I'm no powerlifter but I found when I got a lot better at dips, specifically weighted dips, the issues I had off the chest improved. More than when I did pin bench. I ended up getting good at pin bench but when the weight when up I struggled. Is this emerging strategies or ?
Hey Mike & RTS . I have a question that pertains to longer paused Bench Press and how you Bench Press style is In general. Have you ever had a lifter Who used more of a sinking style Bench Press, perform the longer paused Bench presses with a softer Touch or would you just have Them stick to their Competition style of benching ?? As allways thank you for the videos they are great !
Hey Mikkel, this is an excellent question. We do have a handful of lifters who have more of a sinking style to their bench press. There are a few options with this, but the first one would be to try encouraging an "active" pause on their SDE's. When a lifter sinks the bar into their chest, usually they are letting go of tension on the chest which can be a benefit for some. This makes paused benching an even more effective exercise for those lifters as it's a significantly different stimulus. However, they might not respond well to it and we might need to have alternate movements such as Spoto Pressing or tempo work which tends to be quite helpful in these scenarios!
Lockout is a bit tricky as sometimes it can be a positioning thing, other times it's truly a "weakness" Either way, one of the best movements for a weak lockout is a mid-range pin press or a 2Board press as this can both help you improve the initiation of your press, and it can help you focus on your triceps strength!
We've not had a whole lot of experience using it for that specific purpose, but we do have a decent amount of evidence that (when used properly) it can lead to a great training response.
But I mean, the nature of Emerging Strategies (and human adaptation!) would seem to kind of undermine that "best exercise" question from the start. God himself could give you the best of all possible bench routines and it would stop working in a couple of months. If I understand, the problem really turns into continually experimenting with how athletes tend to respond to different things and then sequencing those things in good ways. Still, I clicked, so...
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I'm no powerlifter but I found when I got a lot better at dips, specifically weighted dips, the issues I had off the chest improved. More than when I did pin bench. I ended up getting good at pin bench but when the weight when up I struggled.
Is this emerging strategies or ?
Nice video! Do you have any plans to release new book(s) at some point?
Hey Mike & RTS . I have a question that pertains to longer paused Bench Press and how you Bench Press style is In general. Have you ever had a lifter Who used more of a sinking style Bench Press, perform the longer paused Bench presses with a softer Touch or would you just have Them stick to their Competition style of benching ?? As allways thank you for the videos they are great !
Hey Mikkel, this is an excellent question. We do have a handful of lifters who have more of a sinking style to their bench press. There are a few options with this, but the first one would be to try encouraging an "active" pause on their SDE's. When a lifter sinks the bar into their chest, usually they are letting go of tension on the chest which can be a benefit for some. This makes paused benching an even more effective exercise for those lifters as it's a significantly different stimulus. However, they might not respond well to it and we might need to have alternate movements such as Spoto Pressing or tempo work which tends to be quite helpful in these scenarios!
Great video, as always! What strategies do you suggest to improve the bench press lockout?
Lockout is a bit tricky as sometimes it can be a positioning thing, other times it's truly a "weakness" Either way, one of the best movements for a weak lockout is a mid-range pin press or a 2Board press as this can both help you improve the initiation of your press, and it can help you focus on your triceps strength!
@@ReactiveTrainingSystems Thank you for answering! It would be a nice topic to talk about in a next video. Best regards!
Any data suggesting Spoto presses help getting stronger of the chest?
We've not had a whole lot of experience using it for that specific purpose, but we do have a decent amount of evidence that (when used properly) it can lead to a great training response.
Is it just me or did the RTS content become so much more digestible and dummy-like-me-friendly lately??
We really hope it's not just you :) BUT we are glad that you are feeling this way
But I mean, the nature of Emerging Strategies (and human adaptation!) would seem to kind of undermine that "best exercise" question from the start. God himself could give you the best of all possible bench routines and it would stop working in a couple of months. If I understand, the problem really turns into continually experimenting with how athletes tend to respond to different things and then sequencing those things in good ways.
Still, I clicked, so...