Posted by TimD
on November 26, 2005, 1:08 pm, in reply to "Close To The Body Hand Positions"
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Hi. OK, I have 12 years on you, and know what you are describing. My experience has been this, years back when I was concentrating on benching, I developed similar problems in the shoulders. I rehabbed them, and now I don't even do BB benches out more than shoulder width with barbell. I just listen to my body when it comes to grips doing pushing movements. Also, I try to work the shoulder girdle in all angles, both pushing and pulling in order to keep a balance to avoid prolems. On the ew occasions I do bench, its with DB's, and palms facing, at about shoulder width distance. I can still do incline presses with a wider grip, but if something bothers you, do NOT do it.
As far as long erm effects on the physique, well I think that unless you are hardcore and working towards a physique contest, it won't really make that much difference.It's also my opinion, that if all you did was clean and press, P bar dips and chins/pullups, just those three alone would give you a well developed upper body.
Just my .02
Tim
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: Hello all,
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: I'm a 44 year-old weight training rookie with the same
: pre-existing shoulder condition found in many other yuppie dads.
: I believe it's minor tendonitis or impingement. I'm trying to
: protect the shoulder by doing stretching and strengthening
: exercises, and not putting excess strain on the delts.
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: My question is this: Are close to the body hand positions going
: to give me a sufficient workout, or are the wider positions
: absolutely necessary? For the time being, I'm only using the
: close positions (such as a V-bar attachment or short bar instead
: of a wide bar on cable rows and pulldowns, and a hammer grip
: instead of the standard horizontal grip on cable press and
: incline DB bench presses). This helps me to continue weight
: lifting without doing further damage, and of course I want to
: balance progress with safety.
:
: But what effect will this have on my workout and physique over
: the long run? I know to vary the exercises, but if my shoulder
: is never 100%, is it okay to use close to the body grips
: exclusively?
:
: Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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