Why I Stopped Standing OHP 🛑😭#shorts

As a PowerBuilder, I love the standing overhead press. I believe it's one of the best exercises to grow your shoulders, and achieve that moreplatesfordates look :p.

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[corenko]

Bench - overrated for hypertrophy

OHP - Natty Daddy lift

[vegetasfitnesschannel]

Arguably standing ohp is the true test of upper body strength

[moosdeboer]

OHP is my favorite lift i cant ever give it up.

[nikhilpise]

Standing OHP brings out your imbalances.
One can get away with them when sitting, you can only lift as heavy as you can stabalize with your posterior chain.

For these very reasons standing OHP is a great accessory workout as it gives you a well rounded physique.
Help the chains work in synchronicity with each other, synergistic movements greatly increase overall output on the long term.

Sitting OHP is a shoulder exercise, standing OHP is a full body exercise.

The latter takes a fair bit of mastery and skill, hip/knee, ankle positioning matters when you’re standing and there’s weights way above your ears. Think about your goals and choose accordingly. Good luck lifters.

[garrettsullivan]

His press with the dumbbells is uneven the same way mine is I feel better now

[richieewinns]

OHP is such a sleeper of a compound to the unsuspecting lifter. First year I incorporated OHP in my regime, I noticed massive gains both in numbers and physically. Wider shoulders and delts, more of a batwing spread. My appearance changed more drastically by that than bench.

[benjaminzaoui]

Bro is repping out shoulder presses with 100lb dumbells, impressive.

[xicorlife]

When I was squaring 3x per wk and dead 3x per wk, standing OHP added no extra fatigue. Bent over rows more so, but the effect, at least for me, was negligible

[camerongormley]

People make excuses for the overhead press, if people could get strong on it, it would be a staple in there program, it’s a stubborn exercise to get moving but definitely the best upper body movement there is

[JosephQPublic]

Dangit, I was super happy with doing compounds twice a week and this guy comes along with 3 times a week.

[Smoshylife]

Proper OHP form doesn’t put pressure on the lower back muscles, but more on the core

[Ruki_VDoctor]

Well, my full body routine uses barbell back squat and deadlift 3 times a week (alternating between 1 squat-2 DL and 2 squat-1 DL every week), and since I generally recover a bit slower, majority of my compound movements now consists of dumbbell movements (BP, Seated OHP, Row). I do 3-4 compound movements, 3 sets each every workout.

Oh, and I also do Pullups.

I also do 3-4 isolation movements, 2 sets each on the same workout.

[maxxsstrengthandpowerlifti]

The reason standing is superior is because doing OHP while sitting will impinge your shoulders. Scapular rotation

[overlord]

If your lower back is constantly fatigued from overhead pressing you either have bad form or go too heavy too often. You should be bracing the exact same way you would a squat or deadlift.

[Olixer]

That’s a good point, don’t wanna fatigue the lower back and decrease overall performance.

[ZachChen]

Seated exercises actually put a greater load on the lumbar than the equivalent standing exercises. With no added load, sitting with a neutral back increases lumbar disc pressure by ~40%. This stress becomes greater with added resistance. Another negative of seated exercises is that one is unable to absorb shock by flexing the ankles, knees, or hips as one can when performing standing exercises.

For increasing lower back strength and resilience, I recommend hyperextensions on a GHD. (while maintaining a neutral back, the movement should be coming from the hips) When body weight becomes easy, progress to holding weight in your arms, eventually progressing to a barbell load on your back.

Isometrics in that parallel position to the floor on the GHD are also very effective. Same progression scheme, once you can hold your body weight for at least a minute, begin adding weight. For weighted holds I like performing 3 sets of 30s with 2-3 minutes of rest between sets. Hope this helps

[thatdudejakey]

Keep doing OHP. It’s a compound movement.

[monakloudy]

OHP incorporate serratus interior massivly, which is the main muscle to cure scapular winging, so it is very important for shoulder and hence upper body health.
On the contrary, seated press, inhibits the proper scapular plan upon pressing, which causes shoulder injury.

[jeksewnoleeray]

Overhead press is one of my favourites, and I don't plan on stopping

[mindblown]

The only reasons OHP should tax your lower back, is because you’re going into extension to either “cheat” the movement and help recruit more chest, or because your lats are too tight, and/or you don’t have the shoulder mobility, and hence you’re going into too much extension, probably creating lordosis. With good form military press shouldn’t really overly load your back at all. Obviously if you’re going for one rep max type weights then a loss of form is inevitable.