What is the absolute best way to get my press up? My 1rm is 160lbs at 175 and I want to reach 225 as fast as possible without trading in the natty card. What I'm doing for it right now is
2x/week OHP work up to a heavy double (~90%) with a backoff set >weighted dips 3x5-8 Lateral raises 3x8-12 and some tricep isolations
4-6x/week Build up to daily max triple Do 90% backoff sets. As many as you can do with excellent and fast form. Buy your own weight set for at home, if you must.
Carter Bailey
If i press only as accessory for Bench (1-max2 times/week), do i have any hope to ever get it up?
William Roberts
I did 1x60kg this week after zero shoulder workouts in the past three or four weeks. Only did bench and a few sets of standing one armed dumbbell presses before the OHP.
Jaxson Foster
Anterior deltoid isolation. Long head tricep isolation. Pectoralis majoris clavicular insertion part isolation. For the third one low cable crossover is probably the best workout.
Isaac Bell
>2x/week >OHP >work up to a heavy double (~90%) with a backoff set >Lateral raises >3x8-12 >and some tricep isolations Well definitely dont do this
since the weight on ohp is relatively low, high frequency(5+ sessions a week) should stimulate it fast >isolation isolation isolation lmao what a goofball
John Jackson
switch all your presses to close grip. i only ohp once a week and close grip bench twice a week. ohp been flying up
Jeremiah Scott
heavy push press, strict press doubles-triples, z-press, facepulls, weighted dips or cg bench
Angel Myers
>My 1rm is 160lbs at 175 and I want to reach 225 >without trading in the natty card
Hope you have dank genetics son. For me, linear gains stopped around 185 and I had to get fat to get up to 205. I dont lean back like a motherfucker though.
Christopher Fisher
you guys just have no clue when it comes to periodizing most guys would press 225 if they just focused on it
Easy way, look up any intermediate bench routine and do that for ohp
Caleb Gomez
>Easy way, look up any intermediate bench routine and do that for ohp I'm very skeptical this would work
Lucas Green
you need to build mass no way around it
Julian Collins
wrong, if you ever pressed you'd know that stop living in e-stat ville buddyboyo
Aiden Brooks
you have nothing to lose try it
Easton Green
Just press often with a lot of volume and intensity. Problem solved.
Now go lift.
Oliver Hill
>upper body strength from compound movement carries over WOW, its almost as if doing a lot of OHP also increases your bench :OO
Ryan Jenkins
I got to 100kg doing it once a week for a single set.
Evan Wood
As much as you might think it is obvious, many people on here claim that bench has no carry over to OHP, or almost none.
The first time I ever OHP'ed in my life I did a 100kg single - which isn't good, but it shows that there is some acceptable carry over. I had done 0 shoulder work before.
That said, I feel like OHPing is a good addition to my bench routine and I really like the way it feels.
Tyler Torres
Honestly, this. Veeky Forums is always too autisitc about routines. My push-press 1RM is 240 and sometimes I just do dumb bullshit 20x5.
Mason Hill
There is no secret It's literally all genetics and a long time training the excercise or the muscles involved.
I've seen people pressing 70kg for a few reps and benching close grip 150kg. I pressed 2 plate strict overhead from a deadstop and I could close grip bench 140 for reps at the time, but I was doing absolutely retarded lazy training, barely felt like I was working out.
For some reason though, no matter what I do, I can't reach 2 plate again.
Adrian Brown
>The first time I ever OHP'ed in my life I did a 100kg single bullshit
Andrew Long
I'm 6'4 240lbs m8 As I said, nothing impressive but enough to demonstrate carry over.
Alexander Rogers
OP here, forgot to add that I have zero interest in your advice unless you have ever pressed more than me at less than 15% bf.
>The first time I ever OHP'ed in my life I did a 100kg single Ok. >which isn't good Only if you're a fat fuck.
Will give this a shot, thanks bro Amen, off to the gym right now.
Christian Parker
I usually find that people with big presses focus on pressing (surprise).
Most of the time, people do no program OHP correctly and do it as a second thought and wonder why it won't budge.
It's the same as the people who complain about lack of calves and genetics but don't train them enough.
