Generally if you fail on a push press, you’re just bringing the weight back to the rack position; you’re in control the whole time and shouldn’t need to drop it. That wouldn’t be true of a push jerk, though.
That method sounds a lot safer than my panic reaction to failing on a push press with the weight overhead. Will keep that in mind the next time I work on push presses.
145-155-165-170-175(PR)-180(PR)-185(f)
Also did:
Back squat 5-5-5
185-205-210
You beast.
115-125-135-145-155-160-165
I think maybe I could’ve gone to 170. Would’ve tried, but I don’t have a good place to drop my weights in the event of a fail.
Generally if you fail on a push press, you’re just bringing the weight back to the rack position; you’re in control the whole time and shouldn’t need to drop it. That wouldn’t be true of a push jerk, though.
That method sounds a lot safer than my panic reaction to failing on a push press with the weight overhead. Will keep that in mind the next time I work on push presses.