What is a good standing shoulder press?

[MONSTER_TRICEPS]

I Press 20 pounds less than my bodyweight for a single.

I've never seen anyone get 10 strict reps with their bodyweight.

[Ursus]

My friend can do it.

He is 154lbs but 6 foot tall. Can do it easily and strict.

[Rami]

Doing a handstand and press your bodyweight for reps while having a good friend putting a barbell with additionall weights on the bottom of your feet that you will balance at the same time. This would be good. Everything else is just OK.

[peroni]

I'm 215 and use 175 for sets of 6-8 and that's really difficult for me..I'm an above average lifter in comparison to most..I also use a very strict form..no drive out of the legs at all
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That's about where I'm at as well. Maybe a little less. I just started doing them a few weeks ago. They blast the hell out of my delts seemingly way more than dumbbell press'.

[mesmorph78]

meso is a good very good presser. can he?

can anyone?

yeah i can standing press my weight
..ive done snactch presses to my clavicles the press it overhead with 225. for reps returning the bar to the floor each rep
im not really a shoulder press guy as such to be honest

[CT_Muscle]

bunch of pussies around here, can't do their bodyweight for 10 reps, go on a fuckin diet. 

[benchmstr]

i usually do 250lbs standing db presses for 20 as a warmup.

bench

[thewickedtruth]

i'd say anything over 225 is big... this isn't a seated military on teh smith. 

[mesmorph78]

i have done standin press with 225...
standin puts a lotta pressure on the lower back

[triple_pickle]

I've never seen anyone get 10 strict reps with their bodyweight.

neither did i.  the best i did was to clean 225 from the floor into a sitting position and press it for a double.  i am 220, btw.

[mesmorph78]

neither did i.  the best i did was to clean 225 from the floor into a sitting position and press it for a double.  i am 220, btw.

he can

he's doin seated extensions with nearly twice his bodyweight 

[_bruce_]

Can't press my bodyweight.
Maybe some day... 

[Vince B]

In the old days some of us did Olympic lifting. I did that at UBC and got my big block letter for it. My best in the gym weighing about 220 pounds was 270 clean and press. Never tried any more. I could easily clean and press 225 cold for 6 reps. That was in 1975. I still hold the standing press record in my gym. The next best was 230 pounds.

[cht868]

405 is average for a getbigger