5/3/1 Week 1: Overhead Press 175x8 (Video) / Getting Back into Pressing

First Week of 5/3/1 - Currently Adapting Training to My Newly Discovered Hip Joint Problems and Planning on Competing in Fall.

This was my first overhead press day for 5/3/1, and I was happy with how it's starting to feel more comfortable pressing again (I use the term comfortable loosely). I've really been liking keeping my lat work to chin-ups, weighted chin-ups, and dumbbell or meadows rows too. They're solid exercises and I always see a lot of return on them.

Warm-Up:

a. Toe touch to leg swings

b. Lunges

c. Hip flexor stretch/Spiderman crawl

Strength Work:

A2* Chin-Ups - 3x6

B. Strict Overhead Press - 5/3/1 wk1, "3s week"

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ8pQDCBW1s]

155x3

175x8

C1. Down Sets - 3x6 w/ 135lbs

C2. Bodyweight Chin-Ups - 3x10

D1. Dumbbell Chest Press (slow, with held contraction) - 3x8

D2. Bodyweight Chin-Ups - 3x8

E. Tricep Cable Pushdowns - 3x25

F. Supinated Dumbbell Curls - 3x10

Conditioning:

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