How to do a Strict Press (also known as a shoulder press) to increase your strength and improve your performance in CrossFit WODs.

Set up for Strict Press

• Stand with heels underneath your hips, legs locked out
• Hands outside the shoulder with a full grip, elbows slightly in front of the bar
• Begin with the bar racked on the front on the shoulders, belly tight

Points of Performance for Strict Press

• With a tight and rigid body, press the bar straight up while moving your head back and out of the way
• Knees come to full lock out at the top
• Arms come to full lockout overhead with the bar over the center of the body
• Rep is completed when the elbows, hips, and knees are all fully locked out with the bar overhead

Tips and Tricks

• Think about driving through your heels
• Receive the bar when descending from overhead with a little give in the hips and knees to adsorb the shock