Sentences with phrase «weight during a bench press»

For football players, the ability to lift a lot of weight during a bench press and squats, demonstrates power and earns them plaudits from teammates.

Not exact matches

«º» º The stability gained during this exercise transfers to the ability to control the bar during bench press, which increases the maximum weight able to be pressed.

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.

During week 3, perform 5 sets of as many reps as possible (but no more than 5) per set of the bench press with a weight that's 70 % of your 1RM.

An Australian study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research showed that when weight - trained subjects performed incline bench presses, the muscle activity of their upper pecs was only around 5 % greater than the upper pec activity during a flat bench press, which is kind of a shocking discovery considering the status that the incline bench press has enjoyed up until now.

During a decline bench press, your body lies on a slope and your legs are higher than your head so you need to be very cautious if you go heavy on this one — it's best to use a spotter to prevent the weight from dropping on you.

Although you may watch not to restrain the movement while performing bench press, many athletes do so during pulling movements with too much weight.

For example, lowering the weight to your chest during the bench press is the eccentric, or «negative,» portion of the exercise.

Very heavy weight low rep training for max strength — This type of training was the first 30 minutes of each workout during the low carb phase and included mostly heavy deadlifts, barbell squats, weighted pullups, and 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.

McCaw & Friday (1994) also found that the middle deltoid muscle activity was significantly greater during the free - weight bench press compared with the Smith machine version.

For example, middle (but not anterior) deltoid activation tends to be greater during free weight bench presses compared to Smith machine bench presses (Schick et al. 2010).

In contrast, McCaw et al. (1994) found greater middle deltoid muscle activity during the free weight bench press compared with the machine bench press at 60 % 1 RM but not at 80 %, although in both cases the middle deltoid muscle activity was approximately half that of the anterior deltoid.