Amazing video! I was struggling a lot with the scenario you described- soft elbows and periodically pec minor pain. Now I know the mechanism. Super greatful 🙏
Wow I am so happy I stumbled upon this video! Really puts things into perspective, I always thought I "needed" to follow a certain bench press variation even though it was uncomfortable to me! Thank you again.
Forgive me if this was covered in the video, I usually watch these in parts. I have a questions regarding tempo bench that I would love to pick your brains on. Do you think that a bench with a long pause on the chest has similar utility to a slow eccentric on the bench? Obviously these can be stacked and aren't too dissimilar but I'm interested in your thoughts on the different uses here. Great video, many thanks
Good question and I don't cover that. But I do not consider long pause work and tempo to be the same thing. They do cross over in some areas in regards to pause control, but I would say I am not a huge fan of long pause work. I'll program 2 ct pauses, which really would be the standard pause length for most national level competitors. But the common 3 second pause variation isn't my favorite.
Thanks I was wondering if I wasnt getting enough out of leg drive, since alot of people I know can comp bench atleast 10kg more than they can Larsen press.
For a single, probably a bit of overkill. I would program a tempo 2ct pause, which 2ct mimics more of a National level pause length. But not sure I'd do tempo to 3 second pause.
haha ya, I realized a video every 2 weeks wasn't going to be sustainable, so probably every 3-4 weeks now. Deadlift should be coming early January, then after that I've got a fun series incoming on programming!
