The moment that someone who does not compete argues about how "functional" an exercise is, he or she has instantly proven him- or herself an idiot and someone whose advice should be ignored and...
I don't necessarily agree. Half the people on this site constantly post "ZOMG its impossible to build your chest without flat bench brah," and OP is saying he thinks that not only is flat bench not...
Riiiiiiight, because it's definitely better to keep doing an exercise that's hurting you rather than find a suitable replacement, even temporarily. It is a "compound lift" after all. What was...