Thumbless Moron

[Bix]

[El_Pajero]

haha i would laugh at him if that happened in my gym.

[spinnis]

I wonder why it feels so damn nice benching without the thumbs around..

[#1 Klaus fan]

Now he needs to learn how to live without a rib cage.

[onlyme]

Thats the only way I have ever benched. It's the way I learned.  I have not once dropped the bar.  I have seen quite a few drop it even with the thumb.

[Bluto]

Maybe his thumbs hasnt been strengthen by regular posting on Getbig

[knny187]

ha ha

[disco_stu]

it is possible to use wrist wraps when benching...they also brace the wrist.

i too bench thumbless. but for the heavier weights i use wraps.

the bar stays rock solid

[stormshadow]

Thats the only way I have ever benched. It's the way I learned.  I have not once dropped the bar.  I have seen quite a few drop it even with the thumb.

I have been using the thumbless grip for many years now.  You have more power with that hold.  I do it on all pressing movements.

[The Showstoppa]

haha, there is another one in that string on youtube called benchpress accident thats even better...straight down on another thumbless tard.

[onlyme]

I have been using the thumbless grip for many years now.  You have more power with that hold.  I do it on all pressing movements.

exactly.  If done right it is the best way.  It does taking get used too, but I have done it since day one.

[divcom]

dummy!  stop doing flat bench after football.  no need for it if there is no money at steak.  machine or dumbbells do well if your chest grows quick.  dummy!

[BFP]

Thats the only way I have ever benched. It's the way I learned.  I have not once dropped the bar.  I have seen quite a few drop it even with the thumb.

They call it a suicide grip for a reason.  Hope this helps!

Jason

[divcom]

They call it a suicide grip for a reason.  Hope this helps!

Jason

it's called god gave you a thumb for a reason.

[Bluto]

They call it a suicide grip for a reason.  Hope this helps!

Jason

But what a way to go...

[bigbadwolfe]

DUMBFUCKER!!!!!!!

Why in the hell would you go thumbless, for you guys who do it is a only a matter of time til that happens!!!

I did it for a bit til I seen Paul Key drop 800 plus pounds out of his hands. The only thing that saved his ass was the fact he was doing board presses and the board absorbed the blunt of it.

DUMB DUMB DUMB!!!!

[willie mosconi]

I've always done all pressing movements thumbless. I've never even come close to a slip and I've been training for over 15 years now. Of course, I don't go super heavy either, so perhaps that is a factor

[onlyme]

I have seen way more people drop the bar with a thumb grip than a thumbless.  I would love to see someone hold 500 lbs or above with just their thumbs when the bar rolls.  It isn't the thumbs it is the wrist unless they are just holding the bar wrong .  If you have strong wrists and hold the bar right thumbless is great.  It is just usually guys who aren't used to it.  I have been benching heavy since 1976 with the thumbless.  I have not even come close to dropping the weight.  Yet I have emceed numerous powerliftng meets where the guy dumped the weight with a thumb grip.