proper military press - clavicle or chin?

[Angrymuscles2011]

hello.

i've been wondering about this one for a long time.

when you do a military press, do you bring the bar down to your clavicle then press back up or should you stop the bar around your chin then push up?

any difference?

thanks

 

[PedestrianX]

I go all the way down, but thats just me.

 

[lifter85]

tried both ways and I like stopping at eye level when doing heavy barbell presses, and I go further down when I do dumbbells.

 

[07Lane40]

the olympic lift starts at the chest. so go all the way down. it cant hurt... unless youre doing too much weight to begin with.

 

[jdb]

For shoulder safety and ive injured both i stop about mouth or earlobe level depending on the size of your ears lol. I can still go heavy no shoulder pain great pump and there still growing so thats what works for me.

 

[Angrymuscles2011]

thanks for the inputs