Let’s start off with the best overhead press ever caught on video.
There. If that doesn’t make you want to go to the gym, I don’t know what will. Most people struggle to put their bodyweight overhead. Well this guy puts 500+lbs. overhead. Heck, he cleaned that like it was a formality.
Nearly everyone loves the bench press but military press, clean and press, and push press are three lifts that deserve way more attention than they get. Bench press trains a lot fewer muscles than any of those three.
Think about it for a minute: in bench, you’re lying down and letting the bench support you. With overhead press, you’re standing the whole time, meaning you have to support yourself and the weight as you press it. Your whole body gets stronger, not just the chest, shoulders, and triceps. And the amount tension you’ll have to generate with the “core” is immense. For these reasons, the overhead presses are one of the most important lifts for whole body strength.
But some folks are scared by lifts like this. Here’s what that looks like and the remedy they need.
Start training those pumpkins!