Every video has better form than you but fuck it keep living in la la land pretend your hands are shoulder level and the dumbells are horizontal with your elbows tucked down and behind at the bottom of your lift.
My hands virtually can't even get as low as shoulder level. Likely because forearms aren't long enough. Or just my flexibility in general is poor.
Either way, the first picture below shows as low as I can literally get my hand.
The second picture is about about as low as I'd personally go on shoulder presses. That's maybe one hand length lower than I did go, which is about 4". Beyond that, I feel the lift is putting strain on my rotator cuffs - pain, but not pain in a good way [like muscle workout pain; good pain].
Hey B. Hank - did you like that video of me doing 120-lb dumbbells, on my LAST SET of my workout? Those were full rest/pause.
It's one thing for you to say that my form is slightly off, and I might get 2-4 fewer reps if I went all the way down. But it's another thing entirely to say I can't even get the weight at all.
Obviously I can! Hence my full rest/pause sets.
Furthermore, my max bench press under IPF rules was 320. I currently bench 345, but could maybe get 355 with a heftier bounce, or a feather touch from a spotter.
When people lift that much, it's ridiculous to suggest the form is getting them the lift, and they aren't strong. NO ONE bench presses 355 who isn't strong. Heck, even getting a 3/4 rep with 355 would strong.
Sure, maybe I could only get the 100-lb dumbbells for five reps if we're talking about perfect workout instructional book form - but for starters, maybe 20% of lifters on YouTube shoulder pressing 100+ pound dumbbells are doing that. Most are either not going low enough, or not locking out. I obviously fully lock out - generally touching the dumbbells at the to of every rep while doing that - and I am 2-3" high from what would be perfectly fine. Not perfect - but perfectly fine.
Heck, I think my current depth is perfectly fine.
just ignor your hands are forehead level with your forearms crooked and your wrist even more crooked tilting one side of the dumbells to your shoulder while the other side is above your head oh yeah it’s fucking perfect
My hands are lower than 80% of the people on YouTube pressing comparable weight - so what are you complaining about?
I don't think our firearms being a bit crooked makes a big difference.
My hands ARE crooked. You identified a weak link for me. I have no idea why that is. I guess I have weak wrists, or weak hands. For example, with deadlift, my grip is my weak point. I'm glad you identified it even though your post was so dick.
Have you ever thought maybe you're being too dick in how you talk to people on here?
As for the dumbbell being above my head - the picture below shows where the dumbbell is.
