Weak at pushing exercises, strong on pulling ones.

patacsiipse · 2019-01-20T13:34:33+00:00

Most of the time I plateu on presses is because of triceps. Throw in some weighted dips and heavy close-grip bench presses. Or try doing the presses with dumbbels, with one arm at a time. Also you could try out the landmine press, I really like that one it burns my pecs-delts-triceps like hell!

YasuotheChosenOne · 2019-01-20T20:24:12+00:00

Pulling exercises SHOULD be stronger than pushing imo. * Deadlift > squat * Penlay rows > bench * Pull ups > overhead press

** only the exercises you need btw!

patacsiipse · 2019-01-20T16:05:35+00:00

You can test it. If your close-grip bench is much lower than your regular one, it’s more than probably your triceps lagging. Otherwise it also could be your posterior delts.

Also forgot in my first reply that for overhead press getting microplates is a very useful addition to have. It’s a bitch to add weight on the exercise, so why not add it slowly and steadily with them.

Lorddevonshire · 2019-01-20T13:07:54+00:00

Work on your triceps, and if you aren't already start using dumbbells to substitute for the pressing exercises. I'm a huge fan of incline presses with heavy dumbbells as well.

mrmaldoror · 2019-01-20T12:29:26+00:00

Something sounds way off.

Ask some well built guys at the gym to correct your form.

Title	Weak at pushing exercises, strong on pulling ones.
Author	bbcbarbarossa
Upvotes	3
Comments	18
Date	January 20, 2019 12:16 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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