Talk:Overhead press

Just like to say a bent press and a side press are not the same.

what is the prime mover used on this activity?


 * Triceps and deltoids. --JHP (talk) 22:22, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Arnold Press
Searching for Arnold Press, it returns to this article. So the obvious but unanswered question is why is it called an "Arnold Press"? One can guess that it has something to do with a certain Austrian but where does one find the whether, why and when of it? Similar question for the Bradford Press. 92.24.198.255 (talk) 15:06, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Military Press and Push Press
The article on push press states that it "is practically the same as the military press," and the article on military press states that it "is a variation of the overhead press." As this article already has a section on variations of the overhead press, and as neither push press nor military press are competition lifts (unlike clean and press), the two articles should be merged here. 75.180.29.69 (talk) 12:52, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

It makes sense for the military press article to be merged with this as it is essentially a variation in which the feet are placed together and it must be done whilst standing, whereas an overhead press is not as strict regarding foot positioning and can be done either standing or sitting.

There is a major difference between overhead/military press and push press though, and that is that the push press is a full body movement which also has the trainee or athlete utilize their leg and hip muscles to accelerate the bar up. If one where to place the push press on a spectrum with OHP at one end and a jerk at the other it would lie somewhere in the middle, and as such it deserves its own article becuase it is too difficult to decide which page to put it on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.33.118.139 (talk • contribs) on 28 June 2014

Push press is completely and totally distinct from overhead press. Push press is a dynamic movement involving both the upper and lower body, overhead press only works the deltoids and triceps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.216.254.186 (talk) 01:43, 21 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Noting completetion of the merge from Military press. Klbrain (talk) 17:38, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

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Starting Strength as a reference
Posting here in the hopes 2404:4402:170A:2100:48ED:4E6E:DE3F:6E2F sees it. Regarding Special:Diff/1034074135, I really do think Starting Strength is a solid reference for this type of material. That being said, I just looked through my copy (3rd edition) and don't see any mention of Owhe Bruno in the cited range of pages. Whatever the general quality of the book as a source, it's clearly not a valid citation for this particular fact, so I'm good with your edit. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:54, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Meaning of "press"
The article starts: "The overhead press is an upper-body weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight overhead while seated or standing.". This is circular. If we don't already know what "press" means in weightlifting (and it has a specialised meaning in weightlifting which is different to its everyday meaning), we won't understand what an overhead press is. Macboff (talk) 08:40, 9 August 2022 (UTC)