BENCHING LAG

[machorox123]

About a year and a half ago I dislocated my left elbow.. No prob got back into lifting as soon as it was done healing.. Ever since ive noticed when I start to bench heavier weight it's more difficult to lock out the right side. Wondering if anyone has any input on how to correct this

 

[machorox123]

and i am righty dominant

 

[indysoccer16]

could you explain a little more?
On your way up you can't reach LO? and at what point does it start to fail?

I have a blown out shoulder that took me 2 years to recover and I had a similar problem with my ROM but mine was on the way down. Once I reached where my arms were parallel I had about one more inch I could go down. If I went any lower, I didn't have pain by my ligaments were damaged to the point where my right arm was basically locked at that position. I couldn't go up or down, but like I said no pain, just locked up.

If you are having something similar but on the opposite I would do a couple heavy lifts followed by a low weight high rep set that allowed me a full ROM and after time of doing that I was able to get to the point I mentioned above where just after level I have to stop, but prior to that it was much higher in my ROM that it would lock up

 

[machorox123]

My range of motion is fine it starts to fail usually on the last set when my muscles are fatigued. I can't really explain it it just seems heavier on the right side.an yes I can't reach full lockout on the right side. If I was able to lock them out evenly I feel like I wud be able to do another rep or two. I line my hands up on the bar perfectly. My chest and tris are pretty semetrical if anything my right tri is a lil bigger.delts are also pretty even.. I tried using lighter weight with Dumbells for a few weeks and then back to reg flat bench with lighter weight and eventually back up to heavier weight. Didn't seem to help much though

 

[Tboz]

Its not good to lock out when benching heavy.. Try doing shorter movements keeping chest contracting