Quick question on how wide my grip should be on bench press. I've been putting my pinkie finger on the ring and it's been hurting my shoulder pretty bad. If I narrow my grip up a lot I don't have any problems. I'm 6'3" with some really long arms and really wide shoulders....wingspan of a little over 7". How narrow can I go before I lose the reason for doing bench press?
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Thread: Bench Press Grip Width
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11-30-2012, 10:18 AM #1
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Bench Press Grip Width
Stats:
1RM
Bench Press = 255
Squat = 295
Deadlift = 405
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11-30-2012, 11:16 AM #2
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11-30-2012, 05:54 PM #3
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11-30-2012, 06:19 PM #4
You want your forearms to remain vertical throughout the movement, find a hand position that allows this.
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11-30-2012, 06:41 PM #5
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12-01-2012, 12:39 AM #6
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All bars are not the same. A standardized IWF bar (Olympic weightlifting bar) is 91 cm from ring to ring. However the non weightlifting or powerlifting specific 20kg barbells can have all sorts of distances between the rings. I've seen ones that were the same as the IWF bar, I've seen some that were narrower. Unless you know precisely what specifications your bar was built to, this is not something you can always rely on.
One simple test I've found is to simply measure the distance from the collars of the bar to the rings with the palms of your hand.Strength + Speed = Power
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