Ive always been strong on ovehead pressing. Shoulders been bugging me a little so getting away from behind the neck presses it has always helped in the past along with the broom stick stretches. Switched over to db. Now i hit 120's for 12 rp x 5 more and on the next rp couldnt get the lft db up dont want to risk injury and dont have a reliable partner and dont trust just any yahoo in the gym. Question- strait set these cocksuckers or lower weight and up my rep range to 20-30 rp?
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I'd up your range, but I also hate rp'ing DB's. So a stronger vote for straight sets from me.
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If I do dumbbells, I do them at home where I have my power hooks. They work great, especially for shoulders.....with dumbbells, the rep range should be higher anyway. It is a pain in the ass getting big ones like that in position, but if you dropped down to 80's and jumped the reps up you'd prob have no problems. Like I said, power hooks help tremendously too....
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I do DB Presses RP'd in the higher rep ranges (20-30RP), mainly because I have had some shoulder issues in the past. I am also not as strong as some of the beasts on this board so I'm not trying to swing up 100+ pound DBs with each RP set.
I think having one exercise in the higher RP range is a good variation and I personally like doing things like that. I also think it helps take off some of the stress on the shoulder from heavy pressing while still SEVERELY taxing the muscle.
I can bet that me swinging the DBs into place with each RP might take away from my actual work set but if I am consistently swinging them into place the same way I do not have to worry about variability affecting my progression. It is just part of the set...PITA, but RP sets just feel so good
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