LoneRider
Level 6 Valued Member
In practically every strength training circle (at least in the case of barbells). I keep hearing about how the bench press is the king of upper body exercises. However many barbell strength coaches, Johnny Schaeffer, Jim Wendler, and Mark Rippertoe still include the overhead press in their repertoire, and rightly so.
Whether from the rack or cleaned from the ground I think the overhead press is quite possibly a great upper body exercise in its own right. I've used it in my training for the last three years or so and within the last eighteen months I usually clean the barbell from the floor when doing this movement.
I thought I would share the article with the forum: Mark Rippertoe's Get You Press Up (http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/get_your_press_up).
Whether from the rack or cleaned from the ground I think the overhead press is quite possibly a great upper body exercise in its own right. I've used it in my training for the last three years or so and within the last eighteen months I usually clean the barbell from the floor when doing this movement.
I thought I would share the article with the forum: Mark Rippertoe's Get You Press Up (http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/get_your_press_up).