{"id":1696970,"date":"2022-10-16T06:30:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T10:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1696970"},"modified":"2022-10-16T18:21:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T22:21:43","slug":"the-bent-press-the-forgotten-lift-you-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-bent-press-the-forgotten-lift-you-need\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bent Press &#8211; The Forgotten Lift You Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-bent-press-the-forgotten-lift-you-need%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1696970&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/global.discourse-cdn.com\/tnation\/original\/4X\/3\/f\/5\/3f51ecae5dbcb60451ca66119836b0f27b997b09.jpeg\" data-download-href=\"\/uploads\/short-url\/929BouF5r3IaNQGVJcFJV5mixPX.jpeg?dl=1\" title=\"Bent-Press\"><\/a>  by Bradford Cooke  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uUawo0uROSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">  <\/a>   An Overhead Press For Your Whole Body  <\/p>\n<p>Want big shoulders, an iron core, better mobility, and more upper-body mass? Master the bent press. Here\u2019s exactly how to do it.<\/p>\n<p>    Remember The Bent Press <\/p>\n<p>When we think of moving heavy weights overhead, we often think of Olympic lifts, military press, and push press. But another overhead lift lurks in the shadows of weight training history. The bent press, a favorite of old-time strongmen like Eugene Sandow and Arthur Saxon, allows you to lift enormous weights overhead in a unique fashion. Saxon\u2019s best was an incredible 370 pounds\u2026 with one arm. Let that sink in.<\/p>\n<p>The bent press is like a one-arm overhead press, but your arm straightens out overhead while you\u2019re bending at the hips. Once your arm is locked out, you stand upright. We\u2019ll get into the technique details below.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unfortunate that the bent press has been forgotten. A well-executed bent press can improve mobility, build an iron midsection, and create a strong, muscular upper body.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, it looks odd. You have to do it to truly \u201cget it.\u201d Let\u2019s get into it.<\/p>\n<p>  Why Do The Bent Press? <\/p>\n<p>I asked the same thing. I wasn\u2019t sold on it until getting injured. When I developed a nerve injury in my elbow, it prevented me from doing traditional chest and shoulder presses, so I decided to give it an honest try as a temporary substitute. It was surprisingly a good fit, but even more surprising were the weights I was able to use. This led to broader shoulders and filled-out sleeves. Nice side effects, right?<\/p>\n<p>The bent press allows you to move more weight than you currently can in a regular single-arm overhead press. Like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.t-nation.com\/training\/tip-the-exercise-that-fixes-everything\/\">windmill<\/a> and Turkish get-up, it challenges you with atypical angles you likely won\u2019t use with any other exercises. This combination is a powerful training stimulus.<\/p>\n<p>When you can use one arm to move half your body weight (or more) overhead, how do you think you\u2019re going to look? You can be damned sure of having an upper body that gets noticed. It\u2019s also a great confidence booster. Once you get comfortable in the locked-out position, you\u2019ll bust through any perceived plateaus in your regular pressing movements.<\/p>\n<p>  Technique: Nail These Steps <\/p>\n<p>The bent press isn\u2019t technically a press. Basically, the weight should stay stationary as you contort your body away from and underneath it. As you do this, your arm should straighten.<\/p>\n<p>It takes practice. It\u2019s helpful to try this when you\u2019re a bit fatigued in the triceps already, so you\u2019re less likely to try to blatantly press out of it. Let\u2019s break down the steps:<\/p>\n<p>   <strong>Start with the weight at shoulder height.<\/strong> Rotate your hand out so that your elbow sits on the side of the ribs or same-side hip. This position should form a bit of a shelf. If using your right hand, your<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Bradford Cooke An Overhead Press For Your Whole Body Want big shoulders, an iron core, better mobility, and more upper-body mass? Master the bent press. Here\u2019s exactly how to do it. Remember The Bent Press When we think of moving heavy weights overhead, we often think of Olympic lifts, military press, and push press. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1671468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1696970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1696970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1671468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1696970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1696970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1696970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}