Hey all, Yesterday I did triceps and I tried both close-grip bench with a regular barbell and with an ez-bar.
I loved the ez bar and it didn't hurt my wrists at all and I really felt it in my tri's.
When I did the regular bar it always hurts my wrists even when I have good form and I have triedmany hand positions.
Will I get a good result If i use the ez-bar instead of the regular barbell?
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11-08-2003, 02:34 AM #1Registered User
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Close-Grip Bench press with an EZ-curl bar?
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11-08-2003, 02:50 AM #2Cui Bono?
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Lots of people prefer doing CG presses with the EZ bar, it's fine.
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11-08-2003, 08:29 AM #3Train smarter not harder
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if your wrists are hurting chances are your grip is too close. should be palms over elbows, none of this 6'' apart crap you see most people doing in the gym.
Booo
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11-08-2003, 09:38 AM #4no pain
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Yea, I started CG with the regular BB yesterday with a width just outside 7" and hit my triceps like crazy. 6" was too close and hurt the elbows and wrists a bit.
no pain
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11-08-2003, 09:51 AM #5Train smarter not harder
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7'' is too close. elbows over palms; which works out to shoulder width.Originally posted by black toned
Yea, I started CG with the regular BB yesterday with a width just outside 7" and hit my triceps like crazy. 6" was too close and hurt the elbows and wrists a bit.Booo
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11-08-2003, 10:38 AM #6Sleepy moderator
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ye tried it but cant use it now as too heavy adn the bar does not rest on the power rack...Originally posted by EAE
Lots of people prefer doing CG presses with the EZ bar, it's fine.
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11-08-2003, 11:15 AM #7Perfecting perfection
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as amusclehead said palms about shoulder width and doin them with ez curl bar is perfectly fine imho
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11-08-2003, 12:03 PM #8Train smarter not harder
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Originally posted by jhov
as amusclehead said palms about shoulder width and doin them with ez curl bar is perfectly fine imho
peace
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yea, but how do you rack it. Hmmmm. heheBooo
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11-08-2003, 12:07 PM #9Motivator
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Spotter lol. Ya I was thinking about that. I CG Bench 105. How am I gonna lift that much weight off the floor and swing it up to my chest and then fly back on the bench and start benching it. lol
I think I"ll use a spotter.......no better yet I'll stick with a regular 45pound bar.The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and hear all kinds of talk, get told that you're a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds. ~Henry Rollins
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11-08-2003, 12:39 PM #10Train smarter not harder
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what about us who close-grip 300? i don't think i want to be dependent on a spotter for that, lolOriginally posted by ReSpAwN DeMoN
Spotter lol.Booo
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11-08-2003, 12:46 PM #11Message Board King
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Originally posted by amusclehead
what about us who close-grip 300? i don't think i want to be dependent on a spotter for that, lol
um...what about the powerlifters and bodybuilders that use spotters and do more then 300 pounds?and what exactly is a dream, and what exactly is a joke?
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11-08-2003, 12:52 PM #12Motivator
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lol.....ya like when someone is benching 400 and comes up to me and asks for a spot I simply say "ya just don't die on me"
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11-08-2003, 01:11 PM #13Train smarter not harder
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Originally posted by holyshinto63
um...what about the powerlifters and bodybuilders that use spotters and do more then 300 pounds?
we're talking about somebody coming and picking up a 300pd. bar and handing it to you hereBooo
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11-08-2003, 01:16 PM #14Registered User
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I have to agree. I was watching a guy doing them the other day and he could not hardly balance the bar his hands were so close. I got him to try reverse grip bench instead and he seemed to like the feel in the tricep more so than doing them close grip.Originally posted by amusclehead
if your wrists are hurting chances are your grip is too close. should be palms over elbows, none of this 6'' apart crap you see most people doing in the gym.
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11-08-2003, 01:40 PM #15Train smarter not harder
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Originally posted by htown71
I have to agree. I was watching a guy doing them the other day and he could not hardly balance the bar his hands were so close. I got him to try reverse grip bench instead and he seemed to like the feel in the tricep more so than doing them close grip.
oooh, reverse grip owns
Booo
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11-08-2003, 02:05 PM #16Home Alone
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I prefer using the EZ bar as well for CGBP as well as skullcrushers.
