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The standing version was once a component of the sport of Olympic weightlifting as part of the clean and press movement, but was removed in 1972 due to difficulties in judging proper technique. [2] The lift is set up by taking either a barbell, a pair of dumbbells or kettlebells, and holding them at shoulder level. The weight is then pressed ...
Major variants: 360 Degree Shoulder Press (wrists are rotated while weights are lifted, then weights are lowered in front of the head before being rotated back to the first position). The military press is similar to the shoulder press but is performed while standing with the feet together. (It is named "military" because of the similarity in ...
Dumbbell Shoulder press – 80 kg (176 lb) Dumbbells per hand x 5 reps [186] Cyr Dumbbell press (by one arm) – 146 kg (322 lb) [187] (22 kg heavier than the original) (unofficial world record) Cyr Dumbbell press (by one arm) for reps – 129 kg (284 lb) x 3 reps [188] (5 kg heavier than the original)
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Press 128.5 kg Mohammad Nassiri Iran: 10 July 1972 Tehran, Iran: Snatch 115.0 kg Koji Miki Japan: 23 October 1972 Kagoshima, Japan: Clean & Jerk 150.0 kg Mohammad Nassiri Iran: 13 October 1968 Olympic Games: Mexico City, Mexico: Total 377.5 kg Imre Földi Hungary: 28 August 1972 Olympic Games: Munich, West Germany: 60 kg Press 137.5 kg Imre ...
In 1928, the sport dropped the 'one hand' exercises, going forward with three 'two hand' exercises: the snatch, the clean and press, and the clean and jerk. The 1972 Olympics was the last Olympics featuring the clean and press, as difficulties in judging proper form led to it being dropped from subsequent competitions. Athletes, rather than ...