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Originally Posted by Frank.S
Why are seated oh presses harder on your back then say, a box squat?
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because it is.
hopefully lisa of pmdl or someone will chime in, but i believe it has to do w/ the line where the weight is distributed. If the weight is overhead, then the weight will all be pressured on your lower back if seated. If you're standing, the weight will be distributed throughout your entire body, and to the floor. Boxed squats put pressure on your lower back, but at the same time, you're not just sitting on the box with the weight. You're touching the box, releasing your hips, and going. You also have prime movers doing the lifting (legs, glutes, hamstrings), where on a shoulder press you have a smaller area where the load is distributed (your shoulders).
That's the way i took it. I've seated mp before, and didn't like them at all.