Assessing the effect of bench press muscle action and region, Van den Tillaar & Ettema (2013) explored the difference in pectoralis major muscle activity between the counter-movement (stretch - shortening cycle) and concentric - only free -
weight bench press variations in three distinct regions: pre-sticking, sticking and post-sticking region.
Not exact matches
And if you have
weight bench, then you can use it for
bench press variations as well.
The
bench press can be classified by the
weight implement used (barbell, dumbbell, machine), and the
variation (grip width, lifting phase,
bench angle, stability surface).
McCaw & Friday (1994) explored the differences in muscle activity between the free -
weight bench press and the smith machine
variation with 60 % and 80 % of 1RM.
Exploring the effect of implement, Schick et al. (2010) found that middle deltoid muscle activity was significantly greater when performing the free -
weight bench press compared with the Smith machine
variation.