Form

[DIRTY_SOUTH]

Tweet OK, Me and G-reg are fighting every night in the gym about form...Would someone like to settle this for us.. On the nights we work shoulders/back, When we get to dumbells and the smith machine or straight bar doing military presses, sitting and standing...Should you take the dumbells down until the are even with your shoulders or only bring them down 3/4 way until your bicep is parallel with the floor? On the smith machine or straight bar, If you are doing presses behind the neck...Should you let the bar touch the back of your traps while you're pressing or only go 3/4 way down till your arms are parallel with the bar/floor????

[FUZO]

TweetWELL DOING BEHIND THE KNECK PRESSES ARE TERRIBLE FOR YOUR SHOULDERS DO FRONTS. AND I GO ALL THE WAY DOWN. NO 3/4 STUFF FOR ME

[DIRTY_SOUTH]

TweetI know its bad, IF you have problems with rotator cuffs etc, but this guy "G-reg" swears that you only need to go 3/4....FYI : He's also the guy that says his shoulders are too wide to get under the squat rack on leg night....His pics are in the member section, And I laugh like hell along with everyone at the gym when he starts to do squats with the bar cradled in his arms instead of resting the bar on his shoulders like normal people... He's a weiner....but he's my lifting partner...LOL

[pudgy]

Tweethttps://www.abcbodybuilding.com/exercise1.htm

[NATE]

Tweetif for whatever reason you have to go behind the neck then i would recomend a 3/4 rom as it will relieve some of the pressure off your rotators. As far as dumbells go, its an added benifit (imo ) if you can comfortably go past parrelel, key word being comfortably.

[DIRTY_SOUTH]

TweetThanks pudge.....I think I'll print this out and take it to him tonight...