anybody do these?
where do you feel the pump?
what is your take on the study below?
Reverse-Grip Bench Press:
Most trainees perform reverse-grip bench presses to hit their triceps. Yet in a 2005 study, scientists at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (Toronto) discovered that in 12 trained men, the reverse-grip bench press increased muscle activity of the upper pecs by almost 30% compared to the regular bench press (using an overhand grip).
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Thread: reverse grip bench?
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04-20-2009, 05:46 AM #1
reverse grip bench?
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04-20-2009, 05:48 AM #2
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04-20-2009, 05:49 AM #3
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04-20-2009, 06:32 AM #4
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Unless I've got a smith machine or power rack I've seen too many nasty bench press vids to be comfortable with a suicide grip. A modified pushup (turn hands out/back and place them by your hips) or essentially a planche press can acheive the same results.
Still, I agree... awesome exercise for tris, although I've never noticed serious upper pec activation.ACSM Certified Personal Trainer
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04-20-2009, 06:42 AM #5
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04-20-2009, 07:14 AM #6
I do these during my arms day. You use the reverse grip and elbows as close as possible.
You feel it more on the triceps.
I don't know about this study. I really don't think it increases the muscle activity of the upper pecs by almost 30% comparing the regular bench press.★cVc★
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04-20-2009, 09:14 AM #7
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04-20-2009, 09:30 AM #8
I don't do them. Besides the fact my shoulders and wrists don't like them, they just feel awkward. IMO, regular close-grip bench, French presses, skullcrushers, and/or heavy dips will all build big tri's more efficiently.
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04-20-2009, 10:37 AM #9
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04-20-2009, 10:43 AM #10
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Doesn't make much sense to me how the hell you'd get better upper chest activation from this. Take a dumbell press for example. When you twist your hands in like that, you increase lower chest activation. Twisting them out is what actually hits the upper chest more. I get a kick out of people doing inclince db press twisting their hands in. Give it a try twisting the other way...just a little at the top.
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