Bench Press

[fabians94]

I watched Dave Tate's video on bench press and his form was far from what I've been doing. I've started using it nevertheless.

I'm currently running allpro's beginner routine and I want to know whether I should use his suggested form or not? Since he's a powerlifter.

Rippetoe claimed that if your elbows are further away from you, it removes a lot of pec work in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kauc-...feature=relmfu

If my main concern is hypertrophy, do I follow what Rippetoe says, or Dave Tate?

Cause for the past 6 months, I've been benching vertically on my nipple line touching my chest and going back up.

Not much gains though. Only from the 45lb bar to 95lbs at the moment.

[strengthgained]

I saw better results from switching from bench to incline dumbbell/barbell press with varying levels of incline, just another option

[fabians94]

my main focus is to continue allpros, but at the same time building a bigger chest and getting my bench up.

Which form should I be following?

[rasse226]

my main focus is to continue allpros, but at the same time building a bigger chest and getting my bench up.

Which form should I be following?

Dave Tates.

[fabians94]

Will I still be working my entire chest optimally?

[LFAesthetics]

Will I still be working my entire chest optimally?

if your goal is to increase your bench then I'd say yes. progressive overload is key.

[rasse226]

Will I still be working my entire chest optimally?

IMO Thats not the point, the point is you want to be safe. Cause trust me you will feel like **** when you have shoulder problems.

And btw the bench press is actually more of a tricep movement