Question on locking out

[FelixBenitez]

[FONT=&quot]I noticed some people bring the dumbells all the way up and touch them together on the lockout portion on the DB bench. I just go until my elbows are pretty much locked out all the way or all the way. How do you do it? Does one have a benefit over the other?[/FONT]
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[stevesmi]

touching them will engage the interior portion of your pecs. just make sure you touch and squeeze and not use gravity and momentum on the way down

 

[P0N]

I generally lock everyone out unless I'm in the mood for lower weight very high rep sets

 

[RickRock13]

It also depends on the size of the dumbbell. The 120s and 130s I use are damn big so theres no way they arent going to touch at the top of the movement

With smaller dbs you have more range

 

[SteveMobsterG]

I noticed some people bring the dumbells all the way up and touch them together on the lockout portion on the DB bench. I just go until my elbows are pretty much locked out all the way or all the way. How do you do it? Does one have a benefit over the other?

You tell us. Do you have good development cos of what you do?

 

[cbbram]

I do the effective range of motion and that's it. The rest is a waste of energy.