerk technique work - so a lot of sub maximal volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdawg Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Wed. 10-22-09 Threw the stone a little bit. Worked on the glide and full spin some. Both were butt ugly. Close Grip Bench w/ 40lb. of chain 45x5 135x5 185x3 225x1 245x1x4 Press 135x3 155x3 185x1 205x1x4 Cheat Curl 45x10 95x5 115x5x4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 (edited) 1x5, 275. PR. belt, no wrist wraps. Need to buy some wrist wraps. I lost mine a while ago. The old ones were about a foot long, they didn't do much, but much better than no wraps at all. If I can get 275 for 1x8, belt and wraps, by the end of the year, that will be a *fifty* pound increase for a set of 8, in one year. I'll close with a favorite workout song -Rex Edited October 23, 2009 by The Natural Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTHOS Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Powerful workouts everyone...! Todays strict overhead presses: 40(88) x10 50(110) x10 70(154) x10 90(198) x5 100(220) x3 115(253) x1 130(287) x1 I will send a vid as soon as I can... After that I did some dumbbell laterals and front raises , 32kilo kb for some Bup presses and upright rows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) Did 2x5, 1x4, RH, with 130 pound DB. (one arm push press). Then 3x4, LH, 130 pound DB. Making good progress on these, but the numbers are still quite low. Adding a belt may add some strength. I've got a nice bruise on the right side of my face where the dumbbell came down hard on my cheek bone. Maybe I can work this into a Halloween costume. -Rex Edited October 29, 2009 by The Natural Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPGoodfellow Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Did 2x5, 1x4, RH, with 130 pound DB. (one arm push press). Then 3x4, LH, 130 pound DB. Making good progress on these, but the numbers are still quite low. Adding a belt may add some strength. I've got a nice bruise on the right side of my face where the dumbbell came down hard on my cheek bone. Maybe I can work this into a Halloween costume. -Rex Money. When people ask you what happened to your face you can tell them the truth: "A 130lb dumbbell hit me in the face." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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