Add leg drive to press more overhead. Power from the ground up.
The dip is short and straight down, don't lean forward or it kills your drive.
The push press borrows a short dip and drive from the legs to launch the bar past the sticking point at your head, letting the shoulders finish reps far heavier than they could press strictly. The triceps assist by punching the lockout home as the bar passes your face. It earns its place as both an overload tool for pressing muscles and a lesson in transferring force from the ground to overhead.
The strict press moves the bar with shoulders and triceps only, while the push press adds a knee dip and leg drive to launch it. Same finishing position, but the push press lets you handle much heavier loads.
Only if you were trying to strict press. The push press makes the leg drive the point, letting your shoulders and triceps work with weights they could never start on their own. Both lifts belong in a programme.
Almost always a leaky dip. If you dip too deep, too slow, or tip forward, the leg drive dies before it reaches the bar. Keep the dip short, quick and straight down, then punch through the lockout.
