Quick Question on Bench Form

[Jocques Straap]

bbr100, don't stop pressing! Practice more! Even if you have to drop weight down to just the bar, spend some time working with very light weight. Start with something you feel like you could bench 100 times. That light. Do 5-10 reps, about 5 sets, with 20-30 seconds rest.

Start your work outs with this as your warm up. The only concern should be perfecting your form.

If it causes you shoulder pain in the 2-4 out of 10 range, then work through it. In a couple weeks, your shoulders should no longer bother you. Almost always shoulder pain is caused by weak scapula stabilizers, so if rowing isn't a priority make it one. A good program to try would be Cressy's Neanderthal No More. You can find it on T nation. I would bet your shoulders would feel better than ever and your bench form will feel natural in only a couple weeks.

This is a good read too!

 

[DaveTSI]

I am now doing one set of bench with an arch to push more weight then dropping the weight and doing it flat to target the chest completely, this is because strength is number one but I have 4 weeks left of bulking and just want to add as much mass as possibly in this time

you are 14, you should be "bulking" until you are out of highschool, if not college

 

[b fold the truth]

you are 14, you should be "bulking" until you are out of highschool, if not college

Seriously, you should write a book!

I'm 31 and still bulking. I can "cut" in 12 weeks, anytime

 

[SaiBoT]

you are 14, you should be "bulking" until you are out of highschool, if not college

Extramile thinks he needs a six pack to get some pussy

 

[cobracock1979]

Cant see the video as im in work but bench press should be a whole body press - feet should be planted firm, back arched, shoulders back, bar shoud touch to the bottom of the pecs on the negative but at the top of the positive be above the upper chest

 

[bblazer]

Seriously, you should write a book!

I'm 31 and still bulking. I can "cut" in 12 weeks, anytime

WTF is this "cutting" thing you guys keep talking about

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[keasbey]

if you cant bench do some overhead press. and make that your big lift

 

[ExtraMile]

you are 14, you should be "bulking" until you are out of highschool, if not college

Bein chubby has annoyed me since I was 10 I just wana be able to show off some hard work, Im only doin it for the summer

 

[b fold the truth]

WTF is this "cutting" thing you guys keep talking about

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Cutting means I'm sweating because of the heat...it was already above 100F here today. Just starting!

People training for the Summer, hurts to hear. I train because it is me. Torn hamstring, I trained. Torn bicep, I trained. In the hospital, I left to go train.

I can't imagine training for the Summer.

 

[bblazer]

Cutting means I'm sweating because of the heat...it was already above 100F here today. Just starting!

People training for the Summer, hurts to hear. I train because it is me. Torn hamstring, I trained. Torn bicep, I trained. In the hospital, I left to go train.

I can't imagine training for the Summer.

Ah, I get it. So you have a "Fat Elvis" training program for winter and a "Skinny Elvis" program for summer.

I'm in Wisconsin. Fuck your 100 degrees.

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