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cephissus

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Re: Bench Press Problem
« Reply #50 on: January 23, 2015, 08:56:30 PM »
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i also had a similar problem.  what's the solution?  in your case, i don't know.  in mine, i think it stemmed from a strange postural problem.  very hard to figure out, and i wrecked my shoulders in the process.  even though i've "fixed" it now, i still can't bench heavy anymore.

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Re: Bench Press Problem
« Reply #51 on: January 23, 2015, 08:59:38 PM »
bunch of morons posting in this thread

i also had a similar problem.  what's the solution?  in your case, i don't know.  in mine, i think it stemmed from a strange postural problem.  very hard to figure out, and i wrecked my shoulders in the process.  even though i've "fixed" it now, i still can't bench heavy anymore.

kinda interested in posturology now and if you don't mind, would like to know more about the issues you had, how it was fixed. This is interesting stuff. Being on cell phones, texting so much is just wrecking us, necks always tilted forward...
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Re: Bench Press Problem
« Reply #52 on: January 23, 2015, 09:05:38 PM »
kinda interested in posturology now and if you don't mind, would like to know more about the issues you had, how it was fixed. This is interesting stuff. Being on cell phones, texting so much is just wrecking us, necks always tilted forward...

i can't explain it very well, but when i was younger i was obsessed with my abs.  i was always flexing and i think this "ingrained" a bad posture and lots of problems.  just recently i've changed my "default" posture.  to me, it feels like i'm sticking my stomach out, but when i look in the mirror, i actually look much more normal.  ever since this readjustment -- again this is just a simplification, it's hard to explain -- everything, and i mean EVERYTHING has felt completely different... squats, bench, pullups, the whole lot.

for years squats never felt natural, i'd always feel strange limitations when pushing heavy weight (e.g. weakness in my midsection when pressing or doing pullups, high blood pressure when bench pressing, inexplicable extreme weakness during certain movements, etc.).  it's all changed now... no problems in the past two months, roughly.

people can scoff all they want, but those who have never had serious problems rarely have the first clue how deep these problems run, and how hard they can be to solve.