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    standing or seated military press?

    standing or seated? i like standing

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    Seated for usre, you can't cheat...

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    seated and its better for your back as well

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    i prefer seated since you have support for your back and you cant cheat as much as opposed if you were standing. if you so it standing make sure to use a belt to help you with your form.

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    standing nearly cripples me as I have a bad disc in my back already. Adding that extra strain would kill me.

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    I also prefer seated for reasons already mentioned.

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    i have always done seated and recently i have been doing standing and it feels like it hits my shoulders alot better.

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    I now use the iso lat military machine. Good motion.

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    I cant do standing because if i go heavy i start to have bad form, and i hurt my back. JMO

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    i am all about standing. Works the abs as well.

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    I prefer seated as it focuses on my delts more and I can't cheat, also standing really messes with my lower back when I go up heavy so, I stoped doing standing military presses I only do seated now.

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    Seated. this thread is so old!

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    Standing if you are in any way concerned with functional lifting. Other than in the gym, when was the lat time you lifted something of appreciable weight overhead while seated?

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    standing makes you involuntarily use your legs to stablize, making it easier on your shoulders

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