Jose Ortiz
>only if you are a fat fuck See My bench was 150kg the first time I tried OHP
Jaxon Ross
calves are demonstrably more genetic than shoulders though, I had developed calves before lifting, I have never ever seen somebody with developed delts without lifting
Henry Fisher
that bench is low as fuck compared to a legit 100 kg OHP, you probably push pressed it. Someone that trains both evenly will bench 165-170 with a 100 kg OHP, and given that you didn't press before that 100 kg is pretty much BS e-statting or shit form standing bench
Hunter Wood
>push press >standing benchpress Nah, neither, sorry. I have my quads and glutes flexed as hard as I can in the starting position, I would literally lose strength would I allow my knee to bend. Well, maybe not if I intentionally did a push press.
And I brace my abs literally the same I do in the squat, allowing the lower back to bend in an OHP hurts like shit.
I don't know where you pull these weird proportions from. The time Omar hit 100kg his bench was around 160. That's not much of a difference.
Sebastian Smith
and Omar consistently trained both, meaning that he had good technique/accustomization
the idea that you step in with a mere 150 flat bench and get 100 for "muh first time" is unrealistic, UNLESS of course you did another delt-related movement with high loads (db shoulder press, incline, ...) or had plenty of practice on the lift prior to doing it "the first time".
Justin Collins
I press 235 lb weighing 205.
Here's my tip for you:
USE.FUCKING.PERIODIZATION.
do 1-3 week of 75-80% with lots volume and accessories Then 2 weeks after that of 80-85% with little less volume and accessory Then do 1 week buildup at 87.5-92.5% With less volume and NO accesory In the end do a week where you test your 1 RM.
It's really simple desu
Mason Davis
I can put it in even simpler form. Train your ohp as you would your bench press.
Brody Taylor
I don't consider the movement complex at all. Benching requires a lot more fine tuning to me than OHPing does. It's literally getting tight and up right and then pushing through. That's it.
I don't even know what you are arguing for with me here. I'm literally like 50-60 pounds heavier than you, whatever comparison you think is justified: it's not. 225 OHP is nothing for someone my weight. Which makes sense seeing that I never trained it.
I do external rotation for my shoulders, that's it.
Jason Price
Most people on Veeky Forums do 3x10 bench every week then whine when they stall at 195 lb so no. Dont do that.
Brayden Rivera
>like 50-60 pounds heavier than you I'm not the guy you argued with, I'm 220 lean >225 ohp is nothing for someone my weight it's exceptional regardless of bodyweight, atleast while speaking in a non-weightlifting/powerlifting environment, we're talking about strength levels of a 3+ year lifter here. Considering proper form of course.
Across all guys that were mainly benching, I haven't seen a single one with a OHP/bench ratio exceeding 0.5
you're claiming a better ohp/bench ratio than Omar isuf who focussed on this goal alone for 1-2 years while having a worse bench - while claiming it's the "first time" you did the lift. Not buying that, sorry; post a vid to prove us wrong bucko
Luke King
I have been lifting over 3 years, yes.
>post a video Sure, if you are around for it next time I OHP'ed you can go and take a look. To take it away: I use a belt and wrist wraps.
Levi Murphy
What is rm?
Angel Long
Kek, just how naive do you think people are? Have you gotten away with lying all your life or something? We call your bullshit, post proof. Everyone takes form vids or 1rm vids for shits and giggles.
Ian Myers
rep max
Cameron Reyes
>3x10 bench every week Explain?
I do chest on Tuesday and friday
I start with bench press and i do 6 sets 1 warm set and 5 heavy(for me) sets
Then i do 6 sets on incline bench press
I got 4 reps on 1pl8 after 1 and a half month of lifting
Xavier Barnes
I take videos of my squat everyone time I squat, I have only once taken a video of a single bench set.
It would be a nuisance to find a spot high enough to record a OHP.
I mean, believe whatever the fuck you want lad, go repost this thread in approximately 3 days and I will probably be there.
Cameron Cooper
>I-I'll post proof later Thought so. We can tell you are a teenager. Don't make wild claims and give retarded advise in the future.
Andrew Phillips
I got mine up by phraks greyskull but everything else lagged behind. Take from this what you will.
