# Excluding the Press from the Bridge
**URL:** https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/excluding-the-press-from-the-bridge/1704
**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]
**Created:** [April 23, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/excluding-the-press-from-the-bridge/1704 "2018-04-23T05:16:15Z")
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### Author:  [@Changhyeon\_Kang](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Changhyeon_Kang)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/excluding-the-press-from-the-bridge/1704/1 "2018-04-23T05:16:15Z")
Every press day, I feel like it hurts me. Even though my press form was checked by SS coaches several times and they said my form is ok. I think it’s probably because of my chronic pain from neck and shoulder.
Can I just exclude the press? If so, what do I do with that slot?
Anyway Bench Press is okay with my shoulder.
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### Author:  [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/excluding-the-press-from-the-bridge/1704/2 "2018-04-23T22:00:33Z")
Ideally you’d be able to find a way to press without pain (pin presses, dumbbell presses, etc), or get your neck/shoulder pain sorted out … but without any other information I’d recommend finding some other upper body lift that doesn’t hurt, say incline bench, or just bench press/variant bench more.