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Too big, too small,l just right?

  • 02-11-2010 10:44pm
    #1
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭


    I'm wondering what's the ideal width of a bench. Up to now I was using quite a narrow flat bench and I found I was sliding off the thing when the weight got heavy (for me). So I switched to the other bench press and now I found it's much wider, alot more stable mind, but my ROM is affected a little when flat.


    Is there a 'legal' width in comps? Do people prefer a wider or thinner piece of wood behind their shoulder blades?


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  • #2
    kevpants
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    The thicker and flatter the better. If you're squeezing your shoulder blades together they should become flat and the most stable base for them would be a totally flat bench which is wide enough so you can't rock back and forth.


  • #3
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    Probably a matter of getting used to it. Sticking with the wider one so.


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