I tried in vain to do some bench presses yesterday, only to have my rotator cuffs scream in pain! I might have been pushing it with 185lbs. because I could barely push one rep, but I did four sets of 1 rep anyways.
I ended up trying some standing presses, and to my surprise I was pretty strong in them! I lifted 155lbs. for 5-6 reps pretty easily and it felt great! I was very strong and surprised I was even able to do any. My entire back is very sore, along with my pecs.
I can't believe how much I have been missing out by not doing the standing press anymore. Clean and press work great for explosiveness, but my back is much more sore by doing military presses. A much different type of soreness than from doing deadlifts.
From now on, I am gonna have a Wednesday workout consisting of the standing press (5x5-6), bench press (3x3-4) and weighted pull/chin ups (5x 5-6).
Sundays will still be reserved for deadslifts as usual (15 sets of varying reps; 5-6,3-4,2-3).