Troubleshooting Your Bench Press
The bench press is a very popular lift for building strength and size. It’s often viewed as being simple, but there are complexities to the lift that can lead to mistakes. The main areas of focus are range of motion, bar touchdown, bar path, grip positioning, stance set up, and bar speed. If you are having problems progressing in your bench press, it would be best to add in accessory work (in additional to doing your bench press) depending on which area the weakness is showing up.
Are full range of motion or lengthened partials better for building muscle and strength?
Full range of motion and partials are two methods for varying your lifting, which involve manipulating the distance that you move the weight. Research generally showed that full range of motion is better than partials, but recent research has started to change on this subject. Recently, the training of “lengthened partials” came around, and shows us that actually, partials may sometimes be better than full range of motion.