Learning to Press | The Starting Strength Method 

Now THIS is kind of content I like to see from starting strength!

This instructional was so good I am barely annoyed how easily Chase presses 225.

I really like this style of instructional video, with Rip's narration and Chase's demostration. Keep up the great work!

Squeeze your glutes as hard as you possibly can and remind yourself to stay tall with the sternum lifted. Let your glutes take all the pressure off your lower back.

I've pressed for years and only just used this version today, after looking at footage of myself pressing, and realised I had been strict pressing th whole time lmfao. The rebound from the hips makes all the difference , cheers SS.

This is actually an awesome video. Even if you have been doing it right (maybe me and even then unknowingly), this is an incredible breakdown for how to teach someone else how to do the movement. Also, Startiing Strength is an awesome book for anyone who hasn't perused through it yet.

I want to hear mark read little women by Jayne Austen so badly.

Criminally underrated channels 🙌🏽

the voice and accent alone improved my press by 5%

Very well explained and demonstrated

Straight from the book gotta respect the consistency.

Awesome instruction! Thanks for sharing!

Excellent and comprehensive explanation.

This was a good one. Several very important (and very simple), tips here in straightforward presentation.

What if I don´t have a dog lying around?

Very helpful and led me to catch several mistakes I've been making. Thank you 🙂

Ok I have watched a series of these today and I do believe this was the most helpful. Mainly because of the prop lifting the weight does a great job extenuating cues. Thanks for the great melody at the end too. Cheers.

Loving this style of video

Wow. I used to think of ohp a simple movement but this opened my eyes

I’ve been waiting for this. Thanks

Great video thanks again for your time and help 🏋️

well that is better then previous explanation of using the hips

Now this is good content. I can't be the only one that wants rows after they do the bench press. And a DB bench too

Great tutorial!

I think I may be getting the hang of the press. As my hips were rebounding and I was driving the bar up and my head forward, the bar felt much lighter than usual. This was on my third rep of the fourth set, toward the end when I was tired. Now I'm quite excited to keep practicing the press to see if I really can learn the proper technique. I'm pretty happy that I got the book, and that these videos serve as an adequate refresher.

Thank you so much!!!! I am gonna add presses to my training program today after work....

These new videos are real good. I also notice there's some fine hounds prowling the gym!

It has been interesting to see Chase’s progression of weightlifting shoes. From an old pair of VS athletics to Nike Romaleo 3s, and now Romaleo 2s.

Thanks for the great video! One thing that I have found has really helped my press is to make sure you grip the bar really really hard. As someone told me - "like it owes you money!" is a cue that works for me.

Fine you tube! Ill watch the dang video!! Well that was actually recommended for a good reason…. Loved it.

Love this exercise. Have to wait till lockdown is over to go back to my local gym.

I'd never heard about this hip bouncing before, thanks!

Pure fire content.

Excellent. Wish I’d seen this a year ago.

THE BEST TUTORIALS

Very good sir!

Thank u for sharing

"aim for your nose" :D what could possibly go wrong :D great videos perfect format! love them

Awesome biomechanical instruction

5 min of pure gold

Oh man I could have been doing this 4 years ago thanks for the tip and vidoe!

This! Thank you

His press masterpiece

Chase is my idol. I don’t think I’ll ever get to the same levels as him though but I can try my hardest

Great video

Good stuff, thanks

This is really good

Great video as always, thank you.. BTW, turn on the subtitles, I think it translates efficiently the pronunciation of Mark's accent.

Very good 👍🏻 thanks u.

Why am I pretty sure the voice of the narrator is that of the dog

Thank you

I been doing starting stenght for about 1y now i stop all isolation exercises i am also older at 47, my shoulders by doing this are bigger and more develop then ever.

Simple, no nonsense.

Thanks for the video. Can’t wait to get back to the gym but for now will have to overhead press the air with an invisible barbell

this is the ultimate OH tutorial on the net!

Good shit right here

Very well conveyed, thank you.

There’s a lot of small mechanics missed in the overhead press. I guess I’ve been doing a lot wrong for quite some time.

Rip's voice is like music

Reading this book , just finished this chapter. The narrators voice inside my head was exactly the same as the narrator of the video.

Not that it was shabby before, but I'm loving the newer SS content! Any thoughts on taking your breath at the unrack and holding tension through as many reps as reasonable? And if needed, taking short breaths at lockout?

