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💥 SHIRT POSITIONING💥

Equipped benching can be incredibly frustrating and rewarding. If you’re having trouble touching or finding a proper groove then adjusting how you wear your bench shirt can be one of the missing pieces you need for bench press success

💥 BENCH PRIMING 💥

One of the easiest and most effective ways to set yourself up for a bigger bench press is to prime your body for the press. Priming is just another way of saying a targeted warmup that gets your body ready for a movement. Today I’ll show you my NEW favorite movement which I call the Big Ben Hold, and all you need is a band of moderate to heavy resistance and a place to hook them up!

 AVOID INJURY  

The best way to stay injury free is to be proactive. The bench press when done poorly can cause all types of issues from shoulder to low back pain and everything in between but it doesn’t have to be this way. These are the top 3 faults and fixes lifters can use to help stay injury free on the bench press. 

 EMPTY BAR DRILL 

The empty bar drill is a great tool to teach and find out leg drive faults on the bench press. Leg drive on the bench press should be horizontal not vertical. We want to work to push ourselves off towards the head of the pad, If we’re doing this correctly with an empty bar. 

💥 DEAD PRESS💥

The dead press is a great strength builder that can be used as an accessory type movement for lifters. But did you know that it is also a great tool that you can use to find out your perfect bench press touch point?