Hey folks,
For those of you who missed the initial part of this thread I have been following one of the Chief's experimental Military Press cycles to get my 1RM over 40k.
In short, the program was awesome! I am 45 years old and weigh 175. In 2012 I had to press the 40k for my Level II cert. I could do it on the right but not even come close on the left. During the course of this cycle I had some minor shoulder issues on the right that gave me some off days. In general I feel that I press much better on the left now than the right.
In any event, while some days I had challenges on the right, the left performed well consistently. Like I said, I had never even come close to pressing the 40k on the left, and this cycle would hopefully get me above the 40k!
The program was outstanding and I was successful in pressing the 40k on both sides at various times during the cycle, which was already an improvement from my initial Level II cert. The last day of the program was this past Saturday and I'm proud to say that although the 40k was out of reach on the right (some minor pain issues) I was able to press the 44k successfully on the left! It was definitely a max effort (as this video shows).
Thank you Chief!
jvs
For those of you who missed the initial part of this thread I have been following one of the Chief's experimental Military Press cycles to get my 1RM over 40k.
In short, the program was awesome! I am 45 years old and weigh 175. In 2012 I had to press the 40k for my Level II cert. I could do it on the right but not even come close on the left. During the course of this cycle I had some minor shoulder issues on the right that gave me some off days. In general I feel that I press much better on the left now than the right.
In any event, while some days I had challenges on the right, the left performed well consistently. Like I said, I had never even come close to pressing the 40k on the left, and this cycle would hopefully get me above the 40k!
The program was outstanding and I was successful in pressing the 40k on both sides at various times during the cycle, which was already an improvement from my initial Level II cert. The last day of the program was this past Saturday and I'm proud to say that although the 40k was out of reach on the right (some minor pain issues) I was able to press the 44k successfully on the left! It was definitely a max effort (as this video shows).
Thank you Chief!
jvs