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 question on benching form!!!!!!!!!
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al kessel Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 39) |
posted April 03, 2000 02:48 PM
  
hey if i benched for say a month as wide a grip as possible on the bench and work with high weight in the 6-8 rep range will i be a lot stronger when i go back to my normal grip after 1 month??? thanks IP: Logged |
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Mudworx Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 83) |
posted April 03, 2000 03:49 PM
Possibly. It is always good to vary your basic power movements even slightly to shock the body into grwoth. Wide-grip bench works the outer chest well so you should see some development in that area if nothing else. IP: Logged |
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matty Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 123) |
posted April 03, 2000 05:11 PM
do decline flys work the outer chest? i read that they do in arnold S. book on modern bodybuilding... does anybody do this exercize? and what are the results? ------------------ IP: Logged |
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onlythestrong Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 104) |
posted April 03, 2000 11:12 PM
The wider the range of motion the greater amount of your chest is hit. DB allows for a wide range of motion so your outer chest will get hit IP: Logged |
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WCP Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 525) |
posted April 04, 2000 12:36 PM
I agree with onlythestrong. Use DB for wider ranges of motion on flat presses. Using a BB, you can vay your width a bit..but not too far. Doing that will put uneeded strees on your joints due to your arms being locked into position. Later, WCP ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Grip Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 18) |
posted April 04, 2000 03:56 PM
Wide grip benches can stress the a/c joint. You are better off slightly increasing grip width like 1/4'' per week and then coming back in. Go on the floor and do a push up. Measure distance between thumbs to realize optimal grip width. Do not vary much from this. I bench over 600 lbs. with a relatively narrow width. I utilize a lot of tricep without putting undo stress on my shoulders. You fuck up your shoulders, you can kiss a big bench goodbye. IP: Logged |
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Seitz Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 8) |
posted April 04, 2000 09:32 PM
You might try warming up with a wider grip and is the weight goes up you go back to your normal grip. By doing this your not going to strain the joint by mass weight but yet work on strengthing your pecks in a wider range of motion ------------------ IP: Logged |
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