Should you be performing the Behind the Neck Barbell Press?




The most hated exercise in the fitness and the weightlifting arena post 2000 has got to be the Behind the Neck Shoulder Press and Lat Pulldown.
The emergence of negativity against these two sorts of exercise has been by the new exercise specialists.


Keeping their point of view aside and my experience forefront, I will tell you the sort of results and injuries(if any) I have come across after execution of the behind the neck shoulder barbell Press movement.
I first attempted the exercise on the Smith machine and was able to go touch my shoulder joint(the upper traps) and fully extend at the top without any pain, and eventually went towards pressing 40 KGs for 4-6 reps. 


However, I felt that the standard barbell pressing would be better than the Smith machine version, so after not pressing this way for almost 1.5 years I switched to the old school Olympic barbell and was able to press 60 KGs for 3 Reps strict, no momentum use.
The results were much better than the front barbell Press targeting all my felt heads and also improving my shoulder flexibility. 
The exercise however shouldn't be performed by someone who is already suffering from some shoulder injury or, some sort of upper back injury.
And, also pay caution to the weight, use a weight with which you can perform 12-15 reps and do not go super heavy in the initial stages of training with this method.

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