Ronnie & Markus both used ultra wide grips

[Royalty]

....On bench press. I'm gonna start doing bench press like this again

[ProudVirgin69]

How wide?

Personally, I find that a shoulder-width grip, give or take one hand's width, is best for all exercises.  Any wider or narrower and either my strength goes to shit or it hurts my joints

[Royalty]

How wide?

Personally, I find that a shoulder-width grip, give or take one hand's width, is best for all exercises.  Any wider or narrower and either my strength goes to shit or it hurts my joints

I will do wide, medium, and narrow grip...

I will go for higher reps with the wide grip.

[thegamechanger]

i might try wider stance for push ups (i dont do anything else for chest)

[Royalty]

i might try wider stance for push ups (i dont do anything else for chest)

Yeah... less tricep activity & and more outer pec fiber recruitment

[heenok]

Do you realise how wide Ruhl and Coleman ? Ruhl is wide than a fucking plane, like litteraly twice as wide as Heath
Ultra wide grip bench is a recipe for disaster for an average/narrow dude

[Royalty]

Do you realise how wide Ruhl and Coleman ? Ruhl is wide than a fucking plane, like litteraly twice as wide as Heath
Ultra wide grip bench is a recipe for disaster for an average/narrow dude

I used to bench super wide.... I just haven't done it in a while.

Trust me; I won't be doing any 1 rep max's with the wide grip

[io856]

they are just that wide

[The Scott]

Ronnie and Markus both use(d) ultra high dosages.  That's the one and only reason they were as big as they were/are.

Too wide a grip is likely to be rough on your joints later in life.  Dammit!  I am now in that "later in life" situation!

 

[BigCyp]

Bear in mind that the bar is pretty much a fixed width, and shoulder width varies - a narrower person may appear to use a regular grip but they are pressing wide, and a wide person may appear to be pressing wide, but regular.

[Donny]

I used to bench super wide.... I just haven't done it in a while.

Trust me; I won't be doing any 1 rep max's with the wide grip

shortens the range of motion. If you want to really target chest do pre exhaust Wide grip shoulder stress...wide chest ..no. a myth

[Rambone]

I feel like wide grip with elbows flared out on flat bench is just asking for injury

[Royalty]

I was looking at pics of Arnold benching... He went pretty wide

[Royalty]

Serge Nubret

[Donny]

Serge Nubret

shortens the range of motion. I always train with a medium grip. The thinking in these Days was to take the triceps out of the exercise. You canīt take front delts out of it or triceps. Basic anatomy. Itīs like Chins. wide grip wide lats...Bollocks. Look At Yates with his "undergrip" Rows.

[Royalty]

shortens the range of motion. I always train with a medium grip. The thinking in these Days was to take the triceps out of the exercise. You canīt take front delts out of it or triceps. Basic anatomy. Itīs like Chins. wide grip wide lats...Bollocks. Look At Yates with his "undergrip" Rows.

I'm gonna use all grip widths....  But obviously go much lighter if I'm using a wide, or a really narrow grip


If nothing else; changing the grips keeps things from getting boring

[Donny]

I'm gonna use all grip widths....  But obviously go much lighter if I'm using a wide, or a really narrow grip


If nothing else; changing the grips keeps things from getting boring

Bottom line is ..Do what works for YOU.

[SF1900]

i dont think they are using a wide grip. it actually looks like a medium grip. it looks wide because they are on the tall side and wide.

[Papper]

Do you realise how wide Ruhl and Coleman ? Ruhl is wide than a fucking plane, like litteraly twice as wide as Heath
Ultra wide grip bench is a recipe for disaster for an average/narrow dude

Here we say Ruhl is 2.0 heaths.

[Tennisballz]

It boils down to the individual i think.  If a very wide grip hurts your shoulders then bring it in.  If not then i say incorporate it.  I've done wide grip before but my strength goes down considerably.

[Royalty]

It boils down to the individual i think.  If a very wide grip hurts your shoulders then bring it in.  If not then i say incorporate it.  I've done wide grip before but my strength goes down considerably.

I think that is due to less help from the triceps.... and less leverage

[mazrim]

Yeah... less tricep activity & and more outer pec fiber recruitment

Outer pec?

[MAXX]

maybe it's why Ruhl developed a steinberger inner chest

[Royalty]

Outer pec?

I think that outer area is stressed (and stretched) a bit more with the wide grip. The pec gets a better stretch when the hands are out wide

[Royalty]

maybe it's why Ruhl developed a steinberger inner chest

At some point; he tore his pec. It was odd. He tore it at the sternum. Usually guys tear it at the armpit.