Comments on: Bench Pressing Variations

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:21:44 +0000

for the “pectacular”/gironda bench, what is the stress on the RC if you dont lower your elbows behind your body?

By: LBSS

LBSS — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:10:18 +0000

“I am Iron Man. The suit and I are one.”

-Tony Stark

By: lylemcd

lylemcd — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:57:51 +0000

Tony Stark is not Iron Man.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:33:08 +0000

Didn’t know you trained Iron Man. It all makes so much sense now.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:09:01 +0000

Ben,

The elbows will have to flare for the bar to end up in the right place (since I advocate a slight J curve pushing it back). IME, this tends to happen pretty automatically for most people.

Lyle

By: Ben Nast

Ben Nast — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:19:28 +0000

When doing the generic power bench press you say to tuck your elbows at the bottom of the movement. Do you keep them tucked on the way up , or start flaring gradually until fully flared at the top