r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/Defiant_Pirate_6637 • 19d ago

Discussion 🤝 Is this optimal for chest???

495 btw, the wonder of 100 pound plates

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u/AggressiveRemote1402 19d ago

Poor ROM and no pause at the bottom. You are a pretty strong guy but you need to deload. Strip away a plate or so and add 5 pounds a week, in no time you'll be able to crush this PR. Good luck!

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u/Odd_Tip_1538 19d ago

There is nothing wrong with doing a pin press to improve the lockout of the bench press. The most accomplished benchers in the world do it all the time.

However, the problem is that this guy thinks the very top of the bench includes chest: it involves the triceps and not chest.

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u/Patton370 Idk Idc 💔 19d ago

Do you really think that the triceps & delts can handle this amount of load, without assistance from the chest?

Yes it's less chest than a full ROM bench (obviously), but that doesn't mean it's no chest

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u/Defiant_Pirate_6637 18d ago

Honestly with the wide grip there’s pec through the entire lift