Sika Strength's Favourite Strict(ish) Presses & Pressers  

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I can't believe Spongebob wasn't on this list.

Shane Hunt is pretty strong but I prefer his brother, Mike

As I mentioned on another channel recently, Klokov's 495lbs push press at RPE blyat will probably always be my favorite overhead lift ever

Shane Hunt’s got a big career ahead of him! My current favourite PLer

Ilya vs Meso "strick press" competion is hilarious

Omg I can't believe you didn't include Donald ducks 107 for 10 back in 1988

Wish they would bring back the clean and press. I know the Olympic press got a lot of hate for the lean back but Serge Redings 228 clean and press is still one of the most incredible and badass displays of pressing strength ever.

Love strict ohp way more than bench. Hit an 89kg pr last night and felt amazing! 100kg on the horizon 😁

If you're going to include strongman you have to include Iron Biby. Dude has incredible pressing strength and 5ons of them up online

Thank you for the great content.

It was the Viking press and I think they call it a double knee bend. Awesome vid guys. Klokov was my fav.

Picking it up off the floor and strict pressing overheard is alot harder than taking it off the rack. Totally different exercise.

Good content as always lads

The thing is the over head press is much more applicable to more situations than the bench press, it needs more emphasis!

That 120kg is impressive. Watched this video today, managed 110kg, 120kg has eluded me for years 😂 Great videos, enjoying these and the more recent Tokyo ones 😊👍

11:05 You're allowed to get it overhead any way you like (just not to rest it on your head). But most SHWs will push press it and some who can't do that like Eddie (bc of his knees) or Biby (technique, I guess) or have more trouble with the clean will do some hybrid bench thing. In the 80 kilo (I like to call us strongmanlets) category category, I think it's 50/50 between push presses and proper (split) jerks. Depends on the athlete.

Great video

HAHAH the press and impressive joke had me laughing so hard, good edit.

Funny I watched the klokov press seminar last night. Nothings harder to increase than a 1rm strict press.

Finally made it to Sikastan! (at least in a video) Also regarding pressing: there was a time where Dmitry Berestov had some sort of Pressing battle with Klokov. He is/was definetly around 160kg as well. I also read Klokovs Press PR is 180kg (but I have never seen a video). There is also a video of Chingiz Mogushkov strict pressing 180kg iirc (somewhere - probably on Klokovs channel) and some ridiculous push presses of Chingiz (on par with his jerk numbers :D). And I guess many strongman could have been included as well ;). First of all Iron Biby.

Lads how could you omit Serge Redding’s 228kg clean & press?!

Any thoughts on Chase Lindley's OHP? He's a starting strength guy that does a slight dip and then a CRAZY back angle as he pushes/locks out the press. Keeps his legs straight if you watch closely, but throws his hips forward. I think he does 405 pounds.

Still love Chingiz and Berestov having a blast pressing together

Eddies Axle press is by far my favorite and harder than a barbell. Maybe not a shoulder press exactly but as strict as it gets

Honestly expressing my thoughts

Mike Israetel's old videos of him strict pressing are amazing

Nice

Omg I can't believe you didn't do my video pressing 80kg as an 80kg, well that was a happy moment for me 😂 ahum ahum just commenting for the algo XD Nice video lads, really enjoyable.

Klokov has such an aesthetic press

Oh my god! I can’t believe you didn’t include Mr So-and-so!!

I take it the cilp of illya vs meso was post legend illya klokov is a beast 2011 worlds still my fav comp

Oh my god I can’t believe you didn’t include Case Lindley’s 405 not-so-strict press

That 120kg.... huge respect from a guy who can barely eke out a strict HSPU after years of CrossFit. Inspiring... And then Klokov is just from another world!! ⚡️🙌👍💪

Klokov is unreal

Suspicious

Murakami does some mad presses, he did some 140x3 presses with all greens today, and the most lopsided elbows you'll ever see. Japanese and Korean lifters also tend to press from kind of eye height like Larry.

God damn Gurph, I didn't think your strict press was that high! I only saw the 100kg clean and press you did a few years back. On the subject, which I've talked about elsewhere, is there ANYONE, weightlifting or not, who has strict pressed 1.5x bodyweight ASIDE from Klokov? He was about 107kg at his Power Weekend, which means he was just over 1.5x body weight. I can't think of a single other weightlifter who has done that. I do recall seeing a video on Klokov's Instagram where he did a 1+2 clean and strict press at 165kg. There are rumours he's done 170kg, though no video exists to my knowledge. I can certainly believe it though. Concerning Larry Wheels, I've always maintained that isn't a strict press. Extremely impressive, but a strict press it is not. Too much back arch, momentum from the bounce, and he started halfway up his face. And nothing feels so good like ripping a huge strict press in the gym.

I think the reason eddie hall had his shirt taped up was because someone ripped the sleeve on 1 side and he needed show the sponsers logo but he didnt have another shirt

Bodyweight strict press is an easy achievement if you're a lightweight lifter but it's so hard to progress futher. I pressed 75 kgs in the first year of lifting weighing 72 kgs and doing linear 5x5 program. The progress suddenly stopped since then and it took me another 2 years to press 80 kgs.

next summer i''l be on a pilgrimage at saint sikasburg

I'd love to hear your take on Toshiki Yamamoto's latest press video, even as a short clip.

Could you review push presses now?

Klokov's strict press was always impressive due to how explosive he is off his chest. It's like someone hit start on a hydraulic machine.

