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[edit] Heels together?

AFAIK the military press and standing overhead press are used interchangeably. Since when did the military press require you to take an ultra narrow (feet together) stance? Look at any video of the "military press" on the internet and nowhere will you find anybody with their heels together.

UBERGOD

That's because they're doing it wrong. A lot of weightlifters now equate the overhead press with the military press. The reasons why it is called "military", for some reason has been lost throughout the years. Military = feet together as if you were standing at attention. Those military presses are nothing more than modified overhead presses. The fact is a lot of showoffs want to lift more and claim they are doing it military style. By the true definition of the military press there is no such thing as a seated military press, but I guess that's the norm. ----Ðysepsion † ^{Speak your mind} 07:10, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, that's the way it used to be done, but according to some sites I have seen the military press become synonymous to overhead press. Nobody does them with heels together anymore, that's archaic. Here it says it is acceptable to call any standing press a military press: http://jva.ontariostrongman.ca/PRESS2.htm.

UBERGOD

[edit] Facts needing references

I removed the following add--129.1.220.212 22:27, 16 October 2007 (UTC)ition since it didn't have a source and uses weasel words ("It has been estimated"). It's an interesting statistic; would be nice to find a source and include it in the article.

   It has been estimated that only one man in 170,000 can successfully press his own bodyweight in a Military Press.

Unempirical 08:36, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name

Where does the name "military" come from? was it done in a certain army at one point (Supplying thousands of men with barbels is unlogistic) p.s I know it's not the place to brag but I'm one of the few that can press more then their bodyweight. I think it's merely considered ""pretty strong"" not that rare.

one armed pullups were ""estimated"" to be 1 in a 100K feat , but there harder significantly.

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I think the answer is that a military press is done with the same posture as a soldier standing at attention. I don't have a source for this, though. Unempirical 06:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC)