The Bear
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We used to do it in the front when I was with Waikato, but got pushed into doing it behind the head to square out the shoulders (if that makes sense). I found it way harder. Its always interesting though, one person will say one thing, and then the next person will contradict the last one.
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[quote name='BartMan']lol - nag, I'm not allowed to press behind neck thanks to my dodgy left rotator - I used to do behind the neck press all the time - must be a rugby thing. Used to love the stretch taht it would give me, but not good!![/QUOTE]<br />
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And you were giving me shit about my rotatos concerns. Ha<br />
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So how do you perform your version of THE BEAR Bart? 2 x Front press/front squats? What about overhead squats? -
[quote name='Red Beard']And you were giving me shit about my rotatos concerns. Ha<br />
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So how do you perform your version of THE BEAR Bart? 2 x Front press/front squats? What about overhead squats?[/QUOTE]<br />
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I think Bart should bring a barbell and do some "Bears" at the sevens. <br />
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What weight are you doing yours on RB ? -
[quote name='Red Beard']Started off with a 50 first time, now a 60.[/QUOTE]<br />
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I was thinking about 60 but if you started with 50 I'd better make it 40 and see how I go. That looks light on paper but then again this is coming from someone who hasn't done it as yet ! -
[quote name='MN5']I was thinking about 60 but if you started with 50 I'd better make it 40 and see how I go. That looks light on paper but then again this is coming from someone who hasn't done it as yet ![/QUOTE]<br />
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I did my first set at 40 for a warmup and then ramped to 50. Going back for another crack tonight. Might aim for 5 sets at 40/50/60/60/60 -
Been tackling he bear the last couple of weeks. Prior to that I regularly did thrusters in my workouts so that helped a bit in doing the bear. However when I did thrusters I generally started from a front squat position, so i had to do a bit of work on my hang cleans. But its going well so far.<br />
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My goal is to get to the 5 sets of 7@40kgs, with 1 minute rest between each set, for best time possible. In terms of reps I'm working my way up with my best effort with the 1min rests being 7/7/5/4/4. After that 4th set the 1min rest seems like its 10 seconds. Great work out though.<br />
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After the Bear I usually do 100x KB swings (for time) and then a superset of 50x KB 1-arm shoulder presses and 50x stability ball jacknifes in superset combination but trying to get best time possible. Then finish off with some intervals on the treadie. -
Bear eh? I'll look into that.<br />
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Re: military press technique. Need to be careful pressing behind the head, because if your elbows are out sideways you're risking damage to your shoulders. When your arms raise sideways, you're actually constricting the movement of tendons and ligaments inside the shoulder joint. They took us through it at work - something about "chicken wing" versus "fish wing".<br />
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I always press military off the chest, with my elbows facing to front. I know my form is slipping when the elbows start creeping out to the side. -
[quote name='V-Diddy' timestamp='1356145978' post='333807']Oh dear, the bear is back. Havent done it for ages. Might have to bust it out in the next few days[/quote]<br />
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I did some about a month ago after not doing any for a months. It was great doing them until about the 4th set... -
[quote name='BartMan' timestamp='1356209246' post='333872']I might do them on my 'off' day. Have been banned from legs for the next 4 week ramp, so this might have to sneak in... I'll give my trainer a txt, certainly very fat bruning / cardio...!![/quote]<br />
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Going to skip the squats part of it then?
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