I would really like to see a pro benching ...

Luciano_

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• May 30, 2004

• #1

Does anyone have a link to a video or a schematic about how to bench?
I asked one of the trainers in my gym to show me and he stated quite the opposite of what I have reed here.

 

NYBodyguard

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• May 30, 2004

• #2

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/ChestWt.html#anchor165455

 

bignate73

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• May 30, 2004

• #3

what type of pro?

bodybuilder or powerlifter?

depending on what you told your trainer, he may or may not have heard of some of the things on here. PL'ing style of benching is somewhat unknown in personal training cirlces. (you should see the looks/comments i get)

 

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wnt2bBeast

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• May 30, 2004

• #4

The powerlifting style of bench...

http://www.geocities.com/bench700plus/bench.html

 

Luciano_

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• May 30, 2004

• #5

Just the proper benching way to build chest, don't care about strength ...
I don't want to hit the shoulders or whatever instead ..

The trainer knows what I want and when I bench with a semi close grip, elbows ~45° and the bar bellow my nipples he said, no. He took a very wide grip, elbows 90° as a consequence and bench almost in his neck ... I don't believe that's ok ..

Thanks !!

 

Luciano_

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• May 30, 2004

• #6

NYBodyguard said:

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/ChestWt.html#anchor165455

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good link NYB, thanks !

 

bignate73

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• May 30, 2004

• #7

if you want to build your chest.....do flyes. dont be one sided. tell a PL'er that he has a small chest. tell a bodybuilder that he has healthy rotators. get the picture?

 

Luciano_

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• May 30, 2004

• #8

Not really, can't read in-between lines. My English is not that good.
Do you mean that a PLer uses many muscles when benching but a BB has healthy shoulders?

I do flyes, I feel like I am hitting more my chest with them than when benching, I do crossover cable too. But I want to learn how to bench ok. Sometimes I feel like my shoulders and triceps are working more than mi chest and I get piss.

Thanks for your time bignate.

 

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wnt2bBeast

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• May 30, 2004

• #9

Incline presses and D-bell presses work very well..Dont overlook the benefit of a Pl style..it will increase your strength and allow you to lift heavier weights build bigger chest!!

 

bignate73

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• May 30, 2004

• #10

Luciano_ said:

Not really, can't read in-between lines. My English is not that good.
Do you mean that a PLer uses many muscles when benching but a BB has healthy shoulders?

I do flyes, I feel like I am hitting more my chest with them than when benching, I do crossover cable too. But I want to learn how to bench ok. Sometimes I feel like my shoulders and triceps are working more than mi chest and I get piss.

Thanks for your time bignate.

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PL'ers tend to have healthy shoulders and move tremendous weight, with very good chest development. i definitely respect their methodologies and training.

BB'ers, in general, bench in a more precarious manner, which risks their shoulders. healthy rotators and a BB style bench dont seem to go together.