Of the following handspacing which is the one that is generally considered best for normal bench pressing: 16 inches between hands, 25 inches between hands or 29 inches between hands.
Do people consider 16 inch hand spacing to be approaching close grip bench press? At what level handspacing in inches do people consider it wide grip or close grip bench press?
|
|
Results 1 to 16 of 16
Thread: Bench Press Hand Spacing
-
12-29-2002, 09:14 PM #1Registered User
- Join Date: Jul 2002
- Posts: 795
- Rep Power: 571
Bench Press Hand Spacing
-
12-29-2002, 09:23 PM #2Registered User
- Join Date: Oct 2002
- Location: Pennsylvania
- Age: 37
- Posts: 867
- Rep Power: 262
Is this a trivia question?
2005 PIAA Track & Field State Championships - Lane 4, here I come.
Go Eagles!
-
12-29-2002, 09:26 PM #3Registered User
- Join Date: Jul 2002
- Posts: 795
- Rep Power: 571
Those are the measurements I got using the factory provided marker points. Just curious what hand spacing people use.
16 inches is between the first marker, 25 is with the hands half way between the second marked area and 29 inches is with the hand positioned against the ring which is the farthest away marker.
-
12-29-2002, 09:28 PM #4Registered User
- Join Date: Nov 2002
- Location: at your girl's crib
- Posts: 1,385
- Rep Power: 1343
depends on how long your arms are
"i just might fade into Bolivian" ~ MIKE TYSON
-
-
12-29-2002, 09:29 PM #5Registered User
- Join Date: Jul 2002
- Posts: 795
- Rep Power: 571
Rock what hand spacing do you use or consider normal hand spacing.
-
12-29-2002, 09:33 PM #6Registered User
- Join Date: Oct 2002
- Location: Pennsylvania
- Age: 37
- Posts: 867
- Rep Power: 262
Well, without a measuring device available at this very moment, I would say my grip is around 21". Just slightly more than my shoulder width. Again, this is for a normal bench press.
2005 PIAA Track & Field State Championships - Lane 4, here I come.
Go Eagles!
-
12-29-2002, 09:44 PM #7Registered User
- Join Date: Nov 2002
- Location: at your girl's crib
- Posts: 1,385
- Rep Power: 1343
never measured
just use the one that's strongest
your not a powerlifter
take 135 see what grip gets the most reps...2ins can make a big difference."i just might fade into Bolivian" ~ MIKE TYSON
-
12-29-2002, 10:07 PM #8Registered User
- Join Date: Dec 2002
- Posts: 235
- Rep Power: 262
Use the grip that makes your forearms vertical when your arms are at a 90 degree angle. Any wider works more outer pecs, any closer works more inner pecs and tris.
-
-
12-29-2002, 10:39 PM #9Registered User
- Join Date: Jul 2002
- Location: Orlando, Florida, United States
- Age: 43
- Posts: 213
- Rep Power: 266
Use what is comfortable
Obviously a super-wide grip is gonna use more shoulders and a Narrow grip is gonna use more Tricep, but you should use the grip that feels most comfortable for you in-between those two extremes.
Once a man finds purpose, he is no longer a man without a path. He is no longer lost in his own decision-making, for he has put his trust in what he knows he was created to be.
-
12-29-2002, 11:05 PM #10Registered User
- Join Date: Jul 2002
- Posts: 795
- Rep Power: 571
I really wanted measurements in inches as Aetolos estimated for me. What quantifies as wide vs narrow? Is 16 inch hand spacing considered approaching narrow grip bench press?
-
12-30-2002, 06:50 AM #11Registered User
- Join Date: Nov 2002
- Location: at your girl's crib
- Posts: 1,385
- Rep Power: 1343
DAMN!
I have 2 narrow grips. there's a reason for 2.
1 inch from the smooth/2 fingers on the smooth.
1 wide- pinkies on the rings.
my strong is in between my wide/wide narrow.
DONT BE SO ANAL ABOUT NUMBERS!
it's how it feel that counts"i just might fade into Bolivian" ~ MIKE TYSON
-
12-30-2002, 08:23 AM #12Registered User
- Join Date: Dec 2002
- Posts: 235
- Rep Power: 262
different people's numbers will be different due to chest width.
-
-
12-30-2002, 08:41 AM #13Registered User
- Join Date: Mar 2002
- Location: Canada
- Posts: 2,293
- Rep Power: 5335
Have some one go behind you with the bar on your chest your forearms should be straight this is the best hand position for you.
-
12-30-2002, 02:36 PM #14Registered User
- Join Date: Dec 2002
- Location: 400k's west of dingo woop woop
- Age: 48
- Posts: 34
- Rep Power: 0
I have my arm spacing so that my forearms are vertical at the 90' elbow bend mark.
I also find that the best position to have the bar lowered to is the base of the neck, rather than mid chest like I see most people do. I do that for both incline and flat bench.
My biggest problem is that I have no inner pec, but I think this is genetic. The way I see it, muscle fibers are like string, if you pull one end of the string, then the other end moves along with it (assuming it's taut).
Please fault me if I'm wrong in that assumption, but I can only think that you can train either upper chest or lower chest and also the outer chest due to the delt-pec tie in.
Could also be that I've got manboobs - so probably some fat loss would help in that regard (getting there, another 30-35lbs to go - lost about 72lbs already).
-
12-30-2002, 02:50 PM #15Registered User
- Join Date: Nov 2002
- Location: at your girl's crib
- Posts: 1,385
- Rep Power: 1343
if your bring the bar too the base of your neck you have an wiiide grip. i do those sometime for upper/outer chest it feels different than incline. it can be HARD on your rotator.
this not the best bench technique by far because it takes out the tri's."i just might fade into Bolivian" ~ MIKE TYSON
-
12-30-2002, 03:45 PM #16Registered User
- Join Date: Dec 2002
- Location: 400k's west of dingo woop woop
- Age: 48
- Posts: 34
- Rep Power: 0
I've actually suffered a few rotator cuff injuries in the past.
twice in car accidents - don't go over big bumps in dirt roads in the back a ute - you may find yourself wrapped around a tree!
After rehabbing my shoulders with lots of stretching and light movements for a few weeks after injury, making sure no scar tissue is building up, I don't generally find my shoulders hurting at all doing any form of bench press.
Only time I did my rotator cuff at the gym, I got someone to spot me doing behind the neck shoulder presses and he stuffed up and buggered my right shoulder.
It's not a wide grip though, it's just the way you bring your elbows down. I see a lot of people having a wide grip and then bringing the elbows in towards their bodies.
I tend to bring my elbows slightly back. More often than not, if I catch myself doing that I try and bring them straight down.
Bookmarks