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Originally Posted by KPowers
Do you use a spotter for decline benching? I recently decided to stop doing decline barbell work. My fear is that if I fail a rep or if some catastrophe happens, instead of the bar being pinned to my chest it's going to be pinned to my throat. Stay safe good sire.
To be honest with you, I completely understand where you are coming from. I have had this fear of getting weight stuck on my chest/upper body for some time. Unlike any other bench press, it is quite hard for me to mentally know where I stand rep wise. What I mean is, how many reps do I think I have left. All other benching even incline benching I know easily but decline is the only one where I'll experience this sudden lost of energy then bam- I feel as though the hodgetwins are behind me shaking their heads saying facking snap city.
Luckily for me, I only do decline bench on my hypertrophy days so it's light weight. Not really a real concern of mine because I could wait a minute then re rack the bar easily.