Now THIS is kind of content I like to see from starting strength!

This instructional was so good I am barely annoyed how easily Chase presses 225.

Squeeze your glutes as hard as you possibly can and remind yourself to stay tall with the sternum lifted. Let your glutes take all the pressure off your lower back.

I really like this style of instructional video, with Rip's narration and Chase's demostration. Keep up the great work!

well that is better then previous explanation of using the hips

What if I don´t have a dog lying around?

the voice and accent alone improved my press by 5%

I want to hear mark read little women by Jayne Austen so badly.

Thanks for the great video! One thing that I have found has really helped my press is to make sure you grip the bar really really hard. As someone told me - "like it owes you money!" is a cue that works for me.

Criminally underrated channels 🙌🏽

I've pressed for years and only just used this version today, after looking at footage of myself pressing, and realised I had been strict pressing th whole time lmfao. The rebound from the hips makes all the difference , cheers SS.

I been doing starting stenght for about 1y now i stop all isolation exercises i am also older at 47, my shoulders by doing this are bigger and more develop then ever.

I think I may be getting the hang of the press. As my hips were rebounding and I was driving the bar up and my head forward, the bar felt much lighter than usual. This was on my third rep of the fourth set, toward the end when I was tired. Now I'm quite excited to keep practicing the press to see if I really can learn the proper technique. I'm pretty happy that I got the book, and that these videos serve as an adequate refresher.

I'd never heard about this hip bouncing before, thanks!

These new videos are real good. I also notice there's some fine hounds prowling the gym!

This is actually an awesome video. Even if you have been doing it right (maybe me and even then unknowingly), this is an incredible breakdown for how to teach someone else how to do the movement. Also, Startiing Strength is an awesome book for anyone who hasn't perused through it yet.

Straight from the book gotta respect the consistency.

Very well explained and demonstrated

Although I don’t agree with the whole trap bar being useless, I Just ordered starting strength because I know you’re the truth 🤙🏼

There’s a lot of small mechanics missed in the overhead press. I guess I’ve been doing a lot wrong for quite some time.

Very helpful and led me to catch several mistakes I've been making. Thank you 🙂

Now this is good content. I can't be the only one that wants rows after they do the bench press. And a DB bench too

Wow. I used to think of ohp a simple movement but this opened my eyes

5 min of pure gold

His press masterpiece

It has been interesting to see Chase’s progression of weightlifting shoes. From an old pair of VS athletics to Nike Romaleo 3s, and now Romaleo 2s.

Ok I have watched a series of these today and I do believe this was the most helpful. Mainly because of the prop lifting the weight does a great job extenuating cues. Thanks for the great melody at the end too. Cheers.

Reading this book , just finished this chapter. The narrators voice inside my head was exactly the same as the narrator of the video.

225# beltless- I'm impressed.

Excellent and comprehensive explanation.

Oh man I could have been doing this 4 years ago thanks for the tip and vidoe!

Why am I pretty sure the voice of the narrator is that of the dog

There is not a more clear or comprehensive breakdown of proper form and technique to perform a movement pattern or exercise on KZfaq than the content published by Starting Strength. Aces

Chase is my idol. I don’t think I’ll ever get to the same levels as him though but I can try my hardest

Loving this style of video

THE BEST TUTORIALS

This was a good one. Several very important (and very simple), tips here in straightforward presentation.

Excellent. Wish I’d seen this a year ago.

Awesome instruction! Thanks for sharing!

Rip's voice is like music

Thank you so much!!!! I am gonna add presses to my training program today after work....

this is the ultimate OH tutorial on the net!

"aim for your nose" :D what could possibly go wrong :D great videos perfect format! love them

Great video as always, thank you.. BTW, turn on the subtitles, I think it translates efficiently the pronunciation of Mark's accent.

Fine you tube! Ill watch the dang video!! Well that was actually recommended for a good reason…. Loved it.

I’ve been waiting for this. Thanks

Guess it's time to finally learn The Press 2.0™

Not that it was shabby before, but I'm loving the newer SS content! Any thoughts on taking your breath at the unrack and holding tension through as many reps as reasonable? And if needed, taking short breaths at lockout?

Great tutorial!

Simple, no nonsense.

Love this exercise. Have to wait till lockdown is over to go back to my local gym.

Pure fire content.

Ok, got it. Visualise the lifter as a bow (as in bow and arrow 🏹) Driving the hips forward is like someone pulling the string on the bow . Once the string is let go it will naturally return back to its starting position. The arrow will fire through the abs and out the spine at the same time you press the weight up. Takes a minute to wrap your mind around it.

