Fakhri Mubarak 150lbs Dumbbell Shoulder Press for 23 reps

[spinnis]

Apparently his good friend P.J Braun (who has a BS in Exercise physiology) recommended this

"This positioning allows you to maintain scapular retraction and exagerrated curvature of the spine which helps prevent externally... rotating the shoulder and compromising the integrity of the joint. All though it does slightly involve the upper chest (an area NO ONE is over developed in) EMG study shows that this positioning actually stimulates the over all shoulder musculature better than being at 90 degrees!"

Would you take advice from PJ?

there is a difference between 90 degress, and a SLIGHT lean, compared to in that video.

[jpm101]

I'll take the brothers(the first best) and the white boy's(second best) DB presses over Mubarak's any time. Mubarak's are more incline presses, (who is he trying to fool) than shoulder presses. Quarter reps and good back support doesn't make it a "overhead" shoulder press at all.

[Wiggs]

not impressed...what bodypart was he working?

[Stavios]

Where's the headshake smiley?

you could use the "roll eyes" smiley 

[tbombz]

LEANING BACK WARDS DURING SHOULDER PRESS DOES NOT MAKE IT AN INCLINE PRESS. THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU DO AN INCLINE PRESS. MOST OF THE TIME YOUR LEANING BACK AT LEAST 30 DEGRESS LOWER THAN FAKHRI IS, AND EVEN THEN MOST INCLINE BENCHES ARE TO STEEP, AND THEY INVOLVE QUITE A BIT OF FRONT DELTS EVEN WHEN DONE CORRECTLY. DOING SHOULDER PRESSES LEANING BACK WARDS WILL TAKE WEIGHT OFF OF THE REAR AND SIDE DELTS, AND PUT IT INTO THE FRONT DELT, MAKING IT MORE OF A PORWE MOVEMENT FOR SHOULDERS, IT DOES NOT INCORPORATE THE UPPER CHEST SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE REGULAR SHOULDER PRESS AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE.

[240 is Back]

my italian gardener told me 80 to 60 degrees is ideal for shoulder presses.  you risk AC and RC damage with straight 90 degree presses.

[haider]

Leaning back wards during shoulder press does not make it an incline press. think about when you do an incline press. most of the time your leaning back at least 30 degress lower than fakhri is, and even then most incline benches are to steep, and they involve quite a bit of front delts even when done correctly. doing shoulder presses leaning back wards will take weight off of the rear and side delts, and put it into the front delt, making it more of a porwe movement for shoulders, it does not incorporate the upper chest significantly more than the regular shoulder press at a 90 degree angle.

fixed.

[Nirvana]

and then he steps onstage and realizes that it didn't mean shit.

[Cavalier22]

He's fat, pumped full of drugs, and using poor form and ROM.

No impressed whatsoever

[20inch calves]

actually i lean pretty far back myself. it feels better on the joints...i do it alot when i use the smith machine

[Wiggs]

He's fat, pumped full of drugs, and using poor form and ROM.

No impressed whatsoever

x 10

[Meso_z]

not impressed...what bodypart was he working?

his ego..

[SilverSpoon]

Nobody seems to perform full range exercises.
It is all Branch Warren throwing movements, that appears to be the result of pure momentum.
Not taxing the fibers at all, and compromising the joint more than anything.
I'll give him props for getting the bells into position though.

[funk51]

IFBB pro Fakhri Mubarak.....Currently offseason in the high 250's

not much ROM wonder what kinda crap he was listening to on his headphones.

[funk51]

All the way arien mountan of cheese... and better technique

so dat's what happened to the pillsbury doughboy. what language are these guys speaking?

[funk51]

This is the way i do them It is about an 80-85 degree angle (no less)
My PB now is 120's for sets of 9

is that a home gym or a commercial gym ?

[hazbin]

is that a home gym or a commercial gym ?

maybe it's a commercial for a home gym?

 sorry, a little looped on pain meds right now.

[devilsmile]

and this all sends a real bad message to the uneducated who watch him

"lift big and get big no matter how shitty the form is"

little do they know he has alot of "help" and good response to that "help"

they need to do alot worse things than "the sittuatioN" in order to GET the "help" they need, also 

[ManBearPig...]

May this be a lesson to all getbiggers.

Never EVER! take exercise advice from PJ Thong!

He obviously doesnt know the difference between an incline bench press and a millitary press few dicks in his mouth.

fixed for you.

[Ursus]

is that a home gym or a commercial gym ?

Commercial. Its a shit gym very run down but it gets the job done.

[funk51]

Commercial. Its a shit gym very run down but it gets the job done.

i prefer to call it character, that's the best kind of gym to train in.

[Ursus]

It used to have character then abshooters came along.

[funk51]

maybe it's a commercial for a home gym?

 sorry, a little looped on pain meds right now.

what did you do? last week i got my first tooth pulled was on a vicodin high for three days.

[Ursus]

what did you do? last week i got my first tooth pulled was on a vicodin high for three days.

Over here we get given local anaesthetic and when its pulled it is not sore at all. No pain meds required.

[funk51]

Over here we get given local anaesthetic and when its pulled it is not sore at all. No pain meds required.

in the usa we're wusses so they over medicate us.i figured it would be fun for a couple of days. slept like a baby till the third day then the nightmares started no more vicodin for me.