I shared a tip on upping your pressing power a little while back, and I got another one for you today; fresh and hot out of the oven….

You might have heard that the order of the exercises in your routine is something to take into consideration.

Depending on what you’re working towards, you want to structure your workouts in a way that conducive to your goals. And if you’re looking to increase your pressing strength, you need to pay attention to this.

The bench press has replaced the overhead press, especially the standing variety, as the pressing motion of choice decades ago.

As a result, most guys regard overhead pressing as a ‘secondary movement.’ And the proof is in their actions…

Most simply slap presses on ‘somewhere’ in their routine.

If they have a kittle more respect for the exercise, and actually give it some attention, it’s still usually done after heavy leg and back work.

Going about things in this way will make sure you never put any serious iron overhead.

Why?

Because your legs and lower back are fatigued. This might not seem like that big of a deal to those who think standing overhead pressing is simply a ‘shoulder’ exercise.

And it wouldn’t be if that was the case…but it isn’t.

I’ll go into more detail about this in another tip. For now, simply note that a fatigued back or legs will hamper your pressing ability.

And as I learned from Brooks Kubik, that’s why Olympic lifters from the Golden Era, the time before steroids threw a monkey wrench into things, did their presses first, at the start of their workout.

And remember, they were PRESSING MACHINES.

Take a look at your current routine. If you want to up that press, make sure you do your presses first.

Once you do, you should notice a jump in your numbers almost immediately.

Train Smart, Train Hard

Ray Toulany

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