I've heard that very thing before. I do think that if a person is able to go with a closer grip it should take the stress off the shoulders. I'm looking forward to finding out. Happy New Year.
Good stuff👍 What helped me the most with benching was doing singles, not necessarily 1rep max but say several singles at 90-95% of 1RM and then drop the wt and do a few back off sets between 5-8reps a rep or 2 short of failure. Id do shoulder and tricep work but couldnt really go heavy as I was usually cooked after heavy benching. The assistance exercise that i think helped my benching was actually cable FacePulls. I think it just helped strengthen my shoulder girdle up by working the opposing external rotators. I felt stronger and sturdier in the bench, plus it helped reduce any shoulder pain. Each plateau you have to experiment with things to get past it. I will definitely give the CloseGripBPr a shot though👍
You certainly make an excellent point with your statement about experimenting whenever we hit a plateau. There are so many things that go into improving a persons bench press. Years ago we used to do heavy negatives to get used to the heavier weight. Now I use a slingshot for overload workouts and that device has helped to improve my bench. Thank you for your input on the FacePulls too.
Just had my wife trim it about a week ago. This time around I've been growing it for about a year and a half. Last time I let it grow for 5 years and people would stop me everywhere and comment on it. If you haven't ran into that yet, you will.
Awesome baby! (And you make that shirt look good!)
I'm 60 and find close grip is easier on my shoulders now. After training close grip equally to wide grip, I am now similarly strong on both.
I've heard that very thing before. I do think that if a person is able to go with a closer grip it should take the stress off the shoulders. I'm looking forward to finding out. Happy New Year.
Good stuff👍
What helped me the most with benching was doing singles, not necessarily 1rep max but say several singles at 90-95% of 1RM and then drop the wt and do a few back off sets between 5-8reps a rep or 2 short of failure.
Id do shoulder and tricep work but couldnt really go heavy as I was usually cooked after heavy benching. The assistance exercise that i think helped my benching was actually cable FacePulls. I think it just helped strengthen my shoulder girdle up by working the opposing external rotators. I felt stronger and sturdier in the bench, plus it helped reduce any shoulder pain.
Each plateau you have to experiment with things to get past it. I will definitely give the CloseGripBPr a shot though👍
You certainly make an excellent point with your statement about experimenting whenever we hit a plateau. There are so many things that go into improving a persons bench press. Years ago we used to do heavy negatives to get used to the heavier weight. Now I use a slingshot for overload workouts and that device has helped to improve my bench. Thank you for your input on the FacePulls too.
265 on closed grip press!
Happy New Year!
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I do now. lol
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Just had my wife trim it about a week ago. This time around I've been growing it for about a year and a half. Last time I let it grow for 5 years and people would stop me everywhere and comment on it. If you haven't ran into that yet, you will.
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You too. Have a safe New Year.