I FOUND THE SOLUTION!

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (xmax126)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:25:44 GMT

didnt read through the whole post so i dont know if it was said.

keep a natural arch when doing normal working sets.

the reason you can lift more with an arched back is because of the angle. the more the arch the more the flat bench becomes like a decline bench. by changing the arch in your back you are also changing the area of your chest being worked.

have you ever seen someone arching their back on incline bench. i do everyday. people do this to up their #'s. but the very reason they are doing incline bench is to build up the upper chest. by arching their backs on incline press they might as well be doing flat bench. so why dont they skip incline altogether.

only arch your back more than normal if you are competing and trying to get the max numbers up on flat bench.

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (d4mahern)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:50:43 GMT

Is it just me or does that guy look exactly like bob saget on steroids? lol. Arching the back would help i think but he really exagerates it too. If you look when hes showing his arched form at the beginning hes pushing his hands all the way to touching to flare his chest muscles up and showing the other one he keeps em far apart so teh chest doesnt get flared up. Good post though. Long live saget. Have you ever sucked d*** for coke? He has. haha great movie

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (lightning5)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:13:39 GMT

So sorry for my post... saw the video, I agree, but there are still people who would exaggerate their arch.

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (BodyBuildingNovice)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:34:37 GMT

ORIGINAL: RedJeep

vics is a pimp.

i know right

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (RedJeep)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:58:32 GMT

vics is a pimp.

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (Creation)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:01:14 GMT

good post

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (David1991)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:43:53 GMT

ORIGINAL: BodyBuildingNovice

here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsr1-xcXFL8

oh i see what your saying, in that case yea i agree thats how you should do it

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (boomersooner1331)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:41:10 GMT

ORIGINAL: BodyBuildingNovice

I don't know if it's been discussed already but i just realised something interesting.

Whenever watching people benching i've noticed they would arch their back and never knew why, i though it was cause the weight would be too much for em to handle and just let them be.

Today just to give it a try I tried to arch my back to see what it does it OMG! that's it! reason why people arch their back is because it engages the chest so much more than being flat, when ur just flat (as i was doing) it does arm n shoulders pretty much, not chest. Also, trying to put ur arms parrallel to ur body when u push ups engages the chest way more i find.

Ok maybe i sound really stupid and everyone knew it, but maybe some people didn't know as i did and still wonders, well people, ARCH UR BACK

only you can prevent forests fire.

someone posted a video on this already. i'd recommend watching it. you should've probably known that curling your back engages more

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (RollingStone)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:59:21 GMT

I arch pretty hard when im doing power sets for like 3 reps with real heavy weight, but when im benching for more volume and lower weight i stay pretty flat.

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (BodyBuildingNovice)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:33:58 GMT

ORIGINAL: lightning5

Isn´t that prone for an injury? I´ve seen people get their backs so much off the bench that my lower back hurts just from watching.

if you watch the video and listen to the comments on the board here, u just slightly bend so a hand can go under, dont try to reach ur abs to the ceiling...

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (Booya)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:12:57 GMT

^Only if your ass isnt touching the bench

Yeah i've recently started doing this due to watching a video posted on these forums

http://thefitshow.com/week3/milos_chest_med.htm

I think the origin of all my shoulder problems was from my back bein too flat while benching. Now i'm having MRI scans and all sorts of bollocks to sort them out =[

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (lightning5)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:05:49 GMT

Isn´t that prone for an injury? I´ve seen people get their backs so much off the bench that my lower back hurts just from watching.

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (Beefcake)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:45:57 GMT

I ark my back alot on benches but mainly for the stretch. Just keep your ass on the bench

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (BodyBuildingNovice)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:28:28 GMT

ORIGINAL: dmobley01

yeah i'm aware that it allows to maybe inch out a little more i'm just confussed why he said it is better for chest when it could be a lot more harmfull than it could be good.

there should be no drive off of your feet when you bench. which if you are arching your back way up you would have to be doing.

I'm not saying make the biggest arch possible, i just found out if you slightly arch your back ( in between your shoulder blades and ur butt) you should engage the chest to work even more on the lift than say the shoulder or tricep, ill try to post the vid.

here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsr1-xcXFL8

dont pay attention to the first stupiditys they say :O the grand daddy is SQUAT!!!!1 but its right in the start, tell me what you think about it.
Me, I trust him because I've tried yesterday and usually i would be flat flat flat on the bench, then i tried arching and I had to lower the weight a little and I feel it working much more than any other benching I would have done ever before

RE: I FOUND THE SOLUTION! (dmobley01)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:18:33 GMT

yeah i'm aware that it allows to maybe inch out a little more i'm just confussed why he said it is better for chest when it could be a lot more harmfull than it could be good.

there should be no drive off of your feet when you bench. which if you are arching your back way up you would have to be doing.