How much do you incline the bench for seated ohp?

How much do you incline the bench for seated ohp / dumbbell shoulder press?
Sometimes I do 80 degrees and sometimes 60, I can't really make up my mind

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >sitting down for any lift at all

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I don't want to fix the ceiling every time

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    91 degrees

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    360 degrees

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      light weight, baby!

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    all the way it goes. homie if Im doing OHP I want as little pec activation as possible.
    >how much do you guys seated DB OHP?
    for me, its 36 kilos for 10 reps

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Impressive. I can only do 24kg for 8.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I'm doing 12 for 10

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I'm doing 12 for 10

        youll get there

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Yeah it's on its way now.
          I'm keeping an Excel spreadsheet where I log every set and try to add a rep somewhere every time until I can do one set with a little bit more weight and eventually I'll be big and strong.
          Even though my numbers are low, I'm starting to enjoy looking at my pump in the mirror quite a bit.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            just know that shoulders get stronger very slowly. if you like training them, start throwing in some really low weight high rep lateral raises for the PAMP. gave me quite nice natty shoulders together with ohp

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              I've done exactly that for a little while now. It's starting to show, my shoulders were starting to lag behind my arms

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I'm doing 12 for 10

        Can you guys tell me how do you get the dumbbells up? I am limited by this, I can only do 26kg x 8 x 4 because when I try to get the dumbbells up my shoulders give up.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Sounds like you're trying to lift too heavy. Be patient.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            I can do barbell shoulder press with no issues (same weight), but I struggle with dumbbells, I even watched videos on how to get them up and I still struggle getting them up.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Lower the weight on the dumbbells for a few sessions. Then try this weight again

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                this
                [...]
                Also kick them up from your knees

                I'm gonna listen to you, I'll lower the weight a bit and kick them as hard as I can with the knees, hope it works.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          this

          Lower the weight on the dumbbells for a few sessions. Then try this weight again

          Also kick them up from your knees

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          I swing them up (like if I was doing a heavy cheat curl) right as I sit down
          Probably not the best or even correct way to do it but it has worked for me thus far

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          I just chuck them up from the floor
          Admittedly I've stalled at 40kg x12 and 45kg x8 for a bit

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Am I moronic if I’ve been using this for seated OHP? Should I be using the adjustable bench for better stability?

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Like 75-80deg?
    It doesn't really matter though, even if the bench was at 90 degrees, my body position would end up being mostly the same because I use a fairly big back arch on all pressing movements. I still feel my shoulders that way but I'm way stronger
    I don't arch too extremely, like the "standing bench press" you'd see back in the day on olympic clean & press, but it's pretty notable nonetheless

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