Message from @Reaps
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whats OHP
Overhead Press
like a military press?
```[On not calling "The Press", "The Shoulder Press]
We just call it the press, because how could you press without the shoulders? You can leg press... but that's gay. "```
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is it the same as a military press?
Mil press is a variation of regular press
lemmesee if I can dig something up
regular press?
yes.
regular press.
call it a standing press if you want
whatever works
i dont know these, I do bench press, chest press, shoulder press, standing military press
`chest press`
buh
like a weight machine?
or are you using dumbells
When I was younger I thought you were supposed to start with machines and then move on to big scary freeweights
Except they tend to constrict your natural range of motion and by extension wind up teaching bad habits
Then you see people using freeweights awkwardly because they're used to the machine guiding them
i use both, the chest press and shoulder press are machines and then the standing military press and bench press with barbells
wait
you use a smith machine?
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whats that
```whats that```
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i dont know the names of everything
```Use of the Smith machine is frowned upon by many strength training devotees as it forces the user to adopt an unnatural straight-up-and-down "bar path" which can put shear stress on the knees or back (if squatting) or shoulders (if pressing).
The constrained movement of the bar also reduces the role that stabilising muscles play versus an exercise using free weights. This may allow heavier weights to be lifted, at the expense of engaging less muscle mass overall```
I don't like that thing
good.
but you can spot yourself with the hookie things. I dont have a spotter to do heavy weight on the normal bench
I bench solo
got safety bars in your weight cage?
the safety bars are too high and I cant touch my chest when i bench press