whats the difference between a military press and an overhead barbell press

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the name?

1 is a barbell and 1 is a full bench bar

Heels are together on a military press.

Military press is a more specific version of an overhead press, which can refer to a fair amount of different exercises. Overhead barbell press could be performed behind the neck, for instance.

1 is a barbell and 1 is a full bench bar

barbell = full bench bar

dumbbells are the little hand held ones.

The difference between using dumbbells and a barbell for military press is going to be slight.

dumbbells = need better form and control but you assure yourself each arm gets the same amount of weight.

barbell = you can cheat a little and your dominant arm may do slightly more of the work however you probably won't stop short due to only one arm not being able to complete the exercise.

i actually wonder this alot. i typically do my overhead press, standing, heels together, with 65lb dumbbells in each hand (don't make fun of me thats a ways up from where i started =\). I do this because the only big bar are gym has is always being used for benching and its never free. Am I exercising different shit then a basic military lift? I want to do military lifts as part of adding more 'olympic style' to my workouts.

i actually wonder this alot. i typically do my overhead press, standing, heels together, with 65lb dumbbells in each hand (don't make fun of me thats a ways up from where i started =\). I do this because the only big bar are gym has is always being used for benching and its never free. Am I exercising different shit then a basic military lift? I want to do military lifts as part of adding more 'olympic style' to my workouts.

as long as you're doing the lift properly and not jerking with extra muscles you're fine. I prefer dumbbells as well when I do military. I like the extra focus you need to keep everything stable and I think it works me better because of that.

barbell = full bench bar

dumbbells are the little hand held ones.

The difference between using dumbbells and a barbell for military press is going to be slight.

dumbbells = need better form and control but you assure yourself each arm gets the same amount of weight.

barbell = you can cheat a little and your dominant arm may do slightly more of the work however you probably won't stop short due to only one arm not being able to complete the exercise.
for this situation i consider:
barbell -http://www.lesmills.com/files/globalcentral/Clubs/Equipment/pump-rightpanel1.jpg
& bench bar: obviously u kno what that is

sometimes barbell does = bench bar but i'm trying to specify that some use a barbell instead of a bench bar for the exercises

and yes i know dumbbells are the "little hand ones dumbass", i wasnt talking about those and neither was any1 else

Heels are together on a military press.
I've also never ever had my heels together on a seated military press and
1:56p » (@Darkstrand) but a military press deifnitly doesn't have heals together

yeah, i know that both can be done in front or behind the neck, and both can be done standing or seated

a standing military press has your heels together

but when seated, i really can't see a difference
(and this isn't a question about what a barbell is)

i actually wonder this alot. i typically do my overhead press, standing, heels together, with 65lb dumbbells in each hand (don't make fun of me thats a ways up from where i started =\). I do this because the only big bar are gym has is always being used for benching and its never free. Am I exercising different shit then a basic military lift? I want to do military lifts as part of adding more 'olympic style' to my workouts.

65 is nothing to scoff at dood

I've also never ever had my heels together on a seated military press and
1:56p » (@Darkstrand) but a military press deifnitly doesn't have heals togetherSeated military press is a misnomer because the having your heels together defines the military press. It is called that because one is standing in a military 'attention' stance. I'm sure it's used colloquially in many other fashions, but that's the original etymology.