Technique Series: Cues for Building a Big Press

<p>Heavy presses--more than any other of the big four lifts--do not forgive form errors.  Certain cues help novices begin pressing competently and, if you are a coach, must be cued early and often to your lifters.  </p> <p>The combined cues “close grip, elbows forward, wrists straight” help the lifter get into the correct bottom position, which contributes to a mechanically efficient bar path.  For the press, this means a bar path that stays close to the lifter’s face and moves in a straight line from the bottom to the top position.</p> <p>Learn the most important cues that...