Picking up a weight and pushing it overhead is so basic a movement that one suspects some sort of DNA-type explanation for it. Children can be observed doing this to show off for their buddies. Preliterate civilizations in Borneo probably have a name for picking up logs from endangered rain forest trees and then pressing them overhead, completely unaware of the threat this poses to the planet. I’m quite sure the first thing ever done with a barbell was a standing press, because it is the logical thing to do with a barbell.- READ
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Calvin and Richard Press.
Workout of the Day
Three rounds for time:
21
Dumbbell Snatch, Rt.
21 Push-Up
21
Dumbbell Snatch, Lt.
21 Push-Up
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