How to Press: Proper Overhead Press Form (Step-by-Step Tutorial)

[@papashuk26]

I have watched plenty of press videos and no one ever mentioned ,what now appear obvious, the gap the length of my forearms creates. I thought it was my lack of flexibility. Thanks for the great tip!

[@bendagostino2217]

Just discovered this channel. Really great stuff man. The way you explain things is absolutley A+.

[@BarbellLogic]

Thanks for the kind words! Appreciate it!

[@adamkennington7795]

Best video I have seen on how to perform the overhead press. Love your cues & visuals that you add to help illustrate and explain how to perform the movement. Awesome video, keep up the great work.

[@morvarid73]

Love your content. always the best break downs. thanks

[@BarbellLogic]

Thanks so much!

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Hi matt i no longer have enough room for a 7 ft bar i am looking at getting a 6 foot bar now thanks

[@mikeo.1963]

Never ever disappoint. Ty

[@Larry_Lifts]

I just came across this channel, you guys produce some good quality and educative videos.

[@BarbellLogic]

Thanks

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Hay matt i finally got the 7ft bar in the rack i had to move my plate tree more thanks

[@BarbellLogic]

awesome!

[@marknicholson5508]

Very interesting. I’ll try it this way next time I OHP. I’ve always started at the bottom, held breath, gone up and down then taken another breath. I’ll try getting it to the top, hold breath, down up and then breathing again.

[@cylences9709]

Same here! Now i realize the breath is just like bench, at the top

[@marknicholson5508]

@@cylences9709 Yes, I did Bench Press yesterday and used this method there. It works!

[@cylences9709]

Exactly!

[@iamemty]

@@cylences9709 Ahhh, makes sense!

[@byrny111]

Great channel and ive got lots of subscriptions for gym

[@Chloe-iq7-help]

really appreciate these videos thanks guys

[@ALEXANDERJMORGAN]

Awesome instruction.

[@BarbellLogic]

Thanks for watching & commenting!

[@markstotomas4782]

how the hell ive only seen these videos now?? simply and technically enough this can help trainers with their clients.

[@JonGarrood]

Hey man great content on all your videos, I send them to my nephew who’s just starting out, subscribed!!

[@BarbellLogic]

Heck yeah!!!

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Great video thanks again for your time and help 🏋️

[@asifashad]

The dumbbells in the background are stacked in perfect order....

[@BarbellLogic]

of course

[@kennyh7588]

Fantastic as always thankyou

[@BarbellLogic]

Thanks for watching and the kind words.

[@michelef406]

Are these the kind of forearms that are too long to power clean properly? Could we use this position as a cue to assess if a lifter is one of those who is forced to go for a power snatch rather than a power clean? I was thinking about something along this line "If in a correct OHP starting position the bar is above the chin then your forearms are too long to safely perform a power clean"

[@knife1406]

I find myself losing balance when doing this method compared to just doing the hip thrust everytime, but I find it easier to push weights than rather than starting from the bottom.

[@AxelsGames]

awesome video, thank you

[@hydroxytriptamine3554]

Amazing channel. Love the detailed explanations. You got a new subscriber!

[@BarbellLogic]

THANK YOU!

[@goatinnabox5776]

I've had a lot of trouble OHP, especially when using the hips like the Press 2.0, so I'll definitely try this next time I OHP. Thank you for this awesome info!

[@BarbellLogic]

Goat Inna Box Please let us know how it goes! Thank you for watching!

[@derrickhobbs8842]

Great video! May I ask, what muscles are trained in this movement and possible set/rep guidelines for muscles growth, @BarbellLogic? Thank you so much!

[@BarbellLogic]

Here's an article we wrote on just that: barbell-logic.com/the-press-muscles-worked/

[@derrickhobbs8842]

@@BarbellLogic Wonderful read! Thank you for everything!

[@Russocass]

Isn't his starting position a little too open? Forearms look very far apart. 3:58.

[@60kgofpower68]

why rebound? u should train muscle to initiate movement

[@mikeo.1963]

Was wondering if taking your breath at lock out and completing all reps after a single breath would be beneficial?

[@X3RUBIM]

Breathing prior to unracking the bar and completing the whole set on that one breath really helps, because you can maintain your stablity much better. Works great for sets of 3, up to maybe 5, depending on the athlete. Brian Alsruhe is a big proponent of this technique.

[@ahmedabrar1753]

I still not find it perfect, I don't know, but I feel extreme tension on my back when the bar is on lock position of top

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Hi is it nessary to do any bicep and tricep excersise

[@BarbellLogic]

Depends how advanced you are. Initially, no, doing some combination of pressing exercises, deadlifts, and upper body pulling exercises (rows & chin ups) is enough. After some time, however, you'll need to do accessories that target these smaller muscles (triceps, biceps, etc.).

