Log Press

Technique

Clean the log up to your chest, gripping the neutral handles. Dip slightly by bending your knees, then drive up explosively and press the log overhead using the momentum. Lock out your arms fully overhead. Lower the log back down to your chest under control before the next rep.

Steps

1. Clean the log up to your chest, gripping the neutral handles
2. Dip slightly by bending your knees
3. Drive up explosively and press the log overhead using the momentum
4. Lock out your arms fully overhead
5. Lower the log back down to your chest under control before the next rep

Common mistakes

• Pressing with a slow grind instead of using the leg drive momentum
• Leaning back excessively to press the log up instead of staying stacked
• Not locking out fully at the top before lowering

Variations

• Log press for max reps in a fixed time as a strength-endurance test
• Strict log press without leg drive for a pure pressing-strength variation
• Log push press with a wider dip for more leg drive and heavier loads

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