Quote (Aube @ 26 Sep 2016 16:10)
I missed your comment for some reason.
Overhead press used to be part of olympic lifting but they stoped using that lift because it was hard to judge with the lifting leaning back a LOT.
I Overhead press 1-2 times a week after Bench as an accessory. (I bench 3 times a week)
Thanks! Hopefully I can get a pr with room to spare for my next 2 big meets!! Gains come from consistency and not getting injured...then programming. ;)
Getting injured seems to be my specialty, but I've never been injured from lifting. (It's just in sports competition, b/c I'm 38 and still play hard ... XP multiplied by risk over time is a rotten formula for the aging athlete)
I knew about OHP being shut down in the Olympics, but I wasn't sure if state/national/etc comps also dropped it. I actually have a small grudge against its removal, mostly related to the simple fact that standards for form could fairly easily be implemented, or they could just drop the worry about the leaning and focus on forearm position and the height of the bar at lift off relative to the sternum, etc. To me it's like Pluto losing planetary status. C'mon. C'maan. The OHP is really useful for human performance and balance bearing heavy weights that putting it back into competitions might be better for lifters and athletes who lift during training. I cringe when I see professional athletes doing crossfit crap that impinges joints and invites all manner of horrible crap, rhabdo included. Whereas OHP is actually a better lift than the bench press for most contact sport athletes.
GL in your comps
Also, I should also ask if you have thought about the general effect of BP on anterior delt development and whether OHP is a great way to provide better balance to the shoulders (strength-wise, fk aethetics), nvm its other benefits. You include it as a supp so I imagine you're aware of the idea I'm proposing.