JTS22
New member
- Awards
- 0
Hello all, I’m trying to figure if what I’m adding to my technique is correct.
When doing bench and lowering bar, my elbows flare out to about 60+ degrees. Prior, I suppose I would just push the bar straight up.
Now though, it feels like I lead the elbows as in the first thing I do is bring my elbows in and tight - say from 60+ degrees to 45 and feel my chest contracting. Then I drive and the bar travels from lower chest to upper chest (if one were looking from overhead view)
I feel this significantly more in my chest and feel so much safer at the expense of my strength going down by a few pounds/few reps.
My question is does this *sound* like I’m doing this correctly or am I perhaps isolating/ over emphasizing a particular detail?
When doing bench and lowering bar, my elbows flare out to about 60+ degrees. Prior, I suppose I would just push the bar straight up.
Now though, it feels like I lead the elbows as in the first thing I do is bring my elbows in and tight - say from 60+ degrees to 45 and feel my chest contracting. Then I drive and the bar travels from lower chest to upper chest (if one were looking from overhead view)
I feel this significantly more in my chest and feel so much safer at the expense of my strength going down by a few pounds/few reps.
My question is does this *sound* like I’m doing this correctly or am I perhaps isolating/ over emphasizing a particular detail?