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posted by regg

i have a couple of questions
When you are benching do u fully extend your arms on the way up or only half way?

Also how much pounds is the bar only?
Right now i could bench { kind of embarrassed to say} about 70 how can i conduct my reps so that i can increase the wieght?

posted by brsett

All the way down (touch the chest), and all the way up.

I've heard arguments to do partial reps, they never made sense to me.

Olympic bars (the most frequently seen bar in a gym) are 45lbs.

posted by Dex

its how it feels on you. i stop at about 1 inch above my chest cuz any lower makes my shoulders pop

posted by John H

i have to keep it a little higher than that because i dislocated my shoulder 5 years ago and it is liable to pop too. but you should be pushing the bar all the way to the top.

posted by illsniggles

90 degrees, should be ample.

posted by Stricken

thats gotta be the first decently logical post hes made...

posted by Stricken

umm..my bad...was thinkin hes was theRealone for some reason...sry dude

posted by brsett

Something I notice people do in the gym that I think may cause shoulder problems is bring the bar down too high onto the chest.

If I bring the bar down to my nipples/lower pec, I don't have any shoulder issues. Obviously, everyone is a little different. Certainly I can handle more weight if I only bring the bar down halfway (I'm 6'3", so my long arms are not so great for the benchpress).

posted by regg

you mean too high on the uppper chest

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