Bench press

[Bench Polkov]

Knock the weight back and rebuild and make every set tight, even the pissy warm-ups. Since I took up this practice my shoulders have been practically trouble free when they used to be a regular mess. Sacrificing form for weight on the bar while training is just stupid and as you are discovering, risky.

 

[Goosey]

There is common theme in this thread [MENTION=16903]Genics[/MENTION];

 

[Johnnie Walker]

To reduce weight?

 

[Bazza20]

Have no idea if it applies to you but I always get shoulder pain from bench unless I a close grip.

 

[Rugby88]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krvj3HgYlVc

 

[Johnnie Walker]

Yeh tried a narrower grip today

 

[Rugby88]

The only thing with close grip benching is that its a different exercise - so if you are looking at replacing bench then look at replacing it with an exercise that is hitting the same muscle.

Close grip is great - but dont replace your normal bench for it.

 

[Bazza20]

The only thing with close grip benching is that its a different exercise - so if you are looking at replacing bench then look at replacing it with an exercise that is hitting the same muscle.

Close grip is great - but dont replace your normal bench for it.

You're joking right. The grip is just narrowed by a few cm either side. That hardly makes it a totally different exercise targeting different muscles.

 

[Rugby88]

You're joking right. The grip is just narrowed by a few cm either side. That hardly makes it a totally different exercise targeting different muscles.

Right. lol - so are you doing a close grip or are you simply bringing your hands in acouple of cms? You stated you were doing a close grip press.

Close grip is a different exercise to bench - hitting different muscles.

 

[Bazza20]

Right. lol

Yeah, right. Lol.

If you think close grip bench and bench are so different they can't be interchanged you gotta lay of the drugs.

 

[Rugby88]

Yeah, right. Lol.

If you think close grip bench and bench are so different they can't be interchanged you gotta lay of the drugs.

They are different exercises - doing both of course will have somewhat of a carry over to either but they are different exercises.

 

[Bazza20]

They are different exercises - doing both of course will have somewhat of a carry over to either but they are different exercises.

They are a different grip width. Not different exercises.

 

[Rugby88]

They are a different grip width. Not different exercises.

and changing that grip is designed to do? What now? does one hit the chest more and one hit the triceps more?

 

[Darkoz]

My cue is to think of pushing the shoulders into the bench rather than thinking of pushing the bar away from my body.

This is a good way to do it

 

[Darkoz]

What rep range are you using [MENTION=16903]Genics[/MENTION]; ?

 

[Goosey]

To reduce weight?

that's one salient point

 

[Darkoz]

If you're trying to be a powerlifter, then there's your problem

 

[Goosey]

FFS Doesn't matter where your paws are on the bar just do it right, as stated.

 

[Bench Polkov]

Yeah, right. Lol.

If you think close grip bench and bench are so different they can't be interchanged you gotta lay of the drugs.

Umm... mine are probably about 25-30kgs different. That's a very different exercise IMO.

 

[Johnnie Walker]

5 some 3's 2's etc. All low rep