I feel like this video should be watched on vhs.

Awesome biomechanical instruction

I missed barbells so much... when he grabs that barbell... somethings kindled in me...

Great video thanks again for your time and help 🏋️

Nice of boris beckers son to give a demonstration

Did he press 225lbs in the end? That’s crazy!

That dude is seriously strong. No way I could press that weight.

Why is downward movement of the bar allowed at the start? Seems like it grants a bit of a stretch reflex.

Thanks for the video. Can’t wait to get back to the gym but for now will have to overhead press the air with an invisible barbell

I agree with everything here except popping your hips forward and dropping the bar for a stretch reflex. Do not consider that strict.

This was one of my favorite lifts only I was doing them seated. Doing it seated I would look up as I did the lift and brought the bar down to my chin. The reason is it forces your back straight and in my eyes you should control the speed of the weight coming down. I would generally do 6 sets 3 of which were at 275 lbs. I would also grip the bar wider then what this guy does. If you keep good form in mind you are very unlikely to hurt yourself. I did this for a very long time w/o injury. I maxed out one day at 315 for 2 reps.. but I was feeling very strong that day and I did that on I think it was the 12th set.. "normal lifts then 2 reps as the weight went up per set above the 6th"..

Can some explain how the breathing works for this movement? Thanks!

Should have added Chase's 350 press to the end of this.

How does activating the hips interact with the pressure in the lower back arch? I can’t seem to see how to push the hips toward without emphasizing the lower back.

Im stuck at 7,5kg+bar (16.5lbs+bar). Luckily we have plates as small as 0,25kg(0.55lbs) so Im gonna do increments of 0,5kg(1.1lbs). Hope I get results.

Very good sir!

I love the press. Slipped disc in my neck gives me a trapped nerve doing this though so it's gone for me

I wish I had the shoulder flexibility to do this lift correctly - the last part, I mean, with the bar directly over the back of your head. Getting old is no joke.

Just wanna give Chase a holler... lookin good, man!

Do one really have to shrug the bar up in the top of the lift in order to avoid shoulder impingement? Of course people can have different shapes of their acromion, that would increase the risk of impingement or not. But I’ve seen sources that indicate that as long as you have your elbows pointing to the sides the shoulder cuff tendons should not be pinched. The problem can occur when the elbows spin toward the back( internal rotation). If this is not true, then a antagonist movement like a scapular pull-up would be a nightmare for the rotator tendons? For what I see Scapular pull-ups are used a lot for creating better scapular stability in the pull-up. What are your thoughts? Thank you for the great stuff, you make the fitness world better! Andrew

This is really good

If you don't have a good front rack, like this guy, you're giving away pounds

Good stuff, thanks

Even managed to get hip drive into the press. You did it Mark, you crazy son of a bitch, you did it!

My C6 hurts just watching this.

I'm glad to see this narrator got a job after narrating dukes of hazard

Thank you

This! Thank you

I presume the rebound thing facilitates heavier plates, but does it help grow/strengthen muscles?

I would love to see some SS Radio episodes on each of the lifts.

You can also clean it from the ground first. You should be able to, or you shouldn’t be pressing that weight.

"I'm not liftin' that sh!t, it's heavy!" - Kenny Powers.

Thank u for sharing

Very well conveyed, thank you.

Great video

The dog!

In my limited experience, I have found that this movement is not very forgiving (I can see others have had this too) - neck/upper back can hurt if the form breaks down a little in the last rep. I guess my advice is to be conservative on this one during the early stages of progressive overload.

"And just squeeze the grips into the neural of the bar" Huh? Just getting reading to press the bar and I've already been given instructions I've never heard before in my complete life of complete American education. I had perfect attendance throughout middle school and highschool and our PT program was good, never heard neural come up in any instruction 🤯

Very good 👍🏻 thanks u.

What about the lower body? How wide should the stance be? Should the legs be completely straight with the knee joints locked or should there remain a micro bend in the knees?

Good shit right here

What do you think about pressing with dumbbells?

The shrug part at the end ... Should you start shrugging the moment you push ? Or are you supposed to push , then once the bar is up , that’s the point when you shrug ? My uneducated brain is telling it would be better to do pushing and shrugging at same time , or at least gradually bring in the shrug from the start so it’s more natural flow instead of it being blocky . But I don’t know what I’m talking bout 🙂

Hi a question on coordination of the movement. Where should the bar be by the time the lifter's hips are back in the start position?

What do think about pressing behind the neck?

What about using the stretch reflex in the bottom of the rep?

I always thought the barbell needed to be closer to the deltoids initially, closer to a rack.