It is a great exercise for building upper body strength focusing on your shoulders, chest and back but also if your tech is right provides a core exercise and if you are doing a push press this will involve your legs as well, so pretty much a winner!
If you are new to this and unsure of weight to use, then start with a bar, this will allow you to practice the technique and getting your form correct before adding the weight on.
Try to avoid using a smith machine or dumb bells as we really want to engage all the key muscles including the core with this exercise!
For technique instruction I am going to send you over to Strong lifts this is where I got my compound training programme from as well!
As I am still in training, I don't think I should be dishing out the advice just yet!
For a push press simply add a little dip with the legs before pressing the weight, you may find that because you have more force you will be able to go heavier on the weight, this isn't uncommon, as you are engaging more of your body the power to lift weights become more!
Image courtesy of stronglifts
No comments
Post a Comment