Bench Press Cue to Increase Back Tightness

Bench Press Cue to Increase Back Tightness

💥 BACK TIGHTNESS 💥
 
 
Keeping back tightness and being able to really load the bench press really comes down to scapular depression and your ability to maintain the position throughout the bench press.
 
 
 
 
 
The 🔑 component is to keep the position we started off with in our setup where we tried to create maximal tension and maintain that throughout the movement. If we lose our scapular position and let our shoulder blades creep upwards you’re also going to lose out on back tightness and overall positioning.
 
 
 
 
 
We want to pinch the shoulder blades together and rotate them downwards. If there’s a side of the bench you can grab onto to really jam yourself into position it can be a huge help. By driving your shoulder blades to the hips and constantly trying to keep tension in that position you’ll be able to maintain tightness throughout the movement.
 
 
 
 
 
If you let off the tension and lose that scapular depression that’s when your shoulders start to creep up and you start to lose that back tightness. From there it’s difficult to impossible to try to regain that tightness and depression without having to setup all over again.
 
 
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