Thread: Benching bodybuilding vs powerlifting

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Ben The movement is really like 3 parts. Lats are the big mover for the first third. Chest dominates the middle third, and tris rule the final third. These coincide with the three main sticking points in bench presses. You mention board presses and floor presses.. Both moves are meant to strengthen a particular third of the move. Westside Barbell seems to think rowing helps the bencher get the weight of his...

Quote: Originally Posted by ProjectCG Can you give me the research of where you got that your chest is done being used in the last couple inches. Apparently you can't read very well. Didnt say needs to do it exactly like me. It is much more effective for the chest in particular if he goes down all the way. The upper half of a bench movement is mostly triceps and front delts. The whole point of his post was saying a meet he was at told...

Quote: Originally Posted by chazzy1864 how does stopping 1" shy, turn into a half rep? Strong reading comprehension. But if misconstruing whatever I say, makes you feel as if you won an e-argument, then by all means. You do what you got to do. Anyone with any decent knowledge of the lift, knows that the bottom most part of a bench press is primarily lats, then chest, then delts and triceps, in that order. This is true, the first...

Quote: Originally Posted by chazzy1864 Wrong. OP, bring the bar down to where ever you are comfortable. Not everyone's body mechanics are the same. There is no reason to bring the bar down to an arbitrary point, if it does not benefit you. The lowest part of the bench press is actually more lat centric than pec centric. For those that can't quite grasp what that means, touching your chest is involving your back far more than your...

Quote: Originally Posted by ProjectCG Lol at buttwink. I get what you are saying. So from my experience as someone that had no flexibility, I started out not really being able to touch my chest for bench, or squat parallel. My joints felt off and it felt strained. I started extensively stretching and working on flexibility and within a couple monts i could easily touch my chest with the bar and squat past parallel. By fixing the flexibility...

Thanks for clearing it up. The head of the club had said this and I was baffled because I myself never not touch my chest I was just making sure he was wrong.....and no he wasnt talking about partials

Quote: Originally Posted by nah444 I always injure my back when i touch bar to my chest. Normally go a couple inches up form it. I think the Bench at the gym it to wide. When i go down and my shoulder blades come in, it props me up. Arch, use one.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jef-El They were probably thinking about the 3 phases of muscle contraction. Concentric Eccentric Isometric When most people lower the bar to the chest they bounce it off, almost eliminating the isometric phase of the bench. Basically a cheat. I personally touch my chest but try to keep it from bouncing. You'll be fine either way. Thank you, this is EXACTLY what I was trying to say. Rep points for you sir.

Quote: Originally Posted by crits Ive always been told to touch my chest when benching however today at my schools bodybuilding meeting I was told that touching your chest is only good for powerlifters and that when bodybuilding not touching your chest is the way to go. How true is this? The lowest part of the ROM in the bench press exercise when the bar is closest to the chest is when there is the most chest activity going on, the higher the...

I always injure my back when i touch bar to my chest. Normally go a couple inches up form it. I think the Bench at the gym it to wide. When i go down and my shoulder blades come in, it props me up.