[@jeffreybabino1411]

Ok thanks wasent sure

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Hey Matt great job on the video thanks do you have a mailing list thanks

[@BarbellLogic]

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[@jeffreybabino8161]

Thanks matt

[@1173aw]

Huh.. that's interesting, I always have trouble getting a big breath after a rep on sets of 5 because I try to re-breath at the bottom starting position. Inhaling and exhaling at the top makes sense because the lockout position is always pretty easy to hold onto even if the weight is heavy. When I do heavy singles I take a big breath before un racking the bar and hold it throughout the rep. My heavy sets of 5 are between 160-170 and my heavy singles are between 190-200. Taking a breath at lockout seems like it may help me get to 175 x 5!

[@mikeo.1963]

I actually saw that technique on another video. It truly does work. Try it and I would love to know if it helped.

[@maximisatwat]

For 5 reps you could basically just hold your breath and it not matter.

[@axnoro]

So is the hip drive only necessary for the first rep?

[@BarbellLogic]

Technically, it's not necessary at all (you can do a press without it). Many use it for the first rep, but not for the subsequent reps.

[@rgpall]

Great video guys; quick question - Does the bar have to touch the chest while getting a stretch reflex at the bottom; if not, what counts as full range of motion? I have longer forearms so the elbows drop behind the wrists if I touch the bar on my chest.

[@kalash_nikov]

It's explained, and shown in the video.

[@BillStreeter]

Is it ok to do this seated? The reason I ask is that my gear is in my basement and I’m tall so I don't have room to do it standing. I was thinking I could do these seated on the bench.

[@BarbellLogic]

It 100% is. We have a video for that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpmmf32vlLmXbbcsi=D4KIuYJirHbPr1kB

[@MetalCooking666]

So is this basically press 1.5?

[@hrmarkley9758]

As always, GREAT content . Am a BLOC Academy Principles student, and a former training customer -it was your KZbin videos that drove me to your business. i MUCH prefer doing press paused from the bottom position like you would a competition bench or a deadlift-with the bar static at the point where the joint angle is weakest. Know that this violates one of the BLOC principles, because it lightens the load somewhat (or at least makes reps 2-5 harder)-is this wrong for other reasons? As a PL for MANY years-like doing as many “first” reps as possible because they are my most important one. Touch and Go presses and deadlifts have never appealed to me.....

[@BarbellLogic]

Thank you for the kind words and support! How is the Principles course going for you? We would love to hear your feedback! We find strict presses incredibly valuable! We generally start folks with this press featured in the video to get the most weight on the bar as possible and to incorporate more muscle mass. Then once it's time to move to intermediate training, we do recommend incorporating strict press during one of your press slots. Just like paused bench and touch-and-go bench, the two variations of the overhead press have their own unique benefits and we don't discriminate 😜

[@evan5854]

Cool..

[@TomTheDrummer]

Is that a Rogue S1? Thanks.

[@jonahmoore1779]

What barbell are you using?

[@serkanyimsel504]

Ned Stark looks jacked.

[@BarbellLogic]

Boom.

[@beskeptic]

Why not The Press 2.0?

[@bearclawhogs44]

Pretty sure that's instruction beginning at 3:10

[@BarbellLogic]

@bearclawhogs44 is correct. We also go over the press progression including the 2.0 in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn-qfGSKrsqMmMk

[@IornDog91]

Guys can you help with this, I'm a lifter of 15 years experince, been pressing that entire time, but this spring whilst doing a relatively light 5s of 70% i felt a pull in my mid back just above my belt i immediately seized up and couldn't bend over to even get my shoes off. I recovered well and put it down to not taking my breath fully and not being serious with the weight. Was fine lifting 90% on all other lifts within a week. Then 4 weeks later it happened on the press again, I'm not sure if it's my psoas? Feels like it's a muscle pulling away from my bottom rib area and then my stomach hurts too like I've had a rapier sword pushed through me. So i stopped pressing for a 12 week training cycle and the pain stopped only to get it last week on a pause squat with 90% and i felt i over extened my upper back slightly. What's going on here? I'm not leaning overmuch I'm pretty up right but its stated to effect outside of training. Have you heard of this injury before? Many thanks before hand

[@BarbellLogic]

It's really hard to say without seeing videos of the lifts. Has a coached looked at your form?

[@higey15]

I've never seen anyone exhale at the top, and take another breath in. Seems counter intuitive as you'd lose all core tightness with the bar overhead, or am I way off?

[@MattMitrisMGM]

Think of the bench press. When the bar is locked out over your shoulder you take the breath, hold and crunch down (valsava maneuver) then do the rep. Reset at the top and repeat. Same principal can be used for the press. Hope that helps.

[@cjgotcher2574]

Matt is spot on here, and for some people, recalling the bench press pattern helps. Most people get the breath intuitively, but if you try it and find you lose tension, breathe 'big' without taking in a lot of air. The breath is quick and powerful, just enough to 'repressurize' and go.

[@dave1277]

A light weight is hard to tell a difference but when the press gets around body weight you will notice its hard to breathe and stay tight at the bottom

[@Kampup]

please stop clickbaiting, its dishonest...