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This post of Sig Klein's article on the one-arm military press was sent to me by Jenn Purdy of FitWit-Decatur.

You don't see the strict military press any more at all, though a lot of people call a shoulder press a military press. A true military press, as the post above describes, is performed with heels together as though standing at attention. My father actually broke his nose as a teenager attempting this lift for the first time. Interesting note, the "Sandow" referred to in the article is Eugene Sandow, the inspiration for the IFBB Mr. Olympia Trophy.