Nathan Cooper
and i'm still talking about someone that has trained the lift itself for 3 years.
Bench has a certain carryover, yes, but it's not somehow that strong that you have a comparatively far stronger OHP than bench (100 kg OHP ~ 160 bench) while only training the bench alone, and (seemingly) no other delt work? You need to clear something up m8
Colton Hughes
it doesn't, unless you have a front delt weakness holding your bench back
otherwise you would be far better off just doing more bench press and more chest/tricep work
Adam Green
Lmao you are literally scared of remaking he thread fearing you'll be BTFO. I don't have a video right now, no matter how often you ask me for it.
I haven't given any advise in this thread, so I don't know what you are talkie about.
What are your stats btw?
Landon Howard
>What are your stats btw? Because no one would lie about this.
Jaxon Jenkins
You can, if that makes you happy. I mean, you have 3 days to "prove" them by taking videos right?
Total sets dont really matter as much as your total reps does.
Pic related is what you should base your training on.
If you do 5x5 at 90% every week then gg
Lincoln Peterson
Well yeah most people on Veeky Forums are retarded pieces of shit. There are maybe 5% of knowledgeable posters and they're usually called baits by dyel retards.
Christian Hall
What is 5x5?
5 setsx 5 reps?
Justin Johnson
at this moment there's several guys calling you out, I'm the one asking for elaboration whether you have done other delt-work because it's really weird otherwise.
I mean, you seem to have your main focus at increasing your bench, but then give us a OHP number of your FIRST try that is a whole strength class above the bench you are trying to improve, all while considering that your horizontal press is far better trained than your vertical press.
This really makes me think, as it is certainly not the case in a regular lifter - maybe you're just a super mutant, who knows
Jaxson Davis
I cannot possibly prove to you that the first time that I OHP'ed was me hitting 100kg. How can I possibly prove that to you?
I know this board is piss weak across the board and all you fucking bro splitters are literally crying tears over the imagination that someone OHPs more than you the first time he touched the exercise, but get a fucking grip. You care about your abs and whatever, don't be so eternally butt hurt when someone outlifts you. Go call me fat and ugly if you feel so offended.
Adam Morales
nah it's 5 exercises 5 times a week.
Leo Rogers
So at what point should one quit linear progression routines; greyskull, ss etc? Or would you say it's different with the former due to it being 3x5 instead of 5x5?
Benjamin Watson
it would be more believable if you had a 170-180 bench instead of just 150
Camden Reed
I literally don't know. What do you want me to tell you? I bench max legal grip width, maybe that's shoulder dominant, maybe muscle mass involved in OHP and benching wide is very similar, what the fuck do I know?
You base your theoretical bench:OHP proportions off what? One guy? Maybe 10 that you spectated in your gym?
Jaxon Reed
@41673235 >baww why won't people belieb ;_; >everyone else has to learn OHP and progress their way to elite level lifts, why won't you belieb that I'm young klokov uwuuuu :'(
Stop talking shit. You've been called out, and like pottery, you can't provide a scrap of evidence. You trolld us good!
Aaron Hughes
>young koklov >elite levels >@ You are beyond help
Lincoln Howard
Look, m8. You done goofd in this thread. You're too new to shitposting on Veeky Forums to know believable strength ratios. Try again next time with some pictures of some powerlifters that you edit in mspaint enough that reverse search doesn't catch it, ok little buddy?
Angel Martin
Yeah, sure, repost this thread in 3 days (that's the day I max out bench and OHP afterwards) and make sure not to kill yourself afterwards.
There are like 20 people in there with even closer bench:OHP ratios. Funnily enough people are also reporting to barely ever OHP.
Honestly, I literally have no clue what the ratio is supposed to be, but it's quite obvious that you guys are all litterally retarded.
Landon Evans
When you start stalling like crazy I'm guessing.
Ryder Bailey
I benched 153kg and pressed strict standing 100kg on the same month, but I was 87kg bodyweight.
I just did a heavy set once or twice a week, I think someone with good genes and heavy and wide framed can press 100kg strict on the first try, it's not that unrealistic as long as they bench over 140kg.