I usually touch or at most im 1inch away from touching, no more....
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View Poll Results: Do you touch the bar to your chest on BB Bench press?
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04-26-2009, 09:49 AM #31
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04-26-2009, 02:34 PM #37
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i touch the bar to my lower chest, upper abs.
i used to have this problem w/ my form in that i'd bend my wrist on the way down, so my elbows pointed more toward my toes more. it was definately better on my shoulders, but put alot of strain on my wrist and some tendinitis flared up in one of my wrists.
now i just keep the bar inline w/ my wrist, forearm, and elbows.
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04-26-2009, 04:58 PM #38
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04-26-2009, 05:09 PM #39
I usually like most of your posts, but i do have some disagreement here. Though i agree that proportionally tall people are the same, and that just because you are tall doesn't mean you cant be a good bencher. But tall people are at a disadvantage when it comes to bench, its physics...
Work=Force x displacement
The force is going to be constant (assuming constant bar speed) and if you increase the displacement (Longer ROM of a taller bencher), then the work required also has to go up.
Though the advantage of being tall is that they can potentially carry alot more muscle, and therefore be stonger.
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04-26-2009, 05:20 PM #40
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04-26-2009, 06:43 PM #47
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04-26-2009, 06:47 PM #48
I know completely what you mean. I get that. Tall people can be good lifters too, even better than the short guys actually because they can hold more muscle. What i am saying is that the shorter guy has a advantage over the taller guy, purely based on the physics behind it.
Haha but yeah, we arent even really arguing anything anymore. And we have derailed this thread enough haha.
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04-26-2009, 06:48 PM #49
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04-26-2009, 06:58 PM #50
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04-26-2009, 07:02 PM #51
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04-26-2009, 07:37 PM #52
lol at some the physics in this thread. A few of you have it completely wrong, I think it's been mostly cleared up by now. To reiterate: work= force x distance. The force will always equal mass x gravity, whether you're touching your chest or not. (Of course, you could do more work if you accelerated the bar upward as opposed to pressing with constant velocity, but I digress.) Therefore, work= mass x gravity x distance. Always. And since the change in energy is equal to the work done, you expend more energy by doing more work, i.e. by touching your chest.
Of course, this disregards the whole argument of height vs. arm length, but in general people: touch your freakin chest.
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04-26-2009, 08:04 PM #53
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04-26-2009, 09:12 PM #55
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Your first formula is wrong. The second formula is right.
d = distance. Displacement is usually signified s or sometimes r.
If I start with my arms extended (top of bench press) then lower the bar to my chest and push it back up to my original position then the displacement is a grand total of 0 meaning I have not done work. But the distance covered is two times the gap between the bar and my chest.
Just a small thing.
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04-26-2009, 09:14 PM #56
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04-26-2009, 09:18 PM #57
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04-27-2009, 04:00 AM #58
LOL, unfortunately the bench press is not a whole body lift. So your arms being longer is a distinct disadvantage.
EDIT: I do touch my chest, just saying short people have an advantage. My cousin is about 5'10" and benches like 365, while I only bench 225. However I deadlift way more than him. Different bodies are better at different things naturally. Not saying I couldn't surpass him with a lot of work, but your body is naturally inclined towards certain things.Last edited by jawadams; 04-27-2009 at 04:02 AM.
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04-27-2009, 05:07 AM #59
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