Although I don’t agree with the whole trap bar being useless, I Just ordered starting strength because I know you’re the truth 🤙🏼

I would love to see some SS Radio episodes on each of the lifts.

There is not a more clear or comprehensive breakdown of proper form and technique to perform a movement pattern or exercise on RU-vid than the content published by Starting Strength. Aces

225# beltless- I'm impressed.

I love the press. Slipped disc in my neck gives me a trapped nerve doing this though so it's gone for me

Just wanna give Chase a holler... lookin good, man!

What about using the stretch reflex in the bottom of the rep?

Great❤

Great

Hi a question on coordination of the movement. Where should the bar be by the time the lifter's hips are back in the start position?

What about the lower body? How wide should the stance be? Should the legs be completely straight with the knee joints locked or should there remain a micro bend in the knees?

Can some explain how the breathing works for this movement? Thanks!

Guess it's time to finally learn The Press 2.0™

I presume the rebound thing facilitates heavier plates, but does it help grow/strengthen muscles?

Do one really have to shrug the bar up in the top of the lift in order to avoid shoulder impingement? Of course people can have different shapes of their acromion, that would increase the risk of impingement or not. But I’ve seen sources that indicate that as long as you have your elbows pointing to the sides the shoulder cuff tendons should not be pinched. The problem can occur when the elbows spin toward the back( internal rotation). If this is not true, then a antagonist movement like a scapular pull-up would be a nightmare for the rotator tendons? For what I see Scapular pull-ups are used a lot for creating better scapular stability in the pull-up. What are your thoughts? Thank you for the great stuff, you make the fitness world better! Andrew

This was one of my favorite lifts only I was doing them seated. Doing it seated I would look up as I did the lift and brought the bar down to my chin. The reason is it forces your back straight and in my eyes you should control the speed of the weight coming down. I would generally do 6 sets 3 of which were at 275 lbs. I would also grip the bar wider then what this guy does. If you keep good form in mind you are very unlikely to hurt yourself. I did this for a very long time w/o injury. I maxed out one day at 315 for 2 reps.. but I was feeling very strong that day and I did that on I think it was the 12th set.. "normal lifts then 2 reps as the weight went up per set above the 6th"..

Will have plantar fasciitis affect how the tension is going into your toes?

I missed barbells so much... when he grabs that barbell... somethings kindled in me...

How does activating the hips interact with the pressure in the lower back arch? I can’t seem to see how to push the hips toward without emphasizing the lower back.

I feel like this video should be watched on vhs.

Even managed to get hip drive into the press. You did it Mark, you crazy son of a bitch, you did it!

Rip, did you tell Dr Austin Baraki to "aim for his nose" as he lifts the bar from his shoulders?

What do think about pressing behind the neck?

Nice long forearms. I wonder if he can do power clean with no issues

Nice of boris beckers son to give a demonstration

I wish I had the shoulder flexibility to do this lift correctly - the last part, I mean, with the bar directly over the back of your head. Getting old is no joke.

1:10 - 1:19 This. Whenever I try to do this, I feel the correct muscles being used, I use this cue for rows, chest exercises, shoulders, even arms- basically all upper body movements. The only thing is when I do this I feel my abs lose tension and pressure in my lower ribs (basically rib flare). Am I doing something wrong when I do this cue? I've never heard it said this way but it makes so much sense. Are there any other ways I can think of doing this without having my abs lose tension?

Why is downward movement of the bar allowed at the start? Seems like it grants a bit of a stretch reflex.

That dude is seriously strong. No way I could press that weight.

💯

I always thought the barbell needed to be closer to the deltoids initially, closer to a rack.

Anyone have any tips for a guy with no rack and who has to clean the barbell into position.

Didn't a video from a few years ago say to bend the knees? I've tried this motion multiple times. No dice.

The dog!

Im stuck at 7,5kg+bar (16.5lbs+bar). Luckily we have plates as small as 0,25kg(0.55lbs) so Im gonna do increments of 0,5kg(1.1lbs). Hope I get results.

Should i take a breath at the top or at the bottom of the rep?

Do you take/hold a new breath for each rep?

I find it nigh impossible to create the bounce when the bar starts getting "heavy" with my working set. Any way around this?

Did he press 225lbs in the end? That’s crazy!