For example, lowering the weight to
your chest during the bench press is the eccentric, or «negative,» portion of the exercise.
You will also observe terrible exercise form used in the exercises, such as barbells swinging with arched backs in the barbell curl, bars being bounced off
the chest during bench presses and rapid downward movement in the barbell squat.
Not exact matches
A standard tempo on a movement like a
bench press might be as follows: 2 -0-1, which is 2 seconds down
during the eccentric phase when you're lowering the weight to your
chest, no pause (when you change from eccentric to concentric) and 1 second up when you lifting the bar upwards.
But
during a heavy barbell
bench press, you can easily relocate the muscular tension placed on the
chest to other muscle groups by simply sliding your hands outward, which of course, will cause less
chest growth.
Your shoulders are more than mere mirror muscles — they play a critical role in most upper - body exercises and work hard to stabilize your
chest during push - ups and
bench presses.
The
bench press targets the overall
chest region
during your
chest workout with the pectoralis major as the primary mover in this exercise.
Since the front deltoids are a very small muscle compared to the huge pectoralis major of the
chest, it stands to reason that
during the
bench press the deltoids of your shoulders will fatigue way before your
chest even starts to get a proper workout.
EMG studies reveal that the front deltoids receive the same stimulation as the pectoralis major of the
chest during the flat
bench press.
During your
bench press, slowly bring the bar down until it touches your
chest lightly.
The serratus muscle stabilizes and «locks down» the scapula against the
chest wall
during shoulder movements such as push - ups or
bench press.
Lehman et al. (2005) compared narrow, middle and wide hand spacing
during the
bench press by comparing the muscle activity of the triceps performing an isometric contraction with the weight near the
chest.