Top Three Reasons Your Bench Press Isn’t Helping Your Overhead
Press   Andrew Clayton  “How much do you lift?”, “What do you
bench, bro?” In modern gyms “the lift” is bench.  Heck, most
gyms have two zillion different angles and machine variations
for bench all while having one curl rack (also known as a squat
or power rack). The lift you rarely see, as most commercial gyms
ban it, is overhead!  Overhead is exactly how it sounds, any
lift that takes the implement overhead. This movement can be all
shoulders and triceps or incorporate legs and more technique and
speed. The most basic overhead lift is the push press (as it
yields more weight while not needing tremendous technique). My
own experience comes from my competitions in strongman. Most
strongmen use a variation of the push press (when the knees bend
and then forcefully extend and stay locked) or the push/power
jerk (where the knees rebend or dip after the forceful
extension). These techniques are effective on most implements
and save time on moving fee