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Well it's weird because reading everywhere - everybody recommended a wider stance on the bar if you have shoulder/pec/whatever flexibility issues using the low bar. So I tried it and it was worse. My elbows hurted much more and wrists much more, so I switched to an even narrower grip than usual. That worked wonders.
Don't know what's up with that. I think the traps just contracted better and there was less "arm load" or support of the bar.
Yeah my explosiveness just exponentially lowers with weight added. For example, with an empty bar I get so high... yet with 30 kg I don't get high at all. Same with snatches. With an empty bar I do them explosive enough. Give me 30 kg and it's all shoulders, non explosive etc. It's annoying and I can't find a logical reason for that.
lmfao
For as long as I can remember every time I started to get really strong on the bench press, my shoulder started hurting. I did everything right, but it still ended up hurting. Until I adopted a benching technique that is almost the polar opposite of what is taught in powerlifting circles.
And this is not a dig at the top powerlifters. But I learned that what is applied to equipped powerlifting technique, training and exercise selection-wise is not always adapted to raw lifting.
In powerlifting you are taught to depress and retract the scapula and spread the lats when benching. This technique takes advantage of the bench shirt, and the bench shirt itself stabilized the shoulder joint, decreasing the risk of injury.
But I found that this technique didn't help me avoid shoulder issues.
What did help is the technique I developed which consists of powerfully contracting (shrugging) the traps when setting up to bench and maintaining that contraction during the whole set. This action stabilized the shoulders A LOT. This helped me to keep my shoulders healthy, even though I'm at my strongest ever, and boosted my bench almost instantly. It did the same with my training partner Nick and all who I've taught it to.
The technique is simple:
- Set-up on the bench... the initial set-up is much like a regular powerlifting bench.
- Grab the bar and lift your butt in the air. There should be as little of "you" touching the bench as possible, help yourself by pulling on the bar if needed.
- From that position shrug your traps forcefully as if trying to touch your ears with your shoulders.
- When this is done, lower yourself back to the bench while keeping the traps contrated HARD. Keep the lower back arched.
- Unrack the bar, stay shrugged and lower the bar to your chest, still shrugged.
- Lift the bar explosively from your chest
This technique has the advantage of protecting your shoulders and making it easier to set up. With the traditional powerlifting bench, when you unrack the bar it is hard to keep the lats tensed and the body in the proper position, not so with my technique.
In my experience this method is optimal for the raw lifter, especially if he has shoulder issues.
LMFAO LMFAO LMFAO LMFAO
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Don't delete the video either GoEliteSC, I downloaded it!
a link to what caused the response: http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments=1&v=6fI_tl1RPsA&email=comment_reply_received
damienz/adarq chat regarding the video.. it cracks me up, considering SC trolls yoga "places" and "tanning booths" which is funny to damienz and swolecrew fans, then swolecrew gets trolled & creates a RESPONSE VIDEO TO THE TROLLING, and damienz/swolecrew fans flip out.. hilarious
[06:13am] DamienZ: adarq u saw that
[06:13am] DamienZ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw0ywxv3ZDE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[06:13am] dagger: YouTube - I got your back
[06:13am] DamienZ: brb
[06:14am] flabkicks: is that u damienz
[06:14am] DamienZ: no lol
[06:14am] jcsbck left the chat room. (http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
[06:15am] flabkicks: is this guy about to call out adarq?
[06:15am] flabkicks: OH SHAP
[06:15am] flabkicks: andrew darqueef
[06:15am] flabkicks: OH SNAP
[06:15am] flabkicks: hahaha
[06:16am] flabkicks: srsly
[06:16am] flabkicks: u trolled him so hard he posted a youtube response
[06:16am] flabkicks: hahah
[06:16am] flabkicks: he says retard differently from anyone
[06:16am] flabkicks: i've ever heard say retard
[06:17am] adarq: hi
[06:17am] flabkicks: like him
[06:17am] adarq: damienz
[06:17am] flabkicks: how come u trolling him adarq
[06:17am] adarq: u see me raping him on his yoga vid
[06:17am] adarq: lmao
[06:17am] DamienZ: adarq wtf was that?
