Bench Press Grip

I've always felt that your forearms should be perpendicular to the ground when your humorous is parallel to the ground.
 
Logo said:
I've always felt that your forearms should be perpendicular to the ground when your humorous is parallel to the ground.
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^^yes
take the empty bar and bring it down and make your forearms perpendicular to the ground to find out
too wide and you risk tearing a pec, too far in and you sacrifice strength by reducing your chest's exertion
 
allstar504448 said:
^^yes
take the empty bar and bring it down and make your forearms perpendicular to the ground to find out
too wide and you risk tearing a pec, too far in and you sacrifice strength by reducing your chest's exertion
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Closer grip and you will use more tricep like you should. Wide grip places alot of strain on the shoulders. Do a search on youtube there are several videos of some training from Westside Barbell training sessions that will point out all kinds of pointers to improve your bench.

I guess the question is are you looking to bench big weight or just looking to build muscle.
 
ffmedic32 said:
Closer grip and you will use more tricep like you should. Wide grip places alot of strain on the shoulders. Do a search on youtube there are several videos of some training from Westside Barbell training sessions that will point out all kinds of pointers to improve your bench.

I guess the question is are you looking to bench big weight or just looking to build muscle.
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Here I will save ya the time here is the video I am speaking of
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP3g-I9Sf9s&feature=PlayList&p=0BE76B73C1969F3E&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=19"]YouTube - westside bench press[/ame]
 
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