Why should you not lockout on benchpress ?

[Mrpumped]

I personally do not get any better results from locking out. Complete tension feels better on my pecs and my elbows. OH YA BEFORE I FORGET, I don't believe the half of you for saying you completely lockout every set every rep.

 

[CO B-man]

OH YA BEFORE I FORGET, I don't believe the half of you for saying you completely lockout every set every rep.

Are you serious? Even everyone I see at the gym that has no clue about lifting usually locks out. I say its way more uncommon to see someone not!

 

[blut wump]

I don't feel that I can claim the rep if I didn't finish it. I did try the inverse partials once after seeing someone doing them. It felt wrong not to lock out the rep and, since I couldn't see that I would get any benefit from not locking out, I never tried them again.

I remember when I was first setting up my home gym. For a few weeks the only equipment I had was bar, weights and a squat stand. I ended up doing floor presses with a pile of weights on either side to support the bar. They were new weights and the pile kept slipping around as I lowered onto them at the end of each set. It was a big relief to get the power rack.

 

[Neo22]

locking out is not good on the joints. I do it for continuous tension.

 

[mikefear]

time under tension

 

[blut wump]

locking out is not good on the joints. I do it for continuous tension.

Do you have any data to support this? No offence but I just don't believe it.

As for time under tension, there are better ways of managing this than doing partial reps.

 

[CO B-man]

Do you have any data to support this? No offence but I just don't believe it.

As for time under tension, there are better ways of managing this than doing partial reps.

I agree. For instance NOT staying in the lockout position for more than a second

 

[msam76]

I personally do not get any better results from locking out. Complete tension feels better on my pecs and my elbows. OH YA BEFORE I FORGET, I don't believe the half of you for saying you completely lockout every set every rep.

For some it is habit. Most do it and don't realize it. It is much better to keep tension on the muscle and MUCH better for your elbows if you don't lock out. Research it, almost every article on weightlifting and sports tells you NOT to lock your elbows.

 

[blut wump]

Try not locking out your singles and see where it takes you.

You'll be telling us next that the Olympic snatch and the jerk are noted for ruining elbows. It's just not so.

"Whaddya mean red lights? It's bad to lock your elbows!"

 

[Bruce]

i do not lock out, i get burned out much better if i go right up to the top without fully extending down and then at that point where it trembles bring it back down controlled. now i would not call it a 2/3 rep, i go almost 90% of the way and don't fully extend