question about super wide grip benches

[goliath23]

im a big fan of doing incline bench with a super wide grip. the same way markus ruhl does them. but the problem is that my outer chest is already a strong point and my inner chest sucks like crap. so should i be doing them or will they only make my problem even worst. and also can you do them on a decline

[USMuscle9403]

No such thing as outer/inner chest.

[In-Human]

im a big fan of doing incline bench with a super wide grip. the same way markus ruhl does them. but the problem is that my outer chest is already a strong point and my inner chest sucks like crap. so should i be doing them or will they only make my problem even worst. and also can you do them on a decline

As you add weight to your frame and your pecs around your Sternum will fill in, it takes time and paying some dues in the gym...

[hyp3r3xt3nsion]

i'm against super duper wide grip benching becaus eof the insane stress on the r/c.

call me crazy, but in 15-20yrs i DON"T want to be bitching about how my shoulders are hurting me.

No such thing as outer/inner chest.

^^^

[In-Human]

i'm against super duper wide grip benching becaus eof the insane stress on the r/c.

Same here, I have bad rotators so no wide anything for me...

[goliath23]

cool so i can do them. can i do them on decline to

[In-Human]

cool so i can do them. can i do them on decline to

If you feel comfortable with them, but I would not get super wide, just wide like 6-8" wider than shoulders will be fine...

[USMuscle9403]

IH, howzabout with my current problem, I know you said to leave out skullcrushers but how about the wide grip benches?

[goliath23]

thanks guys hopefully my chest is gonna be insally huge soon. but where does that saying that the closer youre grip the more you hit youre inner chest come from. i started doughting that theiry when i saw how marcus did his bench and saw his chest. oh ya and when the narrow grip did nothing.

[In-Human]

thanks guys hopefully my chest is gonna be insally huge soon. but where does that saying that the closer youre grip the more you hit youre inner chest come from. i started doughting that theiry when i saw how marcus did his bench and saw his chest. oh ya and when the narrow grip did nothing.

How can you say narrow grip does nothing, how many years you been lifting, come lift with me and I will show you how narrow grip will make you look, never do I ever want to hear anyone compare themselves to some pros routine, its just rediculous, you ain't him and he ain't you...

[In-Human]

IH, howzabout with my current problem, I know you said to leave out skullcrushers but how about the wide grip benches?

I don't understand, wide grip benches for elbow problems?...

[USMuscle9403]

It's just fuzzy bodybuilder logic. Usually though, if the physiology allows, the wider your grip is, the more 'in' you hit the muscle. For instance, a very wide grip row would hit the mid back more than a very close grip row.

With benching though, the closer your grip is, the more you hit triceps. This is assuming you don't go dangerously close. The chest muscle fibers run horizontally so there is no way that you can hit outer or inner chest. Going with a very wide grip just adds variety and allows for a better stretch.

But yea, it's just fuzzy bodybuilder logic. It has about as much merit as Bobo the clown, going with higher reps for more 'toning', thinking flyes hit 'inner' chest, and thinking that any more than 1g per pound of bodyweight in protein is going to a waste...

[USMuscle9403]

I don't understand, wide grip benches for elbow problems?...

no no, just asking if I just go with a regular grip bench instead of wide grip because of the elbow problems...

[In-Human]

It's just fuzzy bodybuilder logic. Usually though, if the physiology allows, the wider your grip is, the more 'in' you hit the muscle. For instance, a very wide grip row would hit the mid back more than a very close grip row.

With benching though, the closer your grip is, the more you hit triceps. This is assuming you don't go dangerously close. The chest muscle fibers run horizontally so there is no way that you can hit outer or inner chest. Going with a very wide grip just adds variety and allows for a better stretch.

Sounds like bullshit logic, I always have my grip more "in" and my pecs do just fine, it all depends on how you feel with the exercise you use, I have never got done with heavy bench and my Triceps hurt or cramp, its always pecs.

If your form sucks anything is possible, after you have been training for a while you will find your niche and then go with it til it gets broken...

[USMuscle9403]

Well with closer grip I am talking you know, 12+ or under 'in'. Pretty much, you know...close grip bench, LOL. How wide do you usually go? With what I refer to as a 'regular' grip, I am usually shoulder width, maybe just slightly closer.