Benching with shoulders

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ironraider52 Total Posts : 1324 Reward points : 10 Joined: 11/9/2005 Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options Benching with shoulders - Monday, November 28, 2005 3:15 PM ( #1 ) Is it bad if when I bench I use mostly shoulders? I know it doesnt impact my chest much or anything but will I plateasu fast or anything.
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RE: Benching with shoulders - Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:41 PM ( #2 )

Um, so are you benching to build your chest or your front delts?-LOL

I know that's sarcastic, and here's my reason: I have the same problem with a straight bar flat bench...totally hits my front delts which is not the worst thing, but...
My solution is to do all my flat benching with DB's -allows me to focus where I want instead of where the bar dictates.

Just a thought.

Goldenfrog Total Posts : 290 Reward points : 10 Joined: 4/10/2005 Location: SanLeandro, CA Status: offline	Reply to message Message Options RE: Benching with shoulders - Friday, January 06, 2006 9:13 AM ( #3 ) Your a power lifter ironraider so you shouldn't really care what you use to lift it as long as your form is good. But it would matter if you were bodybuiling. [img]http://img10.echo.cx/img10/5676/goldenfrog5th.gif[/img]
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RE: Benching with shoulders - Friday, February 10, 2006 4:21 PM ( #4 )

To maximise your chest gains you need to arch your upper-back (as well as other things) in order to remove the front delts from the equation – arching the back in this way invokes the more powerful lower chest (normally worked during the decline bench press)

Check out these articles http://www.criticalbench.com/training.htm

Specifically http://www.criticalbench.com/bench-press-tip.htm

I was able to put 20lb on my bench by changing technique

Age: 30
Height: 6'
Weight:185lb
Bench: 310lb
Dead Lift: 355lb
Squat: 330lb

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