Having Rip tell me "Just exactly like that" is one of my life goals

i wish mark rippetoe was my PE teacher and all we did was do starting strength for the whole year :(

"CATCH THAT REBOUND AND PRESS IT...THATS THE MOVEMENT!"...SIMPLE ARIPPEMATIC.

Appreciate this, these vids are a valuable supplement to the book for us noobs who can't afford a coach. Rip's writing is pretty technical for me, seeing him demo is one 'ah-ha' after another.

When you bend forwards at the hip, the bar drops in height. When you move the hips back, the bar bounces back up. I think this momentum helps the press go up with more weight, in addition to the face out of the way of the bar path.

Rippetoe is THE MAN

Best complete instructional series yet.

@31:44 Some people don't understand what's happening here. You notice, Rip actually gets closer to the athlete. "Stay with it Adam, it's there." What you didn't hear(but was said) is: "I'm here, you can do this, I believe in you." Mark is a coach in the ways you can't really teach people to be.

"there ya go, thats a good set" man i bet that felt great to hear coming from Rip LOL

Really useful stuff, this allowed me to get past my plateau and actually progress in a regular linear way again

Been using this kind of press with 5/3/1. Working really well. Been progressing to not getting 70 over my head to 75 for doubles in 3 months.

Not if you keep your spine in a neutral position. Make sure the leaning back is from hinging at the hips, and *not* from hyperextending your spine.

Incorporating this hip lever into my press gave me an instant boost to my working weight. Excellent instructional.

16:45 greyhound casually walking among lifters, lol.

Amazing coaching...Rip is so brilliant!

Superb training video. I wasn't aware of the mechanics of pressing like this, definitely gonna introduce this technique into my shoulder routine. Thanks a lot Rip

I've carried this over to the dumbbell heels together military press. Once you're working with 70 pounders and up it really makes you use the glutes, hips and thighs much harder to create a more stable base to press from. Thanks Rip👍

15:24 Rip shows good ol magic by himself.

syutenwolf: No, it does not. Actually you are maintaining neutral position of the spine by using your glutes to push forward. What you actually, is moving the stress to your abs and also to ligaments in the hip, such as the pubofemoral ligament, iliofemoral ligament and iliumbar ligament. If you were to take your car and rip out those ligaments out of your body, you could easily hang your nice 3 ton car in a hall, using these hip ligaments. They withstand extreme forces measuring several tons easily, which is why you can use them nicely to forward some pressure on. They are even stronger than that patella tendon, which can take around 15.000 Newton of force.

I wouldn't be surprised one bit if the Ron Swanson character was based off, in part, by Mark Rippetoe

Well I was practicing this today and aimed a bit too well at my nose & it was quite painful. More practice required.

18:50 great elbow locking and shrug at the top of the movement.

Imagine watching a 30 minute video about lifting a bar over your head.

15:43....His knees are bending

In heaven mark rippetoe and jeff caveliere are your personal trainers

perfect. thank you, Rip.

Great information. Thanks

The RIP PRESS!!!

is hip drive absolutely necessary for OHP when trying to avoid injury or building shoulder strength? or does it only help w/ lifting more weight? i want to know if staying stable and pressing could still be working out shoulders w/ out it being incorrect and potentially muscle damaging.

Wow Rip shredded those presses!

The amount of time Mark had to critique shows how complex this movement may be.

i've been struggling to figure out why my press sucks compared to my bench - i'm excited to implement this. also wondering about whether this violates exrx, but - whatever...

My pr went from 90 kg to 100kg by just using this stuff wtf

ive been working really hard on this, trying to up the weight.

14:12 ...just exactly like that x2 gotta love rip

Thanks Rip.

I'm not a big presser at all, but I've been doing this the whole time and never really thought about it. It guess it's just natural. I can't imagine trying to explain it to someone that doesn't get it. He's trying though.

I noticed as the weight got heavier, the guys didn't push their hips forward as much!

Damn, Tom is a tall guy. That bar in the rack looks really high

The shrug feels good all by itself

goat Mr Rip

THERE YOU GOO, THERE YOU GOOOO

Don't reallylike the dynamic version... where can I find the older version of the press as he taught it earlier? My book has the new version.

"on the Dee Vee Dee"

Thanks dad.... I mean Rip.

I notice the hips go forward to press the bar up past the head. That all makes sense. Why don't you put the hips forward to lower the bar back down and maintain the vertical path?

Mark "Slapping Your Back" Rippetoe

Contrary a post in my name before, I haven't done any of the below, and therefore will not require your thoughts. many thanks.

Whats up with the greyhound? Am I the only one who saw it?

I think Mark missed that last question. Why can you not end the movement with the bowed hips and bounce strait into the next press? (Not bounce off the shoulders, bounce off the hips.) I assumed that the hips would need to bow to lower the weight just as they did to raise it to maintain the bar path, but it looks like there is very little movement on the lowering phase.

It really is ALL in the hips.

9:59

Such a difficult movement

Great video. I do shoulder press on same day as chest. What do you recommend doing first, shoulder press, or bench?

I want a weightlifting grandma!

