Benching and chest touching

[SouthernLord]

touch low and squat high

 

[Azinine]

i think this video shows perfect form

http://www.youtube.com/v/cSJCDcAKShA&hl

NOT COOL!

I hate watching shit like that. Makes me sick to my stomach. Kinda like those surgery shows on t.v.

 

[FunFun]

Anybody that thinks you HAVE to go all the way down to your chest needs to take an anatomy class. When the bar touches your chest your elbows are below your shoulders, this means your shoulders are now going to move the weight from this position. Your chest really doesn't take over till you hit about 90 degrees in the elbow.

This all sounds very educational, but it's really pseudo science. Maybe it's your way of justifying partial reps.

Your pecs are involved from the fully stretched postion all the way to the fully contracted position. When the elbows drop below the shoulders, that's a stretched position. Shoulder flexibility becomes severly limited if your bench press ROM is limited.

I understand you have a shoulder injury, but using heavier weights for partial reps could be part of your problem. You are unknowingly weakening your rotator cuff and limiting your flexibility which could become detrimental in a lot of areas.

 

[deathdroprob]

All the way down is the best way.
I sometimes do a half reps when Im at failing point, just to keep on it

 

[Elementality]

So back to my comment about going all the way down but only half way back up and then all the way back down again. I did the same weight as I usually bench with, but i felt much more pump and stres s on my muscles this way. I was also incredibly sore the next day, way more than usual. Am i more sore (keep in mind same sets, same weight, less reps) because its just a different angle of attack or because this method actually works the muscles harder?

 

[Powerbuilder333]

i think this video shows perfect form

http://www.youtube.com/v/cSJCDcAKShA&hl

I new what was coming and I still was fuckin' shocked.
They call that a suicide grip for a reason!!!

 

[Eric1987]

Well I am gonna fucking do full range of motion. I still get so pissed when I see n00bs in the weight room do that whole 5 inch from chest and dont even go up all the way. Do it the right way damnit and then lets see if you're stronger!!

 

[Strongbow]

Well I am gonna fucking do full range of motion. I still get so pissed when I see n00bs in the weight room do that whole 5 inch from chest and dont even go up all the way. Do it the right way damnit and then lets see if you're stronger!!

Why does that piss you off so bad? They ain't cheating you brother, they are cheating theirselves. I actually think its kinda a funny to see assholes doing shit like that and then get up all swole up and cocky like they have done something. Seen a dipshit the other day do 800 pounds on a leg press, might have moved the weight six inches total and jumped up like he was fucking Arnold or sumthin. You gotta laugh at that shit, Bro.

 

[automaticj5]

i think this video shows perfect form

http://www.youtube.com/v/cSJCDcAKShA&hl

Ohhhh shit -- I wasnt ready for that, that hurt me lol

 

[roadwarrior]

I new what was coming and I still was fuckin' shocked.
They call that a suicide grip for a reason!!!

I had the same reaction. I was thinking... why the heck is he not wrapping his thumb around the bar so he can grip it then .... BAM! He was crushed.

Bad day for him.