Bad week or bad bench press?

[DerickVonD]

Your grip is too narrow. Focus on a good flat bench first and maybe add in some db inclines.Your arms should be at a grip where they form a 90 degree angle. Also expand your chest. What is your diet and sleep pattern like?


For shoulders use dbs for overhead presses just to 90 and up and add military presses and alternate arnold or bthnp to 90.

My shoulders are imbalanced right now. I can't effectively push the bar overhead correctly right now. I can't even do shoulder dislocation stretches right now.

 

[Blacktail]

My shoulders are imbalanced right now. I can't effectively push the bar overhead correctly right now. I can't even do shoulder dislocation stretches right now.

Start light even if it is with the bar and stretch every day. Use db's in the place of bar movements. Have your GF massage you every day as well.

 

[DerickVonD]

Start light even if it is with the bar and stretch every day. Use db's in the place of bar movements. Have your GF massage you every day as well.

I can't use dumbbells unless I can do the exercise standing with dumbbells. I don't have a chair with a flat back I can use and my bench doesn't go up to 90 degrees, so I'd wind up doing some form of extreme incline db bench press. I would ultimately like to go back to standing overhead presses though. That's why I was asking about front raises. Whats the deal with front raises though, how come no one does them?

 

[EasyEJL]

Why do you need your back supported to be sitting? I'll do seated exercises on a flat bench if that's all that's available

 

[Blacktail]

I can't use dumbbells unless I can do the exercise standing with dumbbells. I don't have a chair with a flat back I can use and my bench doesn't go up to 90 degrees, so I'd wind up doing some form of extreme incline db bench press. I would ultimately like to go back to standing overhead presses though. That's why I was asking about front raises. Whats the deal with front raises though, how come no one does them?

yes do them standing then, whatever it takes. No one does front raises because the front delt is the most overworked muscle on your body.

 

[DerickVonD]

yes do them standing then, whatever it takes. No one does front raises because the front delt is the most overworked muscle on your body.

Oh okay. I did front raises just to see how they felt. I did very light weight (20lbs) and I noticed if I go more then just a little past parallel my shoulders crack. I also noticed that I have really tight biceps. I'll try the presses with dumbbells standing next week but hopefully in a few months I can start doing them with the bar. It just seems the more weight I add on curls the tighter my biceps get, even though I have been stretching them.