What’s the purpose of pushing the hips forward before pressing ? Is it to create a little momentum ? Or is to to make pressing the bar up over head easier as your head is moved back a little bit? Or both ?

Anyone know of the press record for men over 60 years? and/ or the record for lighter weight men ( 170 lbs) ? can't seem to find any info anywhere for recent numbers

Dear Rip, thanks for the tutorial. I have a few questions, still. Should I keep the weight as low as the "hip swing" is still dynamic ? Or it is OK to go higher with the weight and have the bounce slower ? Where is the power for the lift generated primarily ? The hips or the triceps ? Thank you.

So the big fella' that missed his set of 5, let's say it was his 3rd set. He could go for it again with rest; he makes it, no problem, we add a wee bit next workout. But if he doesn't make it, 'cause he's just too tired from everything else he has done. Does he go for it again next workout and doesn't add any more until he does complete the 3*5?

I have followed the starting strength routine for a while now, after checking the elite standards lifts on EXRX this technique looks like it would void the lift as a strict press as the torso lays back and the shoulders fall behind the hips briefly. Any thoughts?

can someone tag the lesson portion on breathing?

I wonder if this tweak will finally allow me to overhead press without getting that pins and needles feeling in my neck... I'll have to see.

My rack is located in a place where the ceiling is not high enough to do this. I have a place I could do this but it's not a good place for my rack. Could I just clean the bar once, then do this?

I feel to much stress on my lower back when I do that, any tips?

It seems to me that this motion just turns the exercise into a hybrid of OHP and incline press until you hit lockout, hence the ability to lift more.

Rip gets under the bar to demo his own technique and proceeds to do a push press, bending at the knees. After all that talking. I haven't laughed this hard in ages. Thank you, Internet. lmao!!!!

The people with a softer knee seem to have a better time with this technique

how to press more weight using proper momentum

Rip's saying to lock the knees, but the trainee is bending at the knees rather than the hip... ?

I have a problem with trying to get it down lol he doesnt show it in video and in the book

Is this same hip movement applicable on the overhead dumbbell press as well?

Do you squeeze your glutes when you shoot your hips foward?

let's not start the stronglifts vs starting strength argument plz

isnt that bouncing on hips gonna kill your spine? I dont get it here.

Would a wider grip be what caused shoulder issues??

shoulder press done like that is the best way to hurt your rotator cuffs and your spine

Close call at 31:50

Is it wrong if u come down real slow and then up fast?

would adding the hip movement before the press be harsh on the lower back at higher weights?

isn't he bending at his knees, not at the hips? his hips look pretty locked, but his knees dont (stop at 8:52 for example)

doesn't it cause too much stress on the lower back? and less intensity on shoulders?

The lady in the yellow top and black shorts had her wrists bent too far.

Rip, is there such a thing as "arms hyperextension" in this movement? I wonder if the exaggerated hyperextension aspect of what they are doing there is harmful for the joint and a less degree of forceful lockout is required? i am not sure just asking.

1:20 Except benchpress..or?

15:30

aaaabbs

Yeah, we are in it for the same goal and train the same, hard way. Come the fuck on. Get along.

isn't this too much arch?

At first it seemed like the hip thrust was the same as using momentum to move the weight but seeing Mark do it you can tell that's not what's happening. The bar itself is not moving at first so he's not using the momentum of the barbell but body-momentum coming out of the bow. Still though, isn't using body momentum to aid the lift bad?

Should you be able to press the same weight you power-clean using this method, or does it need to be a separate exercise? I start my workout with power-cleans every day, a heavy day where I just power-clean and a light day where I combine push presses at about 90%. I am almost afraid to use this method and can't imagine what the relative strength should be. Say I can power-clean 200lb, what is a reasonable target weight with this style of pressing?

I'm a huge fan of Rip but I'm a little skeptical about this style of pressing

is it a bad thing do 12 reps instead of 5 when it comes to this sort of exercise?

Does the grip make a difference? I have used a thumbless grip up to this point.

good, exrx standards are meaningless anyway

The PRUAEAHS

A lot of the trainees look like their wrists are bent back quite a bit... looks painful.

I’m sorry but this just isn’t safe. Not for me. My hips are off anyway. I have leg length discrepancy which throws my hips off. I understand not to use your back but hips. But for me personally this shits dangerous because I’ll end up using my back by mistake. I would have to be on extra guard to be safe. I don’t trust it. It’s just too close to incorporating your back, even if you’re not aiming to. I do somewhat of a push press instead. I know that’s not strict but at the same time it makes it safer for me. Plus since I don’t use my hips and I use some legs, very minimal , the force I’m using with legs is about the same force your using with your hips anyway. So it’s equal. I’m just using the power from a different source. People could say your cheating if your using that hip. But they can say I’m cheating too. I don’t fuckin care. It’s safer. Feels safer. Plus it’s a power movement. I’ll be strict with seated DB. That’s what’s good about having your own personal goals. I’m comfortable and happy with what I do and I achieve the results I’m looking for.

Most of these people are not catching the bounce at the right moment.

also i dont have a rack, so ive gotta clean it. then press it.....( what a bear)

Mark grabs more feels on the ladies... Nice technique.