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Retracting shoulders on bench?? 2017-08-30 04:07:42 Post No.
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So I look like shit but I actually have a very decent bench, I can bench 225 for 3 reps all the way down touch chest and back up. I'm a 160lbs fatty.
But my chest looks like shit? Today I tried retracting my shoulders while benching 4 the first time ever and couldn't even get 10 reps of 150
>tfw you thought u strong but your shoulders were benching the weight the whole time
Is this why powerlifters look like shit?
I thought my form was okay, when i bench heavy I touch my chest and stuff but apparently my shoulders have been doing everything? If i continue retracting my scapula in my workouts am I about to make very good chest gains?
Anyone else have this?
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>>42682269
Show your dick
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Not bait btw, literally can rep 200-225lbs 3-5 eaaasily. But today for the first time I retracted and the weights I could handle dropped drastically.. tbf I never do high reps and today was a lot of volume but by my third working set I had to drop downwards of 135lbs just to reach my desired 8reps???????????
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>>42682269
for about the first year of training i didnt retract my shoulders and my shoulders would do a lot of the work. i slowly changed my form but i retract my shoulders now and can bench 3pl8. when you start using heavier weights its important to keep your shoulders safe which is why you should start doing it
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>>42682330
Will i get more chest gains?
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>>42682290
Okay
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>>42682269
Nice bitch tits
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>>42682535
I jacked off to this chick getting plowed by niggers with horse-sized dicks.
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How do you keep those shoulders retracted on the upward motion of the exercise?
My shoulder blades always separate close to the peak of the rep.
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>>42682269
Powerlifters look like shit because we don't do much for our pec minor. Do additional work on that if you want an aesthetic chest, all things else the same
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>>42682591
Anyone?
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>>42682599
Powerlifters look like shit because they let themselves get fat
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>>42682704
Kind of but that's only half the story. People lifting for aesthetics usually throw more inline bench in where that's not really a staple for a pl routine
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>>42682547
Source?
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>>42682269
>But my chest looks like shit
I guarantee you that if you had spent the time building your bb bench to 225 and instead did dumbbell bench your chest would look much better and more aesthetic
If you're going for looks db bench incline and flat all the way
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>>42682944
OP here I actually only bench dumbbells
:/
I can put up 225 on a bar easy, but only bench bar once in a blue moon, my db bench max is 90kg (two 40kg dbs) for 5ish reps.
Although they are very poor ones, I can get good form with 85kg for around 5rrpd tho.
But retracting my shoulders yesteeday literally made me lose so much strength I couldn't get more than 7 with 35kg dbs!
Also my upper chest is more sore than usual 2day
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>>42684728
Two 45kg dbs* (90kg) or 200lbs? Ish
So :/ I wish u were right. I bench flat for 3/5 sets + warm up and then incline for the same
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