ok well i have a home workout set which is a power rack and weights. I have hit a 260-265 bench at home... well my barbell is severely bent that i use at home and i dont want to drop $100-300 on another one so i decided to stop using my home bench press and just do all my workouts at the gym.. i went from hitting 235 x 2 at my home to hitting 215 x 2 at the gym..
the only differences i can notice are that my bench at home the bench is higher up from the ground to the point where my feet touch perfectly.. the bench at the gym to get in a "powerlifting" form i have to tuck my fee back. at home tucking my feet back doesnt make a big difference at the gym its huge... Also the 2nd thing thats different is at home i can unrack the weight with my elbows fully extended at the gym i cant do that..the 3rd thing is i use a relatively closer grip when i do bench and when i do this at the gym it feels like my ROM is larger. so i had to widen my grip and im also weaker with a wider grip
the only posstive about benching in the gym is that i can really squeeze my shoulder blades together and i can push myself away from the weight like dave tate suggests...
so basically what im asking is advice on this ? anyone had the same situation? I feel like my grip being wider will actually help my shoulder because i felt a pinch when i was benching with the grip i used threwout my life..I also have more control of the weight... but anyone have any ideas what i can do to improve my bench now that im using a wider grip? or any adicve would be great.
the only differences i can notice are that my bench at home the bench is higher up from the ground to the point where my feet touch perfectly.. the bench at the gym to get in a "powerlifting" form i have to tuck my fee back. at home tucking my feet back doesnt make a big difference at the gym its huge... Also the 2nd thing thats different is at home i can unrack the weight with my elbows fully extended at the gym i cant do that..the 3rd thing is i use a relatively closer grip when i do bench and when i do this at the gym it feels like my ROM is larger. so i had to widen my grip and im also weaker with a wider grip
the only posstive about benching in the gym is that i can really squeeze my shoulder blades together and i can push myself away from the weight like dave tate suggests...
so basically what im asking is advice on this ? anyone had the same situation? I feel like my grip being wider will actually help my shoulder because i felt a pinch when i was benching with the grip i used threwout my life..I also have more control of the weight... but anyone have any ideas what i can do to improve my bench now that im using a wider grip? or any adicve would be great.