October 2017

THE PUSH JERK The push jerk is an Olympic lifting movement where the athlete holds the barbell in a front-rack position and then pushes the barbell up from the shoulders overhead. Different than a push press or strict press, the push jerk requires an additional bend in the knee while pushing the bar overhead, allowing […]

THE PUSH PRESS The push press is an upper-body strengthening exercise where the athlete presses a barbell from shoulder-height to a locked-out position above head, and then lowers it back down to the shoulders. Similar to the strict press, the push press is considered a compound movement because it effectively works not only the shoulders,