>ohp: 20kg 5x5 How do I increase ohp? It's just too

It's called balance brah

>>39217240
Eat something, Mr. Skeltal.

>>39217240

Do smaller increments when adding weight. Using 2.5's instead of 5's really helped me get from 95lbs to 135lbs

Or, even purchase 1lb plates

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>>39217240
stop ding 5x5, it's retarded for beginners and only opens yourself to injuries.

Stick to 3x5, also eat, and make sure you are OHP'ing properly, tight core, glutes, straight back and press.

>>39217240
wut?
20kg is like only the bar
are you telling me you can't ohp with just the bar?

>>39217321
no, 20kg on the bar

so 10+10 on both sides

>>39217345
but that's 40kg, op clearly stated 20kg.

So op only lifts the bar.

>>39217345
Then that's 40kg you bone head

>>39217291
lmao

>>39217353
>>39217355
Stop trolling, guys. You don't include the bar.

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>>39217240
80 kg ohp for 5 reps next to some guy quarter squatting 70kg.

I also suggest eating food and do small increments

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>>39217374
>You don't include the bar
Go away DYEL

>>39217374
I see what you did there, anon.

>>39217374
Of course you do, some bars are lighter than others and you're deluding yourself if you think OHP with a normal bar is the same as one of those gay-ass 5lb bars that feel like plastic.

Oh boy I just got trolled.

>>39217461
The bar at my gym doesn't have a weight listed on it, so I don't know if it's the standard 20 kg or not. So in my head I just keep track of what I add to the sides. How am I wrong? It's more intuitive to do this than to add 20 kg on.

>>39217498
Do you lift the bar?

Yes?

Then stop saying you only lift the plates.

>>39217557
Reminds me of that /fit/ story where a guy saw some jacked old dude deadlift nothing but the plates

>>39217557
I lift the plates on either side of the bar.

>>39217577
pls post. have not seen

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>>39217360

>>39217240
try doing some dumbell shoulder presses for a bit.

>>39217240
OHP is by far the slowest lift to increase. Just keep on pushing, and when you plateau switch up your reps and sets.

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for fuck's sake, the bar weight doesn't matter

>20kg

That's just the bar...? When I started I couldn't even do the bar for one rep so I just decided not to ever do OHP, but eventually I got over my fear of it and just kept pressing. In your case, as a beginner, it's just your CNS getting used to the movement pattern, 20kg should be easily doable after a few sessions, just keep lifting and you'll get it, and some more. Don't get discouraged. The start is always the hardest, if you give up now you'll never realise your true potential, so just keep at it.

>>39217959
That's a vivid imagination you've got there

OP here,

It's 10+10 on both sides like I said here:
>>39217345


Do I really need to state the bar plus the weight on it? I thought we were all using the 20 kg olympic standard. Good to know all my lifts just increased with 20 kg. Got a whole lot of new PR's on the spot.

>subtle b8 thread
You bastard

>>39218055
>b8

kys

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>>39217959
>that pic....

ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID?

God this place is going to hell.....

>>39217959
Kek

Reminds me of those old troll physics maymays

when is this counting the bar meme going to stop? its getting pretty old

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>>39218341

>>39217959
this. holy fuck how can't you meatheads into bending moments.

>>39217240
To really start making gains on OHP you need to learn bracing. OHP was what really made me learn how to brace and once you learn that you will make gains on all of your other lifts.
To make it really short: with proper form (forearms perpendicular to the bar), contract your abs, flex your glutes and quads, take a deep breath and push the bar. when you lower the bar, reset, take a deep breath and flex everything again and then push.
Make sure you are taking a "gut breath" or a breath into your diaphragm and not your chest. hold the breath until the top of your lift.
The OHP is NOT a push press, but that doesn't mean you can use your legs, ass, and abs to brace and stabilize your body, giving your shoulders something stable to press against.

>>39218485
>doesn't mean you can use
doesn't mean you can't* use your legs

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>>39217577
Reminds me of that idiot bragging about benching lmao2pl8 when it was actually two pl8 total, one on each side. Also some idiot asking how are people even benching one pl8 when the other side of the bar doesn't have any weight on it
I prefer to believe it was some kind of joke. Knowing /fit/ it probably wasn't

Youtube "3 press fixes" and watch the video.

>>39217498
just because you don't know how much the bar weights it doesn't mean you don't count it
you don't count it if you say xpl8s
but if you go for the actual weight you do

>>39217240

fuck this lift. i made it to 135x5 a month ago, then over the course of the last month it's regressed to where i can only do 125x4. wtf happened? all my other lifts have improved in that timeframe. i wouldn't complain if it just stalled, but wtf it regressed? it's not like my shoulders got smaller either.

Serious question here
Should I tighten my legs while doing the whole movement? Or should I lightly bend my knees?

>>39220044
all olympic bars are 20kg unless its some specialty bar that you will never see at your commercial gym