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Originally Posted by cha59
bench - your setup is pretty loose. Tightening that up, getting your weight more up on your neck and upper traps and pulling your shoulder blades in and down will help the shoulders feel better when you bench.
Have you watched this series? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHx1...D8B0C3BFDB82F2
If you haven't seen it in over a month or so, watch it again. You'll likely notice things you missed before.
Here's a good, short video on setting up by someone who's a lot better bencher than Tate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGCZ7laofvg
Thanks for the tips. I had a feeling I was not setting up properly with my traps. The second video posted helped with that. BTW nice cameo in the background. I tried using that set up for my workout yesterday but I don't have the mobility to be up on my toes. Plus, I can't seem to get any decent leg drive in that position. I watched the other video about using the same set up, but having flat feet. The guy said moving your feet out will not result in a loss of tightness. I will have to give that a shot.
It has been a while since I watched SYTYCB. It had a lot of answers to questions I was having, especially regarding when to squeeze the bar apart.
5/30/17
BB rows: 147.5x5,5,9
Bench press: 165x5,5,7
Chin-ups: 7,7,6
Dips: 8,8,7
5/31/17
Planks
Side planks
Burpees: 3 sets x 15, each set under 45 sec.
Finally, no pain upon unpacking or reracking the bar when benching. I still have a problem shrugging my right shoulder when the weight gets heavy. I try to cue myself to keep my shoulder blades back and down, but some other causes me to forget. I just need to make that cue the top priority.
On another note, I recently did the 30/30 squat challenge. It involved sitting in the bottom of a squat 30 minutes a day for 30 days. Based on what people said online, I thought it would help with hip mobility. For me, the challenge did not feel like it had much benefit. Sitting for the 30 minutes was no easier the 30th day than the first day. It is the sort of thing that makes wonder if static stretching is less beneficial for mobility than dynamic stretching/just doing the damn movement.