Damn OH press...stalling at 55 lbs, help!!
butterfli7o
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I CANNOT seem to go above 55lbs for the OHP, and the last time I did, I stalled and had to stop at 3X5. Grr! Any advice?? I'm feeling defeated!
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It's completely normal to stall on OHP. It's a very tough lift involving a lot of core muscles in addition to your shoulders. A great help is fractional plates. Many people purchase them on Amazon if your gym doesn't have them. No worries, you'll get there!
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I went over to the madcow system for the upper body lifts and increased slowly...0
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I'm the same way with bench press. I could not get above 55 pounds. I had to go back down to just the bar and now I'm going back up with fractional weights (1 1/4 pound)... I did 50 pounds two days, the second time I did an extra rep. And next time I'll go up to 52.5 pounds and hopefully that will help...0
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I CANNOT seem to go above 55lbs for the OHP, and the last time I did, I stalled and had to stop at 3X5. Grr! Any advice?? I'm feeling defeated!
Yep, fractionals are the key for me with OHP, bench, and now row. I am now increasing by just 1/2 lb increments on these lifts.
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I feel your pain--I'm stalling on OH press too and will be deloading on that one shortly. I'll try the fractional weights.0
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This will be my first week at 40 kg (have done 38 kg for 5 reps already)...a bit worried, but ladies you will get there, if I can lift 40 kg ( 88 lbs) then you can all get here...slow but sure increments...especially the upper body stuff for us gals...0
