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MrMuscle
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I work as a instructor and personal trainer at a gym. And I have been training for quite some time. But what i heard today was news for me.
I noticed some kids doing benchpress, but instead of having their elbows out, they put them forward. They werent doing close grip benchpress, but regular chest building benchpress.
So i walked over and told them that id recommend doing it differently because when doing benchpress you want to put as much strain on the pectoralis muscles as possible (my reasoning). They told me that they agreed, but this other instructor has told them that if they wanted to train the pectoralis they should do isolation exercises, not use bench. And therefor, should push thei elbows forward to include the triceps more.
Now this sounds weird to me, and this instructor isnt a newbie either. He has been training for like 20 years.
So my qustion is, how do you do it. And what do you think is right?
I noticed some kids doing benchpress, but instead of having their elbows out, they put them forward. They werent doing close grip benchpress, but regular chest building benchpress.
So i walked over and told them that id recommend doing it differently because when doing benchpress you want to put as much strain on the pectoralis muscles as possible (my reasoning). They told me that they agreed, but this other instructor has told them that if they wanted to train the pectoralis they should do isolation exercises, not use bench. And therefor, should push thei elbows forward to include the triceps more.
Now this sounds weird to me, and this instructor isnt a newbie either. He has been training for like 20 years.
So my qustion is, how do you do it. And what do you think is right?
