once was fat

Today at the gym I saw two guys using a unique bench press exercise. They were at a squat rack and two thin bars run parallel like a slot. They lif the wieght with a barbeel about 6 inches of space in between the two metal bars and repeat. What dose this exercise actually do. It looks like there going to do an ordinary flat bench press but the whole movement is very limited.

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M.J.H.

Sounds to me like they were doing lockouts, in the power rack. The power rack I am pretty sure is what you're talking about. Where you have 2 metal pins that the bar can sit on. And if they were used only a limited ROM (range of motion) I would say that it was definitely some kind of lockouts. Lockouts are excellent for targeting your sticking point in bench. Often used by powerlifters.

Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat

380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current)
405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals)

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vanillagorilla

depending on where the pins were lined up, they were probably working on "pin pushes". you can set them up at a variety of heights off the chest to work on lock outs for the triceps, or to help with a sticking point somewhere in the middle by pushing from a dead stop and eliminating the recoil that you would normally have during a complete lift, (down and up). if the pins were above and below, they were working on the later, and limiting the tricep involvement and involving the lats and shoulders more.

myCATpowerlifts

or they could have been on the precision training method "train smart" Static contraction and power factor training. Youll have to buy it to find out how tho, i actually bought it just to see what it was. never really tried it tho

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