military press
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri prɛs/
:
press militar
- bench and military press
Examples
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And then finally I just put the bar here for military press and thought that would be fun.
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We got to push, we got to do some sort of press and military press or bench press.
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I'm gonna do some more military presses.
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Doing military press or squats to failure is a risk; it doesn't matter how good your form is in those two exercises.
Blog text (21) -
The trainer demonstrated how to perform the military press by lifting the barbell from shoulder height to above his head.
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She included the military press in her workout routine to build strength in her shoulders and arms.
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To ensure proper form, he practiced the military press with lighter weights before increasing the load.
Synonyms
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A weightlifting exercise that lifts a barbell from shoulder to overhead
A gym exercise that lifts a weight from the shoulder to above the head until the arms are straight
How Demanding
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a compositional subtype: 'press' (an overhead lifting movement) modified by 'military' indicating a particular style, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a kind of press associated with the military. However, the precise technical details (standing strict form, bar path, or sequence described in the definition) are specialized and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so some prior exposure or domain knowledge is needed.
Etymology
Military press is named this because one popular story says soldiers practised standing very straight and pushing a weight or their gun from their shoulders up over their heads. So today military press means the 'standing barbell press' used to build shoulder strength.