Sean M
Level 7 Valued Member
I am hoping to get some input on my press.
My C&P personal best is 5 right, 4 left with 24kg.
Any given day I can manage 3 right and grind out a third rep on the left. I GTG'd the 24kg press recently using the Soju & Tuba template, and that helped a lot.
At the end of that program I thought I'd try for a 2 x 24kg press, to see if I could manage one (never being able to get "out of the hole" in previous attempts). Well, I could actually do three reps:
How could I manage double press for 3, but only 3-4 on my left side with half the weight?
I have played around with racking uneven bells and pressing the heavier one (24kg) while keeping the other one (16kg) in the rack, and that seems more solid. Now I also see a great tip from Hector Gutierrez using a dowel, driving it into the ground as you press. I'm going to try that in my RoP ladders tomorrow to see if that duplicates the feeling of the uneven racked method.
So I think my problem is losing the lat connection / trunk stability when I get to the sticking point, particularly in the left. My urge to lean sideways is greater when pressing on the left, and I know that "leaks" tension/strength.
Am I on the right track with identifying the problem? My 3-rep 2x24kg tells me my strength capacity is there, but something about my technique is limiting my single bell work.
My C&P personal best is 5 right, 4 left with 24kg.
Any given day I can manage 3 right and grind out a third rep on the left. I GTG'd the 24kg press recently using the Soju & Tuba template, and that helped a lot.
At the end of that program I thought I'd try for a 2 x 24kg press, to see if I could manage one (never being able to get "out of the hole" in previous attempts). Well, I could actually do three reps:
How could I manage double press for 3, but only 3-4 on my left side with half the weight?
I have played around with racking uneven bells and pressing the heavier one (24kg) while keeping the other one (16kg) in the rack, and that seems more solid. Now I also see a great tip from Hector Gutierrez using a dowel, driving it into the ground as you press. I'm going to try that in my RoP ladders tomorrow to see if that duplicates the feeling of the uneven racked method.
So I think my problem is losing the lat connection / trunk stability when I get to the sticking point, particularly in the left. My urge to lean sideways is greater when pressing on the left, and I know that "leaks" tension/strength.
Am I on the right track with identifying the problem? My 3-rep 2x24kg tells me my strength capacity is there, but something about my technique is limiting my single bell work.