The press, overhead press or shoulder press is a weight training exercise, typically performed while standing, in which a weight is pressed straight upwards from racking position until the arms are locked out overhead.
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Movement
The overhead press is set up by taking a barbell or other weight and putting it in racking position. This can be done by taking the weight from a rack or by cleaning the weight from the floor (clean and press). The weight is then pressed to overhead until the elbows are fully locked out. As the weight clears the head, the lifter leans forward slightly, or comes directly under, in order to keep balance. As the weight is lowered back to racking position and clears the head again, the lifter leans slightly back. The overhead press is a highly effective compound upper-body exercise. Performing it standing recruits many more muscle groups in order to maintain balance and support the lift, rather than performing it seated. Like the squat and deadlift, it can be thought of as a whole-body exercise, to some extent.
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Equipment
The overhead press can be performed with any type of weight/equipment, but is commonly performed with:
- Barbell
- Dumbbell
- Kettlebell
Out of those, the dumbbell and kettlebell provide unilateral qualities, and out of those the kettlebell provides the most variety due to the grip attributes of the kettlebell, over 50+ press variations can be created through changing of:
- Grip
- Angle
- Stance
- Etc.
Variations
Other variations of the overhead press are:
- Arnold Press: beginning a dumbbell press with forearms supinated, ending with forearms pronated. Named after Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Arnold Press in essence greatly increases the [Larry] Scott Press's range of motion by starting in a position close to the dumbbell curls' finishing position instead of the Scott Press's starting position of elbows pulled back and at or above the shoulder.
- Behind-the-neck press: barbell on the trapezius vs. on the anterior deltoids
- Bradford Press: as you press, once the bar clears a few inches overhead it is slowly lowered behind the head then explosively reversed to the front and slowly lowered to the starting position. The 2 phases are commonly considered one repetition. Named after Jim Bradford.
- Dumbbell press: using dumbbells.
- Military press: Heels together with strict form. It is called the "Military Press" because this movement used to be the general indicator or test of one's strength in the military.
- Olympic press (clean and press): lift used in Olympic Weightlifting, consists of a clean, then pressing with no lower body movement, such as in the Push press. Discontinued after 1972 Olympics due to inconsistent judging criteria (such as should the lifter be allowed to bend backwards slightly when pressing, should a leg drive be allowed).
- One-handed press: pressing with one arm at a time.
- Push press: using leg drive to press the weight up
- Seated press: pressing while seated (commonly on a bench).
- Sots press: pressing to overhead from a deep squat position. Created by Viktor Sots.
See also
- Bench press
- Dip
- Press up
References
- Mark Rippetoe with Lon Kilgore, Starting Strength, The Aasgaard Company Publishers, 2005, ISBN 0-9768054-0-5
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