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The Press Movement

Drive the bar over your head. To


Start position lockout, straighten your elbows and
Grip the bar just outside of shoulder shrug your shoulders up. As soon as
width, such that the forearms are the bar crosses the top of your
vertical. Place your thumbs around the forehead, move your torso forward
bar with the weight as close to the heel under the bar and lockout. At lockout,
of the hand as possible. Rotate the the bar should be behind the neck.
elbows forward so that they are in
front of the bar and pull the shoulders Key points
forward so that the bar rests on the Don't let the shoulders slide forward
deltoid or chest. Your stance should be during the movement. Keep the
10-12 inches between the heels. shoulder blades retracted and tight.
Keep the bar close to the shoulder at
Look straight ahead and at the wall. Lift all times. Visualize pushing the bar by
the chest, take a deep breath, and hold your face, scraping the nose. Keep your
it during the entire rep. Lean back body in a tight, squeezed column.
slightly. Squeeze the abs to maintain the tight
column.

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