[quote]S.Fisher_47 wrote:
I recently gave suicide grip on bench a more objective try. It made it easier to lift weight and I didn’t feel like it was stressing my shoulders either. I was playing with floor press and an empty bar comparing suicide and full grip and it appeared that suicide made the rom shorter. Any similar experiences?[/quote]
I use a thumbed grip for regular bar pressing, but go thumbless for close-grip and all machine pressing work. **I also prefer a thumbless grip while squatting and most back work w/straps.
[quote]anonymous_burn wrote:
Once in a while a story crops up about a guy who was benching thumbless and dropped the bar on their neck and almost died and that’s enough for me. I typically bench without a spotter though, I imagine it’s different if you have one.[/quote]
I’ve seen countless videos of people benching with a full grip and dropping it on their neck. So I guess the solution is to quit benching?[/quote]
Spotters rarely react fast enough to eliminate danger (in these types of incidents) this is because of the time the bar needs to drop the very short distance to your chest.
I started using thumbless on bench when I reduced grip width. I have always felt more comfortable using thumbless for other exercises: BB rows (though not DBs) chins & pulldowns, O/H BB press, low pulley row- they all seem more comfortable.
[quote]anonymous_burn wrote:
Once in a while a story crops up about a guy who was benching thumbless and dropped the bar on their neck and almost died and that’s enough for me. I typically bench without a spotter though, I imagine it’s different if you have one.[/quote]
I’ve seen countless videos of people benching with a full grip and dropping it on their neck. So I guess the solution is to quit benching?[/quote]
Spotters rarely react fast enough to eliminate danger (in these types of incidents) this is because of the time the bar needs to drop the very short distance to your chest.
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Which is why it’s imperative (and the case in competitions, at least the ones I participated in) to have a spotter on each side of the bar ready to catch it in case of fail.