>tfw want to get bigger delts
>tfw OHP hurts my back at any significant weight
Prioritizing bench over OHP
Many ways to skin the cat.
Behind the neck press made the biggest difference for me.
Surprisingly, volume isn't the whole answer. I do volume at the beginning of the workout (15-30 reps), and then I move to heavy triples, doubles, then singles
This is oddly scary and convincing me to work on bench more.
I just got 60kg OHP at 80kg. I stalled for months at 50kg. What helped me get up a bit is OHP 3x a week and going lighter on bench so my heaviest pushing was always OHP. I also added in landmine presses with t-bars for volume. Its another shoulder push movement. I can only say that i got sudden new progress for me adding in those two changes. See if it works for you.
i'd prioritized OHP over bench for the first 3 years and only ever got to 70kg. then i prioritized bench over OHP for just 2 months and my OHP went up to 80kg. now i only bench heavy and do light assistance work for shoulders, which works pretty damn well.
have you checked your form my amigo?
>that conflicting advice
if i had to choose one, i'd pick the guy who presses 20kg more
eat more, shoulder accessories
Maybe find what works for you. Because you know like bodies are different. The guy who presses 20kg more also said it took him years. Im at a year and 3 months now of lifting so I might be better than him in a few months.
guy with 80kg ohp here. i stalled at 70 after about a year. the following two years, i tried a lot of things to progress, except for taking bench seriously for once. now it's still increasing bit by bit and i don't even care about ohp anymore