Curious how many people incorporate this exercise into their workouts.
I was first introduced to it in different sports like boxing and kickboxing, but stopped doing it for years. Not sure why, but did.
I have been doing it on my forearm day/4th workout which is mostly forearms but includes abs, few exercises I do twice a week.
The standing or kneeling press works your shoulders, upper chest, triceps, and stabilizing muscles.
Often I do the traditional shoulder press with a machine (shoulder injuries are something anyone who lifts long enough and hard enough have to deal with), and then finish off with 1 arm landmine presses. I believe it was @The Old Guy who mentioned using machines recently. There are a few great ones I prefer over free weights / no change in progressive overload/growth but less apt to get injured.
For people with shoulder issues, landline presses are easier on the shoulders in general - at least I find they are.
I do not see many people doing this except for the guys who spend a lot of time in the MMA room, almost everyone of them do this exercise in different variations.
Any tips, ideas to make the most out of this exercise from people who perform this exercise.
Another exercise I find great for a change/less shoulder joint strain/more growth, which requires you to check your ego at the door, is performing shrugs while holding the DB's away from your body around 30 degrees. There is a study, which is only valid if you see a difference in yourself which I do, listing the best trap exercises and by recollection this was number 1 for muscle activation. If desired, I can find it again and post it.
Most people can shrug significant weight, many gyms don't have DB's that are heavy enough so you can use a trap bar shrug (which is also mentioned).
Anyway, my point is if you can't keep your arms out, use less weight for your rep range. Often a change produces results, I have noticed since swapping DB shrugs with arms hanging straight down vs. 30 degrees I am seeing more growth.
The days of doing the exercises that I can lift the most weight with are gone. If I can lift less weight, that is easier from an injury standpoint, but are harder to perform and get more growth, it is a win/win.
Again, curious if anyone has tried this exercise and their results.
thanks
I was first introduced to it in different sports like boxing and kickboxing, but stopped doing it for years. Not sure why, but did.
I have been doing it on my forearm day/4th workout which is mostly forearms but includes abs, few exercises I do twice a week.
The standing or kneeling press works your shoulders, upper chest, triceps, and stabilizing muscles.
Often I do the traditional shoulder press with a machine (shoulder injuries are something anyone who lifts long enough and hard enough have to deal with), and then finish off with 1 arm landmine presses. I believe it was @The Old Guy who mentioned using machines recently. There are a few great ones I prefer over free weights / no change in progressive overload/growth but less apt to get injured.
For people with shoulder issues, landline presses are easier on the shoulders in general - at least I find they are.
I do not see many people doing this except for the guys who spend a lot of time in the MMA room, almost everyone of them do this exercise in different variations.
Any tips, ideas to make the most out of this exercise from people who perform this exercise.
Another exercise I find great for a change/less shoulder joint strain/more growth, which requires you to check your ego at the door, is performing shrugs while holding the DB's away from your body around 30 degrees. There is a study, which is only valid if you see a difference in yourself which I do, listing the best trap exercises and by recollection this was number 1 for muscle activation. If desired, I can find it again and post it.
Most people can shrug significant weight, many gyms don't have DB's that are heavy enough so you can use a trap bar shrug (which is also mentioned).
Anyway, my point is if you can't keep your arms out, use less weight for your rep range. Often a change produces results, I have noticed since swapping DB shrugs with arms hanging straight down vs. 30 degrees I am seeing more growth.
The days of doing the exercises that I can lift the most weight with are gone. If I can lift less weight, that is easier from an injury standpoint, but are harder to perform and get more growth, it is a win/win.
Again, curious if anyone has tried this exercise and their results.
thanks
