reverse grip bench

[rippedtrojan]

i am doing charles staley's edt arm program (you can find it and his other edt articles, which are interesting, at t-mag.com).

the 2nd arm day call for reverse grip bench. today was my 2nd arm day and i have never done reverse grip bench. when i was performing them, however, my medial delts became fatigued much more than my triceps. it pretty much felt almost like a shouler exercise with some fatigue in the triceps as if you were doing presses. anyone know what my problem may be?

 

[solidj55]

Your grip may not have been close enough, you could have been too wide.

 

[rippedtrojan]

my grip was shoulder width. i can't imagine having to hold the bar with hand spacing any closer.

 

[solidj55]

Well you were probably close enough then if you were shoulder width apart. Do you bench like a bodybuilder or powerlifter??? If you dont bench using powerlifter form then you should switch at least on the reverse grips. When you bench like a powerlifter you take out most of the chest in the movement and apply more tricep into the movement.

 

[rippedtrojan]

i wasn't having problems with stressing my chest more. it was my side delts, which is kind of odd.