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Powerlifting Bench press setup
Hedgehog:
--- Quote from: joshsmith on April 24, 2007, 08:11:15 AM ---Hey im new to this site and was wondering if any one can help me how to get big? Im a freshman in high school and im 15 years old. Im 6 foot 1 and weigh 225 and can bench 285. My school has this thing called the 325 benchpress club and I can be the youngest guy ever to do that. Can anyone help me out?
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Try this:
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=97312.msg1987310#msg1987310
-Hedge
Petrucci:
one of the biggest doubts i have on bench press is this...
in terms of arms positioning, whats the best or most recomended...
- When you are lowering the weight, your arms (elbows more specifically) should be exactly in line with your shoulders (more or less like this, imagine your both arms in line __o__ ), or they can 'close' a little and be more close to your body??? i tend to close the arms when the weights are getting more heavier...Is this wrong? should i maintain the arms the same position all the time??? would this chance the enphasis of the muscles being worked???
thanks in advance
trab:
--- Quote from: Petrucci on April 24, 2007, 10:29:24 AM ---one of the biggest doubts i have on bench press is this...
in terms of arms positioning, whats the best or most recomended...
- When you are lowering the weight, your arms (elbows more specifically) should be exactly in line with your shoulders (more or less like this, imagine your both arms in line __o__ ), or they can 'close' a little and be more close to your body??? i tend to close the arms when the weights are getting more heavier...Is this wrong? should i maintain the arms the same position all the time??? would this chance the enphasis of the muscles being worked???
thanks in advance
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For max lift - tuck them to your sides and lower the bar a bit to the belly . Create a base w/ flared lats, leg drive out of the bottom... Heave!
parsnip1965:
--- Quote from: The RedMeatKid on February 21, 2005, 10:50:19 AM ---Dude, take it from someone who benches 600+ in the RAW. Foot and back positioning are everything in benching. I remember being thirteen and slinging 350 around and being STUCK there until I met Franco Columbu who watched me bench at the pit on muscle beach while my family was on vacation. He corrected my form and by Christmas I was benching over 480 lbs. Not bad for a freshman. ;)
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Pictures?
Not doubting you, I just want to see them.
chinchillables:
--- Quote from: Big Dicked Bob on November 06, 2005, 01:48:30 PM ---Will these techniques help for benching without a shirt also? what kind of increases in poundages would i expect without a shirt if any?
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you jackass, LOL. :D ;D :D ;D
If taking your shirt off would increase anything, I think I'mma start excercising butt naked.
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