Wtf is wrong with my flat bench?

>>40768818

Two possible things.

1. You're massively tricep/shoulder dominant and it shows in a shit bench
2. Your bench form is seriously inefficient compared to your incline form.

There's other possibilities but those are the two I'd say are most likely.

>>40768823
He's also probably using way more legs than he should be in incline

>>40768823
I guess I am shoulder/tricep dominate but on dumbbells my flat is stronger than my incline. When I do flat my shoulders fuckin ache just going half way down with 155 yet it feels smooth going 185 down to chest on incline.

>>40768828

That mostly comes under point 2 - if he's leg driving like a motherfucker on both, the disparity gets swallowed up pretty fast. It's only if he's doing it on one and not the other that the numbers will get weird.

>>40768841

That says technical issue. Might be grip width, might be lack of arch/tightness, might be bar path. Might simply be banged up shoulders but probably not. Hard to say for sure without seeing them both.

>>40768818
I have the same problem, how tall are you? I'm 6'2"

>>40768857
When I flat bench with dumbbells I feel comfortable but the dumbbells are slightly tilted and I close them in at the top, with barbel I can't do all that and it feels like my shoulders are in a fixed uncomfortable position.
>>40768886
I am 5'10 so my arms aren't as long.

>>40768930
There is literally no benefit from barbell over dumbbell. Dumbbells give you a better range of motion and don't restrict your shoulders. Barbells are for "muh PRs". You don't see bodybuilders putting up 250LB dumbbells in each hand, but they can easily get 510 some how

>>40768930

Talk us through your bench. How wide is your grip? Where does the bar touch? Do you have your shoulderblades pulled back and how much of an arch do you have?

>>40768947
>Middle finger on ring
>Eyes aligned to bar, touches right above nips.
>Shoulder blades initially pulled back but I find it hard to keep them that way on flat or I feel like a T-Rex.
>Can fit a hand under my back.

>>40768976

Try bringing your grip in (a lot of lankier or injury-prone guys bench a thumbs length out from the smooth) and/or touching lower, more around the bottom of the pecs. And make sure your shoulders stay back. Pause between reps if that's what it takes to reset them.

You don't need to bench. But if you're going to do it, find a method that doesn't bloody hurt.

>>40768818
If you want serious feedback offer something tangible like a webm