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Pressing and the Overhead Athlete

Written on January 1, 2008 at 3:55 pm, by Eric Cressey

Many of you are going to hate me for what I’m about to say. I don’t let my overhead throwing athletes overhead press or bench press with a straight bar.

There. I said it. Call me all the names you’d like but ask yourself this:

“Am I cursing Eric’s name because I think that the cost-to-benefit ratio of overhead pressing and straight bar bench pressing justifies their use, or is it because I feel naked without these options? I have to bench press. I can’t start an upper body day with any other exercise.”

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