So when I say that his lats are fine and he should focus on his triceps, it's not his "weakness" as triceps strength has nothing to do with it. However hypertrophy of the muscle will increase the strength ceiling and allow your bench press strength to increase
Ok I think I understand how to put what I am thinking down onto paper now...
For example your bench is lagging... You need to do triceps work. It's not that you need stronger triceps, strengthening your triceps will not improve your bench. Strengthening your bench improves your bench. If strengthening your triceps worked then you could just do singles with 10% of your bench each day to keep the groove and pushdown your way to an epic bench. What your assistance needs to do is hypertrophy the muscles involved to raise your strength ceiling so that your BENCH PRESS strength increases (not triceps strength).
The close grip work doesn't make your TRICEPS stronger so much as making your BENCH stronger. It increases the range of motion and changes the leverage of the exercise. Perhaps someone who is better at explaining things can have a go lol.
So when I say that his lats are fine and he should focus on his triceps, it's not his "weakness" as triceps strength has nothing to do with it. However hypertrophy of the muscle will increase the strength ceiling and allow your bench press strength to increase
I hope I explained this well. inb4 someone misses the boat entirely
"If you can 3-board press 10 more pounds than you can bench press, then you don’t have a “lock out” problem. You just missed a certain weight because you weren’t strong enough to generate the power needed to move that particular weight through the transition point in the movement."
So bigger triceps help but stronger ones don't?
Train the movement not the muscle as your main assistance
Then do isolations to push up muscle mass
That seems pretty simple now
the only thing I do for bench assistance is weighted dips. The back work for the lats such as rows also helps. The first part of the lift off the chest needs strong lat involvement.
I don't do regular squats much and rely on box squats to below parallel plus GHR. Deadlifts benefit from both of those exercises.
the only thing I do for bench assistance is weighted dips. The back work for the lats such as rows also helps. The first part of the lift off the chest needs strong lat involvement.
I don't do regular squats much and rely on box squats to below parallel plus GHR. Deadlifts benefit from both of those exercises.
How do the lats help? I thought they opposed pushing motions
Yeah I'm going to be the one that says it
I think lat work for the bench is stupid. It's for geared benchers who need to actually pull the bar down to the chest to touch it. Upper back work however is great as it will increase tightness. So he is spot on with the rows. Same with chin-ups as the scapulae depress when you set-up on bench. I think people confuse this with "the lats". Sticky also talked about how the lats help keep the bar in the right path when benching when I talked to him at PTC. I can see this but I'm not so sure that they need to be real strong to do this
Doesnt it have something to do with having a wide/and or thick back/lats so you're real stable on the bench. Could be wrong and if i am i dont really give a shit, thought i read it somewhere though.
Yeah the heavier you are, the more your load is distributed. Which is the main reason why gaining weight helps the bench so much I would guess. Along with increased ATP etc...
Weight gain == atp gain??
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