IHateMyJob2004
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- Sep 29, 2004
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I still don't get not lowering the bar all the way down to your chest while benching. I shouldn't laugh but I do. I have seen guys loading up 275 and lowering the bar half way. I know the concept though, but most of the guys have like zero chest devevlopment that do that.
I still don't get not lowering the bar all the way down to your chest while benching. I shouldn't laugh but I do. I have seen guys loading up 275 and lowering the bar half way. I know the concept though, but most of the guys have like zero chest devevlopment that do that.
I should probably make a separate thread for this...anyways.For some of us tall, lanky types, bringing the bar to the chest means that our upper arms go far lower than parallel to the ground, putting an enormous strain on the shoulders. Most benching related injuries are to the rotator cuffs because of this reason.
For some of us tall, lanky types, bringing the bar to the chest means that our upper arms go far lower than parallel to the ground, putting an enormous strain on the shoulders. Most benching related injuries are to the rotator cuffs because of this reason.
I should probably make a separate thread for this...anyways.
I am 6' 5" and have very long arms. What Nebor is talking about, is why—I think—I brought the bar only to about 50% ROM until the other night. When I bring it down to ~1" from my chest, I feel a huge strain on my shoulders and am afraid I might dislocate my shoulder. It feels more natural for me to stop when my biceps/triceps are parallel with my body on the bench. My elbows aren't flared out at all, but 30-45 degrees. I have dislocated my right shoulder twice in the past, and really don't want to do it again. I think that is why I don't bring it to my chest.
I did make a video but I'm pretty sure I don't need anyone else to tell me I'm doing it wrong, after watching it a few times. I think I'll probably get ridiculed. What should I do? I don't want to hurt myself but I also don't want to do the exercise wrong. I'm thinking I might just deload on my bench and start bringing it down to my chest.
Count the things this guy is doing wrong:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oES_tMfxr8
that dude is going to FFUUUCCKKK his back up. slipped disc in the making.
Thanks, I think I'm going to drop it down to 125 on Monday and work back up again.if this is the case, drop the weight to where it feels comfortable then work your way up from there. it feels uncomfortable because you aren't as strong in your chest as you think you are.
i have extremely long arms and used to not touch my chest then realized i was doing it wrong. had to drop weight to do it properly.
that is typically why the people you see doing this wrong and not touching their chest are guys who aren't even big and strong. they are doing it wrong so that they can feel like they can bench a lot more than they really can.
besides slightly rounding his back, I don't see what's terribly wrong
This is true. I've seen it recommended on a number of sites. Some bodybuilders also don't go to full lockout and don't go all the way to the bottom so they keep the muscle under constant tension. Ron coleman did this but he was a strong dude too. There's a video of him squatting 800 on youtube.
The thing I see most commonly misused is the Lat Pulldown. Seriously! How hard can that be for people. People flock to it, but most do it incorrectly.
There is this scrawny kid at my gym. I give him kudos because he claims to have lost 60lbs. in 9 months, but man he does some strange stuff. The other day he was doing tri kickbacks, but wasn't working his tris at all. He would bend over the bench and just swing his arm like a pendulum and never bend his elbow.
Another time I saw him doing cable crossovers with 65lbs on each pulley. He was struggling so much it was turning more into a press than a crossover. I tried to help him by showing him correct form. I dropped the weight down to 10 lbs. and he was insulted. I told him to worry about form and then add the weight. The next set he jumped it up to 20 lbs. and went back to shitty form....
I was going to mention the moronic ball squat exercise, but I see that was already covered. The next worse one was an instructor guiding a noob by turning a 20 lbs dumbbell (not sure exactly the weight, but it was a small dumbbell) on its side, and then having him stand and balance on it with one foot. I was like, you f@cking idiot, you should be fired. That's the stupidest crap I've seen.
Yup, people actually do this (here is a picture, not one foot, but still....squatting on it)
2 pages and nobody's mentioned barbell bicep curls in the squat rack?
You're all doing them aren't you?!!??
2 pages and nobody's mentioned barbell bicep curls in the squat rack?
You're all doing them aren't you?!!??
Count the things this guy is doing wrong:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oES_tMfxr8
2 pages and nobody's mentioned barbell bicep curls in the squat rack?
You're all doing them aren't you?!!??
2 pages and nobody's mentioned barbell bicep curls in the squat rack?
You're all doing them aren't you?!!??