[quote]HeavyTriple wrote:
As much as I like Dave Tate and appreciate his instruction, I’m not sure his advice on the bench press applies to the average raw bencher. Tucking the elbows to the degree he recommends has never worked for me or anyone I know that benches raw, but rather would be more beneficial to a geared lifter.
Plus, a lot of his older videos preach against benching in an arc, which I think is just silly. Abbreviated version: if you want advice on raw benching, get it from raw benchers.[/quote]
I don’t find that to be true at all. My bench went up pretty quick when I adjusted my technique to match what Dave says in that video plus the “So you think you can bench” series that he did. As a bonus for me personally, my shoulder pain stopped as well.