Hey guys, whats a good alternative for OHP? I keep getting shoulder pain even when stretching and doing shoulder dislocate stretches so i'm looking to just get it out of my routine and find something just as efficient if possible. It's just so discouraging when I get the pain I want to quit lifting altogether. Any exercise would do. Please help me.
I get the pain in my right shoulder near the top of the lift just before the shrug. First couple reps I don't feel the pain then suddenly BAM, its like a snap
pls respond
>>29248
if you don't care about overhead strength and only want size, no need for direct overhead work
any horizontal press will hit front delts fairly hard anyway, just add in lateral raises for side delts
>>29389
How would this look?
A: Squat/Bench/Rows
B: Squat/Incline Bench/Deadlift
Would I still develop some decent strength for overhead lifts?
>>29490
bench by itself has carryover to OHP for me, but this varies from person to person
incline should have more carryover in theory
just do benching and close grip benching in much more volume and it should make your front delts (and your OHP by extension) stronger anyway
>>29640
So maybe an alternate between closegrip and regular? Thanks man.
>>29692
post your routine, are you doing a 3x5? because if you are, you should do more volume for presses than that
>>29718
Just started stronglifts. So everything would be SL routine except for the OHP now.
>>29718
5x5,*
>>29733
your substitution might actually work better than the original
OHP does not have as much of a training effect as bench for the chest, triceps, and IMO alternating it with bench is not a good idea
alternating between bench and close grip or bench and incline bench should provide better results for your chest/triceps, and will still involve the front delts a bit
>>29733
also pendlay rows are shit, do more vertical pulling work instead, and add bicep,side/rear delt accessories
>>29248
You need to narrow down what is wrong. Maybe your form is garbage and you're wrecking your joints. Maybe you hurt yourself and you need to give it a rest, or some low weight high rep garbage. Maybe you have some sort of congenital bone thing.
Don't ask here. Ask a professional, or talk to a friend you trust to not bullshit you.
>>29248
Deload, fix form, start loading again.
Alternatively, find out if your shoulders are injured or suffer from poor biomechanics.
>>29248
kettlebell snatch/press
>>29248
See if the same happens with dumbbell OHP. You can fuck up at the top by doing something stupid like trying to externally rotate.