PROPER Behind Neck Press

[Columbus]

Is a full proper rep ear loab level Some say traps and some do a half assed rep......wondering what you do.....

[Testsubject]

I wouldnt do that excersice at all, way to much stress on you rotator cup, stick to presses in front of your head, they do the same thing without possibly damaging your shoulder.

[Columbus]

ok....next......

[JMan06]

yeah bro im scared to do that lol. Even the lat pulldown scares me for a shoulder injury. stick to seated military press. infront of the head.

[nyjetsfan86]

stay away from anything behind the neck your just going to F yourself up in the long run

[MFT81]

You can do behind the neck presses but and its a big BUT,

You cant go as heavy, obviously,

You do put your rotator cuff at risk so good flexablility is needed

your upper arm dosent go bellow parallel with the floor

I used to do behind the neck all the time because I felt it would help emphasize the reat delt and lateral delt head more than the anterior,

I gave it up a few years ago and have had better delt development since due to being able to handle more weight safely.

[MuscleScience]

I didnt know people still do that lift. Do you also do behind the neck lat pull downs?

[s00noma]

I didnt know people still do that lift. Do you also do behind the neck lat pull downs?

he does everything that people dont do

[MuscleScience]

he does everything that people dont do

Oh yeah I forgot about that thread about him recently.

[gigem]

yeah behind the neck is asking for injury

[spywizard]

I do a 1/2 ass rep, but i like the condition my rotor cuff is in right now thank you..

It's alot easier to not injure it than to take 3 yrs getting it back to the point where i can do bf press..

[Columbus]

As long as you dont go heavy (I never go over 115) and watch your form (beolow ear level is trouble with heavy weight) bnp builds great traps and a thick neck, like no other pressing movement.......some do it in the Smith for even more control and form.....

[boostedevo8]

I warm up doing behindthe neck standing shoulder press, but the my actual working sets are in front......they go up to 175lbs....but that's to the point were I have to cheat just a tiny bit a bend the knees slightly ......its a great work out , I feel the entire body having to come together and work to get the weight up....


but back to the topic.....warm up in my opinion is ok....but actual working sets are a no no ....

and by the way in old school times its was ok to go be
behind the neck because they didn't know any better.....but as time goes on and knowledge is increased with the studies and all the technology people are changing the ways things were done back then......remember they didn't know any better.....

[ru-ga-ru]

My cuff is now Fvcked because of behind the neck stuff.

Now I have to be very careful when doing shoulder press or incline dumbells.

[chest6]

no thanks for me...

[anabolicshark]

i hate that exercsize, i did it light, and it did feel very good, different i guess... but then i did it "stupid" way... was stiff and in pain for 4 days, barely could brush my teeth.... never again..

[pwerfll1]

got rid of those years ago (OUCH)

[Columbus]

I have always used it....bnp, standing bno, front press, standing push press, dbells, many different variations....

[anabolicshark]

no one is really telling you not to do it man, everyone has some exeption, or talent, its obvious you got some strechy rotators.. because, as i am not denying that it works one bit, after every time i did any of the above i was in pain the next day....
only reason why i stoped doing them...

[*Narkissos*]

The 'proper' depth is the depth your individual biomechanics allows.

Factors such as flexibility come into play.

Some, like myself, can get away with lowering to the traps.

Some should stop when the elbows are parallel to the floor.

[IBdmfkr]

I do these quite a bit on shoulder day using the Smith machine to control the angle.

This is a great movement for overall delt development and is far superior than overhead presses which usually put most of the stress on the anterior delts (most ppl already have a problem with overdevelopment in this area).

Form is everything with behind the neck presses.

[*Narkissos*]

^^Exactly.

[Squatman51]

i love behind the neck presses

[boostedevo8]

I just lower my arms to the point that they are parallel with the floor.....any lower then that and its to uncomfortable for me....

[NewVader]

got rid of those years ago (OUCH)

same. It ****ed my rot cuff and It took me months to recover...How stupid of me at that time...

[Doc.Sust]

imo. dont do behind the neck, just front and dumbell military presses, take the bar to the chin level. front press and dbell presses are more bio-mechanicaly correct

[Columbus]

I usually do both......BNP today on the smith to start, higher rep standing or seated dbell press 2nd.....

[Doc.Sust]

imo. dont do behind the neck, just front and dumbell military presses, take the bar to the chin level. front press and dbell presses are more bio-mechanicaly correct

like i said, dont do behind the neck.

[MuscleScience]

imo. dont do behind the neck, just front and dumbell military presses, take the bar to the chin level. front press and dbell presses are more bio-mechanicaly correct

I find it funny that anyone with experience even still does this lift. I can see highschoolers doing it but not anyone with a little bit of knowledge. LOL

[Doc.Sust]

I find it funny that anyone with experience even still does this lift. I can see highschoolers doing it but not anyone with a little bit of knowledge. LOL

i hear you my friend

[Doc.Sust]

he does everything that people dont do

[IBdmfkr]

It all comes down to keeping the bar on a level plane (smithmachine) and keeping it slightly in front of your spine IMO.

Saying someone has little experience because they do this movement doesn't even make sense. This movement if done correctly isn't nearly as detrimental as you may think, I've seen people doing "Arnold Presses" that would cause much more damage to the shoulder than a properly performed BHN Press.

I guess we should stop doing heavy squats and deadlifts too because it causes loads of compression on our vertebrae?

[Doc.Sust]

It all comes down to keeping the bar on a level plane (smithmachine) and keeping it slightly in front of your spine IMO.

Saying someone has little experience because they do this movement doesn't even make sense. This movement if done correctly isn't nearly as detrimental as you may think, I've seen people doing "Arnold Presses" that would cause much more damage to the shoulder than a properly performed BHN Press.

I guess we should stop doing heavy squats and deadlifts too because it causes loads of compression on our vertebrae?

no i didnt say that. squats and deads are fine.

fact is front is more bio-mechnaicaly correct and you get almost the exact same benefits. if you chose to do behind you neck, it is up to you, just stating what i know