What EVERYONE Gets Wrong With The Overhead Press – OmarIsuf

Great video Homer Arseoff

Very informative.

I always felt a narrow grip felt natural and more powerful. That's what amazes me about Larry Wheels, he presses with such a wide grip

What a bullshit form. Free weights are meant to move in the line of the gravity(perpendicular to the floor) for continuous tension. Look at the path of your barbell , its not in a straight line . So the muscle(anterior delt) is being worked only at the bottom and only at the top of the movement. Rest in between is a waste as no tension on the muscle.

You lift for god knows how many years and can overhead press for 102kg x5. Now I know its way harder than my newbie mind would lead me to believe and am kinda proud of my 50kg as a somewhat beginner.

As my old strength coach says, "squeeze your glutes like your in prison!". I found landmine presses extremely helpful for feeling lat activation.

Listen lads, band work prior to OHP is vital for shoulder health. Face pulls, pull downs. Y shapes, etc.

Then, dont neglect the push press. The push press (with correct form) allows your body to not only get used to more mass, but allows you to train stacking (as mentioned by Omar)

I heard that when you train your calves it uses up all your recovery so you can't recover anymore… and you actually lose muscle..

that blood pressure in the head comment at the end of the video made me LoL cuz i know exactly wat youre talking about and i thought you were gonna say some negative medical condition about it or something

My wrists sounds like they are crushing and it feels hella uncomftable while doing it standing, i hate pretty big brachiallis and it feels like the bar/weight is stacking on top of those instead of just being able to lay it on my clavicle, i can do them seated military press with full range of motion touching top of the chest etc. with no pain at all

Love it

Great video

there is no problem at all if your back was a little pinding with a overhead press or with the push over head the most emportant as you said is the legs stabitlity iam doing over head press and push over head .. from 2 months only and iam doing max 75 KG push over and 65 press overhead .. and the goal is 150 kg

You confused me when you mention the narrow grip being slightly WIDER than shoulder-width. Wouldn't a wider grip be wider than shoulder-width and a narrow grip narrow than shoulder-width or at shoulder width?

Update: NVM I understand now. I grabbed a barbell from my gym and placed myself in the OHP position and the narrow grip does go wider than shoulder-width

Sounds like you read Starting Strength.

Just started the OHP journey! Very excited! All of your OHP vids are very useful! Thanks!