I’d say OHP and weighted pull-ups are the kings of upper body strength.

Guys i think i’m addicted to this podcast, i’ve been watching it nonstop for the past months, HEEELP!

Hey Mind Pump! I’m 17 years old and I’ve just started watching ya’ll on a daily. I feel like I’ve saved like 2 years of my life listening to these podcasts. I would be extremely appreciative to win the giveaway. Besides that, thanks for entertaining me on the way to school and at home, I can’t thank you enough 🤞.

Overhead carries are some of my favorite loaded carries. They're a wonderful rehab tool as well. Both with kettlebells and barbells.

I am a competitive powerlifter but I absolutely love the ohp. Today was my ohp day. Have yall heard of strength lifting? It is a competition where the ohp is done in stead of the bench press. Alan Thraw has done one of these competitions.

“Just when I thought mind pump had taught me everything I needed to know, they pulled me back in” -Silvio “Sal’s uncle” Dante Just hit 135 on OHP for 3x5 last night and was wondering how high I could really get that lift. Thank god for Mind Pump, I’ve learned so many useful tips and tricks on diet, working out, supplements,etc..

I've managed a OHP of 77.5kg at 69kg BW. My shoulder routine is just OHP, lateral raises, face pulls and shrugs. I also do weighted dips on push/arm days which I think are very beneficial for both OHP and bench press

I always put OHP under the rug , this gave me a new perspective for OHP

Its funny that when they talk about a certain exercise. The next day I add it to my routine. Best fitness channel 💪 knowledge is power.

As a newly retired nurse. I pulled, lifted, turned many different diagnosis and obese Bariatric patients in the ICU who had surgery to lose weight and I suffered back problems from it. I have a very difficult time doing overhead press. I have incorporated your mobility drills for my shoulders. I also purchased your MAPS Anabolic along with Sals book. I can not thank you guys enough for all your knowledge and experience you guys share. I wish I found you guys sooner!!! You all have helped me so much. Thank you!

Listening to your podcast has totally changed my approach to working out. Never did overhead press before until you guys kept talking about the importance of getting good at the movement. Its now one of my favorite exercises. I have been waiting for this episode!

I always enjoy listening to mind pump especially at work! Lately I have been watching the youtube videos during my workouts and today is my overhead press day. Justin, Sal and Adam dropped so much gold in this episode!!! The look on Sal's face when talking about his Dad's old man strength is priceless.

Just reached my personal best deadlift 2 weeks into MAPS anabolic. Ready to reach my personal best overhead press! Thanks guys!

Thanks for this in-depth discussion today on the shoulder press, and everyone sharing their perspective with their own personal experiences. Liked Justin's progressions in moving to a successful press. Thank you again!!

Hey! I actually read that research paper Sal mentioned in another video, demonstrating that Mind Pump Podcast is *the best* podcast in the world! 😉😉😉 I'm a woman & I'll be 52 on October 13th, and I've become deconditioned since going back to school to become a nurse. I didn't really do much resistance training, but when I had time (not much) I would walk or do a short cardio workout. I did manage to swing a kettlebell every once in a while. I would barely get any sleep, and was under serious stress (both seem to be requirements of nursing school 😂). I come from a background of basketball in high school, and I did 4 rounds of P90X 10 yrs ago. I did get pretty strong & lean from P90X, but it definitely wasn't sustainable in my opinion. I've been binge watching/listening to your videos recently, after getting a membership at the small rec center gym in my community. I've learned so much listening to you guys! I had no idea I was causing myself to lose muscle and therefore store fat! Time to turn it around! Thanks guys!

This is where the benefit of cleaning the weight comes in because once uve cleaned the weight, your hands are already in the correct position and the overhead press becomes easier.... the explosive power used in cleans works similar muscle groups that help with stability for the overhead press and usually helps to incorporate both back to back

This information is more useful than my years worth of work. Thanks for the episode!! Still stand by my idea that someone should win a trip to come chill at the studio!!

Hey Mind Pump, I have been following your content for a few months now and I have learned so much, it’s incredible!! Have also been implementing all your advise, ideas and mechanics to perform each movement. I have been working out constantly for about 1 year and half now but with NO purpose. These past few months with your content has been a great way to get better each and every single day at the gym. I don’t only go to the gym to just lift, I go there with a purpose and it is so much more enjoyable. Thank you guys, I appreciate what you guys do. And I hope to one day meet you boys! You guys rock!

For rear delts and overall upper body strength, I'd say the muscle snatch is amazing. Olympic-style pulls such as clean or snatch pulls are great too. All my pressing is done after muscle-cleaning the bar.