[06:17am] flabkicks: link to yoga vid
[06:18am] DamienZ: thats not raping
[06:18am] DamienZ: thats wasted time
[06:18am] DamienZ: dude wtf?
THAT'S NOT RAPING, THATS WASTING TIME????? HAHAHAHAHA... so is going into fucking tanning salon's and yoga booths making troll vids for youtube.. So is making response videos to obvious troll comments that I left.. aaaaaahahahah
He was unable to decypher my godliketrolling and realize I was mocking Jay Schroeder/James Colbert lackeys... But I'll give him props on one aspect, the fact that my iso-extreme comments made him that mad is a good sign.
[06:18am] adarq: ?
[06:18am] adarq: wut
[06:18am] adarq: takes me < 60s to write a response
[06:18am] DamienZ: but why?
"BUT WHY?"
wtf???????
lmao
[06:19am] adarq: uh what...
[06:19am] adarq: he's going in to yoga places trolling them
[06:19am] adarq: fuck u asking "why" for ?
[06:19am] adarq: eh
[06:19am] DamienZ: u go on bodybuilding forums trolling them
[06:19am] DamienZ: no difference
[06:20am] adarq: ?
[06:20am] flabkicks: omg
[06:20am] adarq: what
[06:20am] flabkicks: yoga is so much better tho
[06:20am] flabkicks: due
[06:20am] flabkicks: dude
[06:20am] flabkicks: yoga chicks
[06:20am] flabkicks: are so hot
[06:20am] DamienZ: lol
[06:20am] flabkicks: but if u are trying to get swole
[06:20am] flabkicks: gym
[06:20am] seb^ joined the chat room.
[06:20am] DamienZ: chicks in yogapants
[06:20am] flabkicks: omg
[06:20am] flabkicks: its the best
[06:20am] DamienZ: haha
[06:20am] flabkicks: i am having flashbacks now
[06:20am] adarq: that poor bastard
[06:20am] flabkicks: soh...
[06:20am] adarq: made a vid in response to me
[06:20am] flabkicks: this girl
[06:20am] adarq: he's so meatheaded
[06:20am] flabkicks: she had on mesh
[06:20am] adarq: doesnt even know i trolled him
[06:20am] flabkicks: it was like mesh black yoga pants
[06:20am] flabkicks: so u could see through
[06:20am] flabkicks: so nice...
[06:20am] flabkicks: oh
[06:21am] flabkicks: now i have to dissappear
[06:21am] DamienZ: lol
[06:21am] flabkicks: not to fap but to go work out, i said i wouldnt come back here till i have 6 pack abs
[06:21am] adarq: LMAO
[06:21am] adarq: LMAO
[06:21am] flabkicks left the chat room.
[06:21am] adarq: ANDREW DARQUEEF
[06:21am] adarq: LMAO
[06:21am] adarq: LMAO
[06:21am] adarq: LMAO
[06:21am] adarq: LMAO
[06:21am] DamienZ: hell never get a sixpack
[06:22am] adarq: LISTEN TO THIS GUY
[06:22am] adarq: HE'S SERIOUS
[06:22am] adarq: bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa
[06:22am] adarq: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahaha
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he didn't say anything wrong folks
HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING WRONG FOLKS..
SkinnyCrew > SwoleCrew
TrollCrew > SwoleCrew
Andrew Darqueef > SwoleCrew
Anorexic Athletics Incorporated > SwoleCrew
hopefully the people on swolecrew doing adarq.org research won't find this thread.. i'd like to make a response video.
hilarious, let the lulz flow.
How do you get in a meet? Do you gain money if you win?
It can't be as easy as "Hi! I want to get in this meet.".