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11-08-2003, 02:52 PM #17Originally posted by ReSpAwN DeMoN
Spotter lol. Ya I was thinking about that. I CG Bench 105. How am I gonna lift that much weight off the floor and swing it up to my chest and then fly back on the bench and start benching it. lol
I think I"ll use a spotter.......no better yet I'll stick with a regular 45pound bar.
lol thats exactly what I do. I swing the bar off the floor and swing it to my chest and then lay back on the bench its funny how people think alike I would ask my dad but hes a bum he doesnt respect weights, all he does is calisthenics and disses the bench press and said that pushups are for men and id like to say that he did grow some impressive triceps from it but i still think thats a pussy workout pushup and calisthenics. anyway I cant do as much as weight but i dont have a spotter so i just do that method and then start benching but can annyone tell me if its okay to do regular bencch presses and barbell curls on a ez bar?
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11-08-2003, 03:54 PM #18Fallen to Ruin
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I don't see why using an EZ-curl bar would be any less effective than using a straight bar. You are still stimulating the triceps the same way to the same degree. I've never tried doing close grip bench with an EZ-curl bar. Maybe I will give it a try.
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11-08-2003, 04:08 PM #19Registered User
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don't forget that the natural wrist position is slightly rotated in
so a Ez bar will keep your wrist natural unlike a straight bar wich often stresses your wrists to keep them straight
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11-08-2003, 05:28 PM #20Lateral Raise Promoter
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Hmm... I wouldn't use an EZ bar, for the reasons everyone stated, you can't rack it. I want to be able to go as heavy as possible for the amount of reps I like to use, and an Olympic Bar is best for that.
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11-08-2003, 11:24 PM #21thr ring of fireee
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I have a right shoulder injury which i had surgery on 2 years ago and is still not 100%....when i try close grip bench for tri's...it kills my right shoulder then im sore when chest day comes around, any suggestions/ better exercises i can do for tri's w/out hurting my shoulder...possibly the ez bar? thanks
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11-09-2003, 12:44 AM #22Registered User
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None of you guys have a
Mini Bench in your gym? We have two at mine and they hold EZ bars quite nicely.
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11-09-2003, 03:24 AM #23Registered User
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Thanx guys forr all your opinions.
yeah, I'm not that strong yet so for example, last time I did CG bench with the EZ bar I didn't even need a spotter I just kinda laid it on my chest.
Yeah It's not that heave that I need a spotter, but after a while, when I get strong I will need a rack so then I will have to use the straight bar.
My main concern was that if it was as effective to use an ez-bar as a straight bar.
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11-09-2003, 09:01 AM #24Train smarter not harder
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how close is your grip?Originally posted by IamHuge34
I have a right shoulder injury which i had surgery on 2 years ago and is still not 100%....when i try close grip bench for tri's...it kills my right shoulder then im sore when chest day comes around, any suggestions/ better exercises i can do for tri's w/out hurting my shoulder...possibly the ez bar? thanksBooo
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11-09-2003, 10:08 AM #25Registered User
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EZ curlbar CG are kwel as long has you don't do heavy weight.
then it's a real hassle racking big weight.
sometimes we do EZ CURL floorpresses but you need a partner who doesn't mind doing some deadlifts."i just might fade into Bolivian" ~ MIKE TYSON
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11-09-2003, 10:18 AM #26Train smarter not harder
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you could always do floorpress in the powerrack. that's how i do itOriginally posted by ROCK CRUSHER
EZ curlbar CG are kwel as long has you don't do heavy weight.
then it's a real hassle racking big weight.
sometimes we do EZ CURL floorpresses but you need a partner who doesn't mind doing some deadlifts.Booo
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11-09-2003, 10:24 AM #27Registered User
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the EZ curlbar isn't long enough
to set on the pins in the power rack. if it where we would probably do them more often and much heavier."i just might fade into Bolivian" ~ MIKE TYSON
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11-09-2003, 10:45 AM #28Train smarter not harder
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Originally posted by ROCK CRUSHER
the EZ curlbar isn't long enough
to set on the pins in the power rack. if it where we would probably do them more often and much heavier.
no, i meant do a floorpress w/ the regular bb in the powerrackBooo
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11-09-2003, 10:52 AM #29Registered User
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do those every thursday.Originally posted by amusclehead
no, i meant do a floorpress w/ the regular bb in the powerrack
been doing reverse band floorpresses. definitely a different feel."i just might fade into Bolivian" ~ MIKE TYSON
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