I was a bench press guy and neglected standing overhead press for years. I got to a 300 bench and could barely press 150. I spent time basically doubling down on overhead press and stopped bench pressing for a while. I got up to a 200 overhead press and was able to add about 10 pounds to my bench press as well

Great stuff. My overhead press has been stuck so I can't wait to get some of these in the mix.

I love the OHP. Such a powerhouse move. Thanks for the breakdown gents.

Trigger sessions and carries for me today! Thanks for always bringing the best fitness content on the 'net!

What’s up mind pump! I’m a 19 year old guy and I just started college. I just bought MAPS anabolic and I’m loving it but I would love to win the giveaway to have something to progress to afterwards. Also, all your advice on intuitive eating has really saved me from my unhealthy eating habits and stress from tracking macros in a college environment. Love what y’all do- keep it up!

This was one I almost skipped, thinking it wouldn't be relevant to me (not the first time). And I'm so glad I watched it. Holy cow. I had no clue how important this movement was and my overhead press is very weak compared to my deadlift, bench and squat. I'm a petite, mid 30s woman and I didn't have a good base established for movement in my teens or early 20s. Mind pump continues to be a wealth of knowledge. I'm excited to try some of the tips to work on getting stronger in this movement.

Thank you guys for all the great content that you put out!

Hey you guys are awesome and inspire me to grow stronger

I work in retail, every time I carry a pallet I carry it overhead and do reps while I walk, it feels great.

Lads this is 100% my weakest lift and currently only at 5x5 with about half my body weight. Cannot wait to implement all these tips and hopefully get the numbers up. By far the best lifting podcast there is 💪🏻

Hey, team of Mind Pump....you're amazingggg. I've been watching your videos for not more than two weeks now and I love you guys!!! You have content for everything that I'm looking for and that has been a game changer for my athletic and gymnastics performance. Keep up the good work, I'm definitely promoting you to my gym guys when talking about gym💪

I like term "squat of the upper body"

I’m 43 and just started doing the z-press. I love it. Shoulders feel awesome afterwards!

Bustin is the smartest Justin I know. Love when he getd to talk for a bit

Listening to Mind pump has made my life so much easier. I was one of those who thought going to the gym 6 times a week is necessary for gains. But I have recently shifted from a 5 day split workout to 3 days full body and I can see the performance and aesthetic changes immediately. Thanks Mind pump for making my life a little less complicated. Doing full body doesn’t exhaust me in the gym and I now don’t dread/miss leg days because I am doing legs all 3 times a week. 😊😊😊

Justin was ready to run through a wall when Doug's phone went off 2:36

I’ve never hear of a Z press.. Ima have to check those out

That's so cool. The OHP has always been my strongest and favourite compound exercise. I do both the modern standard and the behind the neck variant, which works great for me too. Do bodyweight for reps. If you have the shoulder mobility, try it! I do both two times each on shoulder day, twice a week.

That (lack of) core strength is what killed me coming back from a low back injury and two c-sections 😩 Slowly but surely getting back at it!

Man where have I been! Love this channel fellas I just found it. Keep up the good content! OHP 4 life.

I’m 10 weeks post partum doing maps anabolic and am loving/challenged by the OH press programmed in. I’m seeing all kinds of gains and mind/breath/core body connection with this programming. I come from a CrossFit background but excited to have maps performance in my immediate future 💪 🤱

Indeed pressing bodyweight overhead is really strong. I still have to put in some effort because I stuck with 85 kg with a bodyweight of 98 kg but 20 % bodyfat

Not gonna lie, this channel has been essential

I recently just hit 225 for 1 rep on the overhead press, now I need a new goal to hit!

My go to podcast. You guys are a great help.

Great video! Love overhead press/military press

Gone up 15lbs each in DB OHP in the past two weeks while running super squats. Happy to see.

Mind pump... the coldest motherfuckers in the fitness space!!! Changing lives everyday thru broadcasting no bullshit, fact driven, fuck your feelings style information and we love you for it!! Keep it coming guys

I just started listening to you guys! Thanks for the good information! 👍

Amazing episode! I am definitely going to practice these movements! You guys are always putting out helpful information!

First one here again! Coming it from Switzerland, I have MAPS Anabolic and Aesthetic and I’ve done both, all I need now is MAPS Performance, which I cannot afford at the moment and so it would be very helpful. I also have a couple of rings lying around but I don’t know any exercises with them, so Suspension would be huge. It is 2:31 AM here, but I have to stay up to see my favorite podcast. Love you guys so much, and I would really appreciate the giveaway! Love from Switzerland.

I used to get crazy looks doing farmer's carries at Anytime Fitness, pre-covid. I started using bands at home and never went back 🤣

My OHP improved when I stared doing viking press.

My overhead press is really weak. This is what i needed to gain some perspective.

