Bench Press 90 Degrees
90 degrees or touch your chest when you guys do bench press do you make the bar touch your chest or do you drop your arms to the point where they make a 90 degree angle.
Bench press 90 degrees. Touch chest vs go until 90 degrees bench press. With the humerus parallel to the ground in the shoulder press the elbow should form a 90 degree angle. I hear a million conflicting reports on this. Dumbbell bench press 90 degrees.
Research shows that the correct angle of the incline bench press should be 30 degrees from flat to target the upper chest. Touch chest vs go until 90 degrees bench press. I used to only go to 90 degrees but then i learned the correct form for bench press and can now touch my chest without any discomfort other than that of holding more than i weigh in my hands 07 18 2010 07 20 pm 12. I m honestly just a young curious individual who is concerned over my health.
Throughout the dumbbell shoulder press the wrist fist must remain directly above the elbow. The bottom portion of the bench press is where your pecs are most heavily activated. If you don t touch the bar to your chest you re cheating your pecs out of a lot of good work. I personally believe touching your chest however i know a lot of other guys that just stop at 90.
Get your shoulders pulled back mildly arch the back and pull. What is the benefit of each type of technique. Don t listen to generic cues that say to keep a flat back on the bench the knees at 90 degrees and a shortened range of motion. Arms at 90 degrees or touch the chest on bench press.
Research shows an angled incline bench of 28 9 degrees places most of the stress on the clavicular portion of the pectoralis major. 08 18 2009 05 33 am 2. Arms at 90 degrees or touch the chest on bench press. Sure it s the most difficult portion of the lift.
Just in case you are asking about an incline dumbbell chest press. What i have seen is people when doing db bench presses either go all the way down to the point where the db is touching their shoulders or they stop so their arms are making a 90 degree angle.