Muscle imbalance

OVERHEAD PRESS vs BENCH, ¿WHICH ONE IS THE BEST?

Oct 5, 2024

Physical preparation, Weight training

Bench press, Horizontal press, Kinetic chain, Muscle imbalance, Overhead press, Posterior muscle chain, Press, Shoulder impingement, Starting Strength, Vertical press

Hugo Noya Enríquez

Both the overhead press and the bench press are excellent lifts that should be part of our session to increase our basic strength levels, especially in the upper body. Ideally, they should be introduced in different sessions, as is done in the Starting Strength training methodology, so that overload does not occur and we can…