That 120kg was very sus. Gotta love when his bench and strict press are practically the same, weightlifter’s flex

Y'all have any tips for shitty overhead ROM? Everytime I go to press overhead once in a while my shoulder ratchets in and out after the training session from (attempting) forcing it into the proper ROM during the press.

I cannot believe you left out Superman's one-handed 200 quintillion ton overhead press from All Star Superman (2011). Clearly in the discussion of the greats.

I remember seeing a video on Klokov’s instagram a few years ago where he pressed 165x2 and 170x1. He has said his all time pr is 180. Probably did that around the time he totaled 442.5.

Klokov has done 170 kg in 2020. Its on his insta

How’s about a reaction on a Power Klokov Weekend competition. I thought those were some impressive lifts.

Are elbow sleeves just like a huge no no overall for strict pressing? I’ve been using them for my 1RM attempts and heavier work sets, I don’t think I get much out of them outside of like keeping the elbows warm. On like a purely placebo level I think they help me wedge a little harder as I’m pressing, but beyond that I don’t think they contribute to strength that much. Though I guess from the perspective of an oly lifter they are banned in comp, so I guess that makes sense?

Shane Hunt also operates an entire bakery.

how could you not include Algo Macschnalgos 3 time body weight press?

Btw, Iron Biby did a 240 kg almost strict press. A bit like Larry's press here but stricter than that.

Need Paul Anderson’s 402 in comp

The most I’ve strict pressed is 110kg, I’ve done 112.5kg with a slight dip in my knees as well

Pretty sure Koklyaev has done some insane strict presses

Can you guys make some Klokov videos? Only know the name and a couple of things, but I recognize he's a big name and seems nice and cool.

With how bastardized the bench is becoming in powerlifting (crazy arches and extra wide grips),tiny rom etc they should consider replacing it with strict OHP. But of course that'll never happen

dont forget about iron biby strict pressing 250 kg or something silly like that, high like larry, but still .. he got the axle wr not long ago, where pressing it is easy for him, hard part was getting it to his chest

Which do you think is more important? A big press or push press?

Freakie D is in the convo too, Natty 350 lbs OHP

Gurph on despot mode in that intro

My best is 125 @ 90 loved strict press but exclusively powerlifting now means no OHP in my program 😑

Damn

Coincidence of the power Clean strict press competition of ChugusTalakhatze?

freakied0550 is my favorite strict presser

Younger Gurph smashing that 120kg was glorious.

iron biby's 240 strict is the most insane shit i have ever seen

get stronger = life better

5:06 this moment will go down in the annals of history as when the Non-Democratic Republic of Sikastan officially declared war on the Totally-Democratic Republic of Iran

Serge Redding - 502lb. (228kg.) Clean & Press

Larry’s lift was legit …yeah he unracked to his clavicle but then watch him clearly lower it into an acceptable position before properly strict pressing it 👍

I think strongmen are allowed to pushpress the axle, but Eddie strict pressed it because of a knee injury (not sure but i think he said this)

Yeah pressing is definitely my weakness,78kg bw and 180kg back squat and deadlift but only 115kg bench press😭😭

🌮🌮🌮 I give this video 3/3 tacos

I've just push press 115kg So now my goal is to beat gurph on strict press!!! 😆

On the topic of wearing sleeves for your elbows. I've done in the past but that was because I was training in a shop with minimal heat and the temperature outside was -20°c. Outside of that I don't understand why people do wear sleeves on their elbows.

10:22 "double dipping"

Watch chase lindley, he pressed 405 in comp.

Julius Maddox just did a humongous seated press with horrendous ROM. But like Larry huge weight is huge weight

Search big chris OHP 200kg x 2

Re: Eddie Hall, it's a Viking Press and the 2nd knee bend is called Double Dipping, just fyi!

You should have included Iron Biby's 220kg strict press

Dont forget mighty THRUSTERS next

Big Z broooooo

Berestov did 164 in klokov powerweekend !!!

Before I watch the video, you gotta look up Kevin Levrone' French-press/overhead presses. He's a bodybuilder, but had stupid shoulders and triceps.

I dunno if you guys looked it up or really even care but I'm gonna tell you anyways because algorithm. Push press and split jerk are 100% allowed in Strongman it's just that 99% of the time the athletes are so brutally strong they just brute force the weight overhead and say fuck the technique. You see the "smaller" lifters like Novikov and Kerney push and split jerk because they aren't as "fuck off strong" as people like Eddie Hall or Iron Biby which has led to some controversy when Rob Kerney took the American log lift record off of Robert Oberst who didn't accept the record calling it the "American split jerk record" Maritns Licis also used to split jerk on the log but stopped because it was destroying his knees

What are your thoughts on the "press 2.0" that gets pushed a lot in powerlifting circles? As I understand it there's a dip before the press (kind of like what Larry Wheels does) and a bend at the hip to start the movement. It's definitely not as pretty as a normal strict press, but I won't knock it since I haven't tried it.

I think there is a clip of Klokov 170 strict press on his IG. Do not quote me tho

My favourite press was my 60KG because I only wet myself and didn't cry like when I did 40KG

The most impressive presser here is klokov without a doubt. His presses are 100% strict. Straight from the clavicle with zero leg drive. I've seen a very old video of him on RU-vid strict pressing between 170-180 kg. Hard to find though and it was filmed on a potato

Chase lindley oly press 184kg

Serge Reding?

Iron biby?

What about Bibys 240 strict-ish partial rep? Obviously hoorific technique, but damn, that's 240kg

no serge redding??!!

Ken Patera put him in your next video.

I can't believe you'd didn't see Donald Ducks 107 for 10 in 1988