When you moved your hand in the video for close grip is my normal grip benching with pinky fingers on the ring. One hand closer in is a true “close grip“ bench press for the rest of us mere mortals 😂. Love your videos, Dave. Keep pouring out the great content and knowledge.
My problem with feet-up/larsen press is that it makes me tighten up my back so much that I get light-headed lol. It's the only excercise where that always happens
When pausing that long how much weight do you keep on your "arms" vs resting on your chest? Just trial and error? Im a bit inconsistent with that in long pauses, sometimes i feel like i let go of the bar too much and im basically resting at the pause lol.
This is why David mentioned feet up bench. It pretty much addresses that question on the individual level perfectly, and I'm guessing that question isn't something that David can even quantify with like, a percentage
Yea like the other commenter said, that is pretty much exactly what I talked about in the feet up portion of the video. But also my videos on leg drive and sinking bench can add some extra context.
@@BrazosValleyStrength maybe, but i also i used to have a super narrow cheap bench that was pretty shaky and felt like i was going to fall to the sides at any moment lol. Now i have a proper comp specs bench so ill give it another go. Thanks
I thought so also, but i just wasnt arching well enough to make wide grip viable. Also my upper back was not cued to be tight enough. Close grip is still nearby in weight but wide feels a bit easier now
