Training with Pain.

[wend]

Yay! I'm glad to see the responses that Anya got. I was thinking she should listen to the pain (I'd just been reading about improper bench form causing permanent shoulder damage...) but didn't think I knew enough to say anything. Good luck with your rehab, Anya!

 

[spatts]

Have you ever seen our video of the chest isolated bench vs a more compound bench?

http://www.asylum-strength.com/videos/benchcompare.wmv

 

[RottenWillow]

The second video looks like your benching off your belly!

 

[wend]

Cool! Thanks.

The book I was reading is Stuart McRobert's The Insider's Tell-All Handbook on Weight-Training Technique. The form he says never to do is bringing the bar almost to the throat. He also cautions against arching the spine overmuch, and says the proper width of your grip is one that keeps the forearms verticle.

 

[spatts]

The second video looks like your benching off your belly!

Good.

 

[PBR]

thanks much Spatts!!!! karma.......

 

[Buffy Beffy]

I'm one to train through pain like crazy, but the last time I did this, I caused myself a stress fracture. Just be careful.

 

[anya_redux]

There is definitely less pain when I tried the resistance from underneath test last night. Still dialed back on the bench poundage a bit to speed recovery.

Thanks to Spattisimus Dorsi.

 

[spatts]

I prefer Spattus Erectus.

 

[anya_redux]

Also a good one, but its your rhombs and lats I would slap my mama for.