why illegal wides for raw benchers ??

[GRIMMER]

I believe it is because using a wider grip will put more emphasis on your chest rather than your tris. And since you are benching raw and do not have a shirt to help get the bar moving off the chest this will help the bottom of your bench.

 

[rjl296]

what happened to my post ??
thanks for the answer. the original question was :
why illegal wides ? : it seems this would decrease the ROM, when you would want to increase it. Any thoughts ?

 

[Tiervexx]

they help raw benchpressers get the bar off the chest, good way to help the rest of you ceach-up to your strong tris

if you use a shirt they lose most of their value. And if tris are your week point then they are almost totaly worthless even for a raw bencher.

 

[clint]

they shorten the stroke and stregnthen the pecs and delts

clint

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