The Bent Press part 2

This is the follow up the the first part on the Bent Press, Here I will give a suggested method to strengthen the muscles used in this lift by Arthur Saxon.

A good practice for strengthening the muscles used in this lift,and for giving you better control over your bell,is after pressing same aloft (the barbell),to bring aloft with the disengaged hand,a ring weight or small dumbbell.Thisis first raised to the shoulder and then presed aloft,your eyes being all the time kept on the barbell in the right hand.

Still another exercise or prcatice is to load your barbell up to such a weight as can be turned over to the shoulder,then let go with the left and and twist the body into possition for the press,and after holding the bar there for a second or two return to the the ground. It is reasonable to suppose that is a man can press only 150 pounds with one hand,and he turns over and holds at the shoulder 224 pounds,when he returns to his 150-pound bell,he will handle it with greater ease,comfort and assurance then he ever could do before,and he will eventually  in this way reach a higher limit then if he always held in awe such a weight as 224 pounds,and he will further have  a better idea of what 224 pounds really means if he handles the bell,than if he has to rely on his imagination when considering what can,and what cannot,be done with a 224-pound barbell.

I hope this exercise helps you in your quest to master The Bent Press.