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bignate73 said:spatt's crowbar explanation worked well for me.
DOM explained it very well. The crowbar explanation works for me as well..but thats since I have a fairly good understanding of it to begin with.
Actually the way I like to describe it is as a CONTROLLED SHOVE. For the football players or fans of the board...think of a lineman firing off the ball....both hands firing into the body of the opposing player. Benching is just doing this while lying on a bench. This is one of the reason that football coaches tell linemen to keep there arms tucked into their body....instead of letting them get out wide...they can generate more force. Which is exactly what we are lookin for in the bench press.
