The Absolute WORST Exercise For Athletes... 

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As an olympic style weightlifter I´ve been told my whole life to stay away from bench press. Now that I am a bit older and lift more recreational I´ve started to add it in my program. And frankly, I love it! Obviously it is not the most specific exercise for weightlifting and you shouldn´t overdo it as a competitive weightlifter. But for general athleticism, shoulder stability and overall upper body strength it is a great excersize. Also, the change in looks is quite nice to be honest. Adding a little bit of chest and arms to your frame makes a big difference. But what I found most surprising is how well it actually fits into my training. The thing is: Olympic weightlifting puts a lot of strain on pretty much your entire body - except your chest and arms. So whenever I am too beat up to work productively on anything else I can still do some bench press. I mean, I am literally lying down for this excersize... And I go away with a nice pump and additional training at the end. In summary: The bench press is really much better than it´s reputation. Many olympic weightlifters are downright scared of it, but they shouldn´t. You can easily add it as long as you don´t overdo it and perform with good technique.

I never understood all the hate the bench press gets compared to something like the dip

Great video coach!! Keep up the good content.

It's not the worst exercise out there but it's certainly the least necessary when it comes to the vast majority of athletes. Fortunately there are hundreds and hundreds of other things that can be done where are the bench press becomes or supplemental than crucial

Submission Grappling, BJJ, Wrestling, MMA... All sports where you might find yourself lying on your back needing to produce force...

I see this subject in at least a few of your videos, but I haven’t seen an honest assessment of the push against the bench: it’s a pushback against an unhealthy culture.

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Hahaha no dips are the squat of the upper body making the overhead press the front squat of the upper body😂😂😂

I was 173cm and 50kg, please help me to become good Olympic lifting, By the way, is that okay if I take mass protein like bodybuilder?

Over head presses anyone ? 🤔

What book and whose is book is this?

3:49 PRISON!

What about sled press?

The bench flares the elbows and rotates the humerus without even flexing the chest. I usually use a natural grip to keep the humerus in place.

I stick to close grip db press. My shoulders thank me.

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Incline Bench is the best for muscle growth.

Yo coach please would u do a Huge discount on ur program for the year please it’s too Expensive I really can’t afford that

I was always kind of surprised that after the whole steroid thing went down, that somebody didn't try and train Ben to catch a football. give him the ball and he probably could have made some touchdowns.

I will always prefer push ups to bench. More versatile, no equipment needed, but it can be loaded. But dumbbell presses are a really good way to build the chest for athletes. That's what I'd use the bench for, to build muscle mass for the chest.

Also, it makes no sense to me to just completely skip an exercise that works compound muscle groups, and that includes bench as an exercise.

Sorry, but the pullover, not the pullup, is the squat of the upper body. It is one of the only movements that substantially engages both the chest and lats, much like the squat engages the quads on the anterior side of the lower body as well as the glutes and hams in the posterior. Pullup just doesnt have this same muscle activation on both sides of the coronal plane, it's pretty much posterior only.

Merci !

Is he making videos for 10 year olds? 😅