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If you want those shoulders to last for the long haul you need to respect your press! Raising the arm overhead with normal joint biomechanics requires a heavy contribution of the scapula freely rotating on the rib cage. If you sit when you press…you’ll have a tendency to press your torso back into the pad, delaying the timing of the shoulder blade movement and interrupting the natural sequence of the joint motions that smoothly get the arm up overhead. Be sure to keep some distance between your