Supinated Bench Press
Chest back arms shoulders legs or if you have a strength specific goal competitive powerlifting.
Supinated bench press. You can also use a bar with a supinated grip usually called reverse grip bench. Whether you press them in an arc or not is up to you based on what s comfortable. This can lead to missed reps a decline in strength and interfere with other lifts. December 14 2015 5 25pm 1.
Michael april 30 2013 at 10 04 am. I read in another article that the supinated bench press actually calls something like 40 more fibers into play in the upper part of the pectoral muscle and is therefore a better chest development exercise than benching with a pronated grip. Either way your elbows should be tucked in and at your sides and you should bring the dbs or bar down to your lower chest upper abs. Spotting especially on the bench press.
Has anyone tried benching with a supinated grip. Doing them on the arms day of 5 day split programmed. It is generally easier on the shoulder joints and increases the emphasis on the triceps. Reverse grip bench press which builds a bigger upper chest.
I personally press straight up. December 14 2015 5 25pm 2. If you look at pictures of the barbarian brothers you can see the difference it makes in chest development. Palms facing you think it would be more mechanically advantageous.
Press the bar back up to the start position in a slight backward arc without letting your elbows flare out. Traditional and sumo deadlifts. Supinated grip cable chest press bodybuilders work on the upper chests with low flyes which is the right idea but puts too much torque on the shoulder and not enough pressure on the chest. However there s a viable yet often misunderstood alternative.
Lying on a flat bench grasp the bar with a supinated reverse grip hands shoulder width apart and thumbs around the bar. Reverse grip bench press this variation is performed with a supinated grip palms facing you. The conventional bench press is notorious for contributing to shoulder pain elbow pain wrist pain and even forearm pain. The only circumstances in which pronated bench press surpasses supinated bench press in terms of effectiveness are as a triceps exercise performed with a narrow grip ideally on a day where you are hitting chest supplementally e g.
The supinated grip chest press is one of the best ways to focus on the clavicular portion of the chest while maintaining shoulder integrity. Incline barbell bench press vs.