The kettlebell press really help to practise the OHP with a good form

Picking heavy things up, and pressing heavy things overhead. Those have always been the ultimate tests of strength just like Sal said. Oldest form of strength sport is today's "Strongman". Look at all those events, it's usually some form of a deadlift and an overhead press.

Definitely one move i struggle with. Of course, it's hard when my home gym has a ceiling that's less than 2 ft above my head. I can OP a bar, but only if I don't put any plates on. I still do them, but if I'm looking to load the lift, I have to do seated.

I tried. I tried to lay off your show, I really did. But the magnetic pull was too powerful. Strategic, scientifically backed programming kept calling to me. The almost intoxicating auras of MAPS has me hooked. Lifetime fan, even if I found you later in my training time.

Justin’s shirt is so dope! Please restock them. I need one bad.

I started doing strong lifts 5x5 and my OHP was so embarrassing lol. I’m 185 pounds and I can’t barely get 85 pounds OHP for 5x5. Really pumped to work on improving in that lift.

I need this episode , because I feel like OHP is my weakest compound by a good margin.

Ronnie was 5’11”. Cutler was 5’9”.

I personally asked the late Charles Poliquin a few months prior to his passing: What lift is the best expression of maximal strength in the upper body? And he immediately replied the OHP.

Never feels better then finishing all your sets and reps of Overhead press. Just feel jacked and look jackeder

Vital info! Specially for trainers

Don’t think my comment will ever get picked, I’m 20 and have been working out for 6 years (seems like this is the best approach for a free program)

Can't it just be simple? I'm looking forward to trying that Z Press out.

I could OHP my bodyweight NOW but then i would say papa to my shoulder for ever. So i will stick to max 30 kg on ohp for high repetition for good

29:46 I believe you guys talked about this with Jordan Shallow.

My dad said he’ll be proud of me if I win the MAPs programs :-/ I’m skinny fat and I may start mark rippetoes program if I don’t get them :-( love you guys

We here . Noice ! Sal rules Adam drools

I love overhead carries. I was the only gym goer who did any type of carry movements.

@4:00 “OHP is the squat for the upper body”. And I hardly ever see it performed in gym!

God bless you all in the comment section

Not sure how to put this. When you overhead walk do you hold in in full extension at the shoulder? I suppose a way of putting it is wot an open shoulder capsule or locked in and connected?

Hey so I train calastenics and have some confusion on how many sets I should do per work out as there all compound and some exercises are isometric holds does this change anything how many sets would u recomend for pull or push days

Hey guys, I think that Cutler ended up beating Ronnie bc of Ronnie's aged body finally showing in 2006. So to say that the overhead press helped Jay's back, maybe it did, but it didn't help all that much, bc he still never beat Ronnie in the back, until 2006 when Ronnie's age showed, and even that is still arguable. So I don't see the connection in why Sal brought that up, regarding the press helping Jay's back as it relates to Ronnie's.

I'm saving my good comments for Prime, lol

Hi guys. I am following Phase I of MAPS Split right now. So far very good. Is it appropriate to slightly change the order of the exercises some days to prioritize weak areas? For example, on push days, is it logical to start with shoulders instead of chest to help grow weak shoulders? Thank you. Greetings from Puerto Rico

Can you explain how to properly perform the Z press?

My shoulders are like cannonballs

I was having trouble with my 25 kettlebell lol 29:20

Do you guys think it's good for a beginner to practice OHP with a 20lbs kettle mace, or is that risky because of too much instability?

I've had a recent should impingement, which has largely gone away after a shot of cortisone directly into the muscle. I was, at the time, regularly overhead pressing at about 75% of my bodyweight for 5x5. A physical therapist and orthopedic doctor told me to stop pressing overhead and do other shoulder exercises. I haven't done overhead shoulder exercises in months now, but I feel like I'm shortchanging myself overall. Can overhead pressing be done safely, and can it be done safely after a shoulder impingement?

Man if I could strict press 330lbs I’d be happy. Lol.

Honestly. I have some type of shoulder pain. And it’s hard to do over head press. I think I need a physical therapist

when the show is about to start so you yell out "BOOM" and Sal doesn't say it :/

I am sick of the big chest little shoulders look. Shoulder press is so under rated and under utilized

I’ve done my body weight for 5 reps and even did hand stand push ups with 30lbs attached to me.. lol got the videos on my channel to prove it

I'm 54...other than weights, I can't say I've ever had to lift anything over my head...like ever. Not saying it's not a good lift, but is it really functional? Unless you're a pro-wrestler...just don't see this movement in life...maybe a flight attendant stuffing luggage in the overhead?

My motivation for doing overhead press is being able to lift my girlfriend's fat ass in the air

Pick me 🙋🏻‍♂️

34:40 this guy's form is trash.

Man where have I been! Love this channel fellas I just found it. Keep up the good content! OHP 4 life.