Is it the new Douchebag trend to not touch the chest in Bench Press?

[The True Adonis]

you don't touch your chest to floor for a push up do you?  

keep the bar 2-3" inches from touching the chest and an inch or 2 from locking out.

I do.

[The True Adonis]

@15:30, 15:45

What in the world is this Roider doing and why do a large number of Roiders train like this?  


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[simon]

I had a complete tendon rupture and pec tear fom the bench press, trust me it's not worth it.  

[The True Adonis]

Was that a row or a bicep exercise? 

[The True Adonis]

This fucking guy is a complete bag of tools and I am not referring to Jason.

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[affeman]

@15:30, 15:45

What in the world is this Roider doing and why do a large number of Roiders train like this?  

It's called cheating, to use heavier weights. Look what your heroes in the "golden era" did.

[Hulkotron]

I had a complete tendon rupture and pec tear fom the bench press, trust me it's not worth it.  

You do it to use heavier weights than you could otherwise use with good form.  Which is fine, whatever floats your boat.  But don't try to pretend like it has anything to do with "injury prevention" and "training smart"

[The True Adonis]

This fucking guy is a complete bag of tools and I am not referring to Jason.

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ROFLAMO@ 14:05  Perfect Curl with 100 lbs.


Roider Boy has to "cheat" 100 lbs up for a curl?     Thats pathetic.

[The True Adonis]

You do it to use heavier weights than you could otherwise use with good form.  Which is fine, whatever floats your boat.  But don't try to pretend like it has anything to do with "injury prevention" and "training smart"

Exactly.

[SF1900]

It's called cheating, to use heavier weights. Look what your heroes in the "golden era" did.

Arnold trained like that for specific exercises. Cheating is okay when done "properly." Other than that, Arnold tended to use good form and a full ROM for exercises.

This NPC guy seems to ALWAYS use bad form. That was not even a cheat curl. That was a mixture between a dumbbell row and a hammer curl.

[Eric2]

I may have to try this.  Also, what do you mean by avoid hyper extending your elbows?  My arms are extremely long and I find that I simply cannot keep elbows in no matter what.  If I do keep them in, my bench is much, much weaker and the entire movement I feel in my forearms and pretty much nowhere else.  

  i have really long arms as well, so you know how much harder we have to work to make gains. this method really worked for me. by hyper extended the elbow what i mean is just be sure not to snap them at the top. come up strong and fast just be careful at the top.

[simon]

You do it to use heavier weights than you could otherwise use with good form.  Which is fine, whatever floats your boat.  But don't try to pretend like it has anything to do with "injury prevention" and "training smart"

I actually have to use less weight dipshit......the douchebags in the videos are extremely poor examples and are doing so to use more weight.  When you only use the middle range of motion the tension is continuous and you fatigue much faster.   I normally don't use much more than 225-275lbs and I weigh 240.  I actually injured myself using good form, slow controlled negative with a slight pause on the chest.  

Everyone's anatomy is slightly different, some have zero issues some have muscle tears and shoulder problems, I found a way to bench that is better for me.  

[Hulkotron]

I actually have to use less weight dipshit......the douchebags in the videos are extremely poor examples and are doing so to use more weight.  When you only use the middle range of motion the tension is continuous and you fatigue much faster.   I normally don't use much more than 225-275lbs and I weigh 240.  I actually injured myself using good form, slow controlled negative with a slight pause on the chest.  

Everyone's anatomy is slightly different, some have zero issues some have muscle tears and shoulder problems, I found a way to bench that is better for me.  

So you use crap form and light weights   Maybe you are doing something incorrectly.

[simon]

nope im fine but thanks for all your concern

[SF1900]

nope im fine but thanks for all your concern

Why did you leave American Idol? 

[simon]

Why did you leave American Idol? 

cause Paula left......

[chaos]

Flat chest simon having a dp train run on him in this thread.

[Eric2]

I bet if every one of you guys used the power rack in the manner i described every one of you will improve in both size and strength more than you could ever imagine. irregardless of what your method is currently drop it and try this.
   however do this only once per week and no other chest exercise push ups or any thing but stretching those muscle per week, or risk overload. it really works that well, think about it. By starting at the bottom position in the manner i described it recruits all of your muscle fibers to do their job. but in doing so it taxes the hell out of them so that you really need a full week to recover. Chest and back same day do your back first to warm and stretch the chest and shoulders etc.
   Try this log your efforts into a journal and be amazed. i have nothing to sell here, just giving my personal experience of doing so as well as watching it work for others i have shown.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Which cheating method is worse, a bounce off the chest or stopping a inch or two before hitting the chest?

[Eric2]

Both are bad, unless you are just warming up with light weights. Stopping completely on the chest and pausing for at least a second before pressing to the top is the only way.

[Karpaasi]

For me chest has always been the easiest body part to train and get results. Flat benches, db inclines&flys and sometimes floor presses and some machine work. All movements with good control and rom.

I think good control and proper warm up on bench is essential if you want to keep your shoulders intact over the years.

[simon]

I also use something called a "shoulder saver" from elitefts.com it's basically a foam pad that fits around the bar that simulates a board press.   continue to run your train 

[chaos]

I also use something called a "shoulder saver" from elitefts.com it's basically a foam pad that fits around the bar that simulates a board press.   continue to run your train 

simon = outed

[Straw Man]

I always touch my chest and even pause on my chest for the last rep or two

that's just my personal preference

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa1fm8_chris-cormier-405lb-bench-press-for_sport#.UN9HVm_7KSo

[Coach is Back!]

These are the types that believe that they shouldn't drop their elbows below parallel. We have trainers are our other location that by into that same BS.