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#4 – Push Press
The push press is to the Jerk and upper body what squats and pulls are for the Snatch and Clean. A lot of the common assistance exercises are tailored to improving your Snatch or Clean but the lift that is most likely holding back your total the most is your jerk. How many times have you cleaned the weight only to miss the lift on the jerk? You can use the push press to develop timing and rhythm as you dip and drive, to overload the shoulders and upper body building strength and stability or even develop more powerful extensions as the weights are lighter and bar speeds greater than during the jerk. An important thing to keep in mind is the timing from leg drive to initiation of the upper body, this should be the priority at first and it should be a smooth and seamless transition as the bar goes up. There are a couple of variations of the push press, the most obvious being from the front rack which will transfer directly into your jerk as a large portion of the exercise is exactly the same. The behind neck push press is also a good version as you can place the bar in a better line – it just needs to go straight up. You can also develop more drive from behind the neck allowing you to overload the shoulders, upper and whole body in general with heavier weights than you could from the front.