@@zwryy7622 Yeah, Klokov is why I clean and press, push press, etc. in addition to what I get prescribed for weightlifting. That 225 kg push press is beautiful. The 190 kg thruster too..
@@tylerb3023 lol old school lifters used to do stuff like this all the time. You don't need fake weights to get there if you are already big enough. The last clean and press record in weightlifting was 236.5 kg. If you can clean AND press 521 lbs, then you can probably strict press from the rack 275 lbs for eight reps no problem. It just takes years and years and years to get there. To wit: I plug in his 1x8 @ 275 lbs in a one rep max calculator and it yields and estimate of his one rep max that day at around 341 lbs. So how many reps of 275 lbs strict presses could Vasily Alekseyev have done that day instead of one rep of clean and press at 521 lbs? Just to put it in perspective.. 275 lbs for eight reps is amazing, but it's not even remotely close to the elite.
I think the best advice I took for muscle growth was to use A LOT less weight, up the reps, control the eccentric and maximize the stretch under tension. I've been doing that with all my training and while I have to use laughably low weights, I'm getting great results. I wish I would have had this mindset earlier LOL, but I guess better late than never. :)
I’ve adopted the same approach, and it’s working great! I get some strange looks from other dudes in the gym, because they are using much more weight than me, yet Im 215lbs, and jacked, 8~% bf. The results are more important tho!
I guess it depends on your goals. build a bigger looking muscle or build more strength both area perfectly great. I tend to not want to look super jacked and yoked but more strong. but hi thats me! I am doing a Powerbuilding sort of a program, which has high reps low weight days, and heavy weight low rep days. so I work on best of both worlds. :)
Used to feel this in my lower back kinda weird, but after I started clamping my glutes together, it feels 100% better. Very stable, I can put much more effort into the lift.
Amazing video! These tips are super useful and educational. Question for you... have you ever tried Next Level Diet? I got a muscle-building meal plan from them that's worked wonders for me.
Love it, and I literally took overhead press out of my program months ago because I couldn’t do it right. Adding it back in next meso! Thanks for the tips Mike!
@@RenaissancePeriodization true I remember it being very hard on me even though the weight wasn’t super heavy. Just a quick question if you come back and read this comment. Could you do a video or just give some recommendations on mindfulness books that helped you. I read Dale Carnegie’s “How to stop worrying and start living” and that helped me a lot. But I’m curious on your book recommendations. Thank you again for all you do, you’ve helped me so much.
Absolutely love these tips that help improve on standard exercises without resorting to trendy fad “evolved” exercises. Definitely an awesome refresher. Mike’s the best.
Wicked advices here. I love how you can tell the camera man (girl? they?) is dying from laugher atleast once or twice during this. Brilliant presentation
Watched this a while back and slowed down my eccentrics - it was actually awesome and I feel it helped break past my plateau, after I downsized weight and built back up with slow eccentrics.
Just like how doing hand release push-ups can show you where you are most efficient when it comes to pressing, same thing with the overhead I will approach the bar with my heads right where I would be holding a front rack, walk up to the bar and get my clavicle next to it, release my hands and grab the bar and that's where I feel the most efficient and the strongest, which is obviously going to be outside of shoulder width
Your wife's a great sport! Mine would tell me to pound sand if I ever asked her to help demo, well, anything. Perfect timing for this video as today is my shoulder & leg day. Lots of good stuff here. Maybe I'll switch things up and do some overhead presses now that I know the right way to get the most out of them. Thanks, Dr Mike!
THANK U SIR FOR MAKING THIS SERIES!! YOU ARE MEGA SUPER AWESOME ROCKSTAR COACH!!! FEELING BLESSED TO LEARN THESE TECHNIQUE STUFF FROM LEGEND LIKE U!!!!
I like Rippetoe's tip of bending at the knees as you press to help the bar clear your face. That and ending each rep with forearms vertical and elbows tucked in really made my OHP feel better.
@@MrSpicabooo it's in between, not really a push press. Rippetoe was teaching bending at the knees only. It's a horizontal move and the power doesn't come from the legs the same way a push press does.
I have honestly never been able to make my back comfortable or natural during a standing press, so I've switched to seated dumbbell press for now. Maybe I'll try again with these tips though.
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Excellent exercise demonstration! As I said about your back training workout, "Excellent back training demonstration, and practical tips, and sane advice that works; conducive to exercising"; in this shoulder. Since performing most overhead pressing movements, the side deltoids get worked, too. And, for me, that is one of the main benefits of pressing, in this case overhead. As for triceps, that is one of the purposes I do pressing exercise such as dumbbells press.🏋♂
i just started my journey for the 5th time or something,i cant even press 40kg but this exercise is so nice and challenging,all that core work and balance,simply amazing,im glad i was doin it niceand controlled before dr mike's video,seems like im catching up to the whole point of these amazing youtubers
@@monsieurene3366 well by not even 40kg i mean i cant get close to that,im currently doing 35 for like 8 reps and gettin there,it pushes me tho so i guess it works lightweight or not
@@thesecularatheist well as i said im not a beginner,i have trained and mainly researched for a good part of the past 1 and a half years,having long breaks tho so i never developed my strength consistently,i also went from like 110 kg to 80 where im at right now,so i cant really track my past lifts since my strength aint the same,im lifting less weight than 60 kg 15 year olds at my gym but that doesnt discourage me at all,i just focus on rom and control and hopefully i can stay consistent and get where i want
@@thesecularatheist Dude I strongly disagree. 40kg strict Press with Mike's form with couple of reps (let's say 6-10 reps) is impossible to do for most people. For example: I do 10 reps*40kg on Military Press. Am I weak? Well, I've been lifting for 6+ years, I'm 6'4, 90 kilos and I can do 2 handstand pushups (chest to wall). Sure If I add a little leg drive, fast eccentric, don't go 100% full ROM like most lifters do and arch my chest I can go way heavier. But this will just screw my shoulders.
@@xfockinnti7283 I stand behind my argument again. If you have a very strict form, no wonder why you don't lift more than beginners. Also I like to believe you will stay consistent. If you had the habits to lose 30kg, you have everything you need to keep going
1. What do you think of Westside's 3-grip method for shoulders presses ? 2. That woman, though "contracted" wouldn't ever date a Russian Dumpling, Dr. Mike. 3. Dimitri is never going to call you. I think its awesome that your taking basic, multi-joint, exercises, and breaking them down, as it places the specific emphasis on building a stable base, and optimizing movement. Blessings
You enunciated the importance of controlling the eccentric, but can you elaborate on the WHY? Is it safer? Is it "cheating"? Does it stimulate more muscle growth? Thanks Dr. Mike!
Slow controlled eccentric = more muscle tension = more muscle growth, yes. It would also be safer yes. Definitely not cheating, controlled eccentrics are infinitely harder than the alternative.
Do you have any comments on Dumbbell OHP? Advantages, disadvantages, maybe tips in this video that wouldn't apply to dumbbells. As always, thanks for the great content!
If Scott’s having trouble holding the camera the entire time or having to move his hands to the lens cause it’s a DSLR, you might want to switch to a mount or camcorder just for on-the-go use.
please make a video on NAFLD and bodybuilding.. how can people who have fatty liver disease gain muscle and go through bulking phases while keeping their liver clean from fat....
I thought a few times when the video flashes the title for the next segment, that crystal would be the one talking and finishing the video and there would be the slightest showing of your feet face down lol.
Hey Dr Mike, what do you think of replacing sitting OHP with one that's at an incline bench of 70-80 degrees? While there would be more chest activation, wouldn't it still primarily hit/fry the front delts? Are there any advantages/disadvantages?
