Dude putting a pillow on his chest while benching

[Crying Brian]

Dude putting a pillow on his stomach while benching

This guy and his gf were benching today and he would put a pillow on his stomach while flat benching. When the guy lowered the weight he lowered it below his pecks almost to his stomach and bounced it off the bulky pillow, then he made his gf do it the same way. WTF is up with that.

 

[ChinkNasty]

in high school I saw a lot of hockey and football players doing somethign similar except they would roll a towel up and bench off that...towel benching...I'm assuming that it helps with triceps lockout and allows you to work with more weight without bouncing it off your chest, especially if you're not strong enough yet to go all the way down to the chest...it might have some functional purposes as well...(that is, in sports like football you're always pushing someone away but you're usually not pushing from the bottom position on the bench...)

 

[wnt2bBeast]

Re: Dude putting a pillow on his stomach while benching

This guy and his gf were benching today and he would put a pillow on his stomach while flat benching. When the guy lowered the weight he lowered it below his pecks almost to his stomach and bounced it off the bulky pillow, then he made his gf do it the same way. WTF is up with that.

pretty much like a board press although a pillow is soft not hard..
it allows you to work a certain range in the movement

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

Re: Dude putting a pillow on his stomach while benching

This guy and his gf were benching today and he would put a pillow on his stomach while flat benching. When the guy lowered the weight he lowered it below his pecks almost to his stomach and bounced it off the bulky pillow, then he made his gf do it the same way. WTF is up with that.

depends on the pillow. down works but polyester doesnt