The Grip on the Bench Press

[Rameez Butt]

I have been training for the last months all my body parts were increasing steadly but there was one muscle i was not gainig that was chest...
yesterday i changed my grip on the bench press and what i saw was increase in the weights and also i felt the chest been worked before i used the standard grip now i use this kind of grip

Does anybody else used this grip? if not then i think u should use it it realy works... btw i have heard that this grip is not suitable but still who cares if it works for u rite?

[milo]

Your thumb position has nothing to do with weight increases or hitting your chest harder. Hitting your chest has more to do with how wide your grip is, as well as where you come down on your chest.

Try some dumbells.

[Magnus89]

btw i have heard that this grip is not suitable but still who cares if it works for u rite?

yeah, who cares if the 250 lbs barbell will roll from your hands and smash your chest

[No_Really__Im_God]

The movement of the humerus is what stimulates the chest so try to find grip where you maximize the amount of movement the humerus(upper arm) makes.

[thepopo]

The grip totally affects where the weight is being handled, so different grips = different parts of the muscle.

It all depends on how much you want to work chest. Close grip will hit your tris harder and inner chest hardest, while wide grip will hit outter chest hard. Regular grip is a balance. Use a combination of all three for a good chest/tri day (in addition to a few more exercises, of course, such as skullcrushers, tri pulldowns, and db presses).

[SteScott]

The reason that you shouldnt use that grip is because one slip and the bar will land on your face, because you dont have your thumbs under it.

[SemiShred]

wherever your grip is the strongest, thats where to put your hands

[Sir Benchalot]

I was taught to grip the bar with a thumbless grip

My coach said, "Don't worry. It won't fall off"

Then my high school coach said "That's stupid and dangeorus. I've seen people who use that grip that have it roll off and hit their chest"

So I stopped doing it

[jobe]

Just use what ever is most comfortable for you, i use thumbless grip and i have never had a problem. Probably more chance of me messing up and gettin stuck under the bar if i changed my grip

[nayrb182]

The grip totally affects where the weight is being handled, so different grips = different parts of the muscle.

It all depends on how much you want to work chest. Close grip will hit your tris harder and inner chest hardest, while wide grip will hit outter chest hard. Regular grip is a balance. Use a combination of all three for a good chest/tri day (in addition to a few more exercises, of course, such as skullcrushers, tri pulldowns, and db presses).

he's talking about using the 'suicide' grip

[Rameez Butt]

From my observation when i use that thumbless grip my hands are more like bent and that hit my chest more and when i do that grip with the thumb my hand and wrist fall in the same direction in a straight line while on the thumb less grip the hands are 90 degre from my wrist