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Could be hard on the shoulder, if I was going to perform this exercise I'd prefer a neutral grip around 700mm would be optimum.
I think pushdowns would be safer but for overall growth I believe heavy dips with the same width of 700mm is a splendid exrcise to help the bench along as you receive more movement around the shoulder.
I played around for 2 weeks about a month ago. I really liked them. Found it really easy to pause on the chest. I have a feeling that I may actually be stronger with the reverse grip bench press as my groove is utterly hilarious but I could still bench 80kg pretty comfortably. Here is a good article on it that you'll like:
Yeah had a play with them today and they do feel great for triceps. Can't do a lot of lower body at the moment so smashing out a lot of pressing in my quest for a non spastic bench.
Could be hard on the shoulder, if I was going to perform this exercise I'd prefer a neutral grip around 700mm would be optimum.
I think pushdowns would be safer but for overall growth I believe heavy dips with the same width of 700mm is a splendid exrcise to help the bench along as you receive more movement around the shoulder.
So far feels ok for shoulder. Already doing dips and its not replacing them. Just looking for something else to try and get strong at that will help my pressing.
Agree, flared elbows or wide grip is no good for me. Basically I have been doing a shit load pressing that doesn't hurt my shoulder. Overhead, incline, floor, dips, dumbbells, log. No actual bench because doing it too long tends to fuck me up. Hitting PBs in all pressing currently so ill see if it carries over to bench at some stage.
Reverse grip seems like a great exercise to get strong at.
Did a fair few sets today and liked it. Can really feel it in the tris and lats. It's a similar enough exercise to normal bench that there is almost no way that it wouldn't carry over.
I have seen this exact thing in a gym. Guy doing inclines with 35kg bells and his mate was spotting under the elbows. The lifter got stuck about half way and the spotter held the elbow in place for a second or two and the tricep just died and the lifter copped a dumbell in the side of the head.
Reverse is good for the horseshoe in your triceps if the hand span is correct.
Old technique.
Its a good finisher feels good then creeps all of a sudden (nothin)
Regards,
G.