Thread: Close grip bench press

it is a horizontal press.....your chest is going to fire...nothing you can do about that. that is how the body works.

Hi, WATTS.

If you already tried those below, please just move on.

1. Use lighter weight so you can do every rep without much help from your pecs.
* in other words, use the weight you can control and try to restrict the pecs' involvement to a minimum
You need a little practice for this, but it'll be worth it.
Once you get the feel of it then you can go try heavier.

2. Try incline ( but your shoulders may have something to say )

Wish you good luck.

What? How do you make your pecs work less in the same movement?

Big Time

try bringing the weight down to a point 2-4 inches below your nipples and then press the weight straight up, elbows in

also try widening your grip a little, i try to put it where my hands are against my ribcage at the bottom of the movement (for me this is second or third finger right on the beginning of the knurling.)

Seems odd.

I bring my hands as close together as possible without strain on wrists and hands. I do, however, drop the lifts further below the nipples than a BP. Seems to hit them "spot-on" without much problem from the chest.

Of course the weight is significantly lighter.

Maybe you should do these when your chest hasn't been significantly taxed in the same workout?