whatever works

i dont know these, I do bench press, chest press, shoulder press, standing military press

`chest press`

buh

like a weight machine?

or are you using dumbells

I try to avoid machines

When I was younger I thought you were supposed to start with machines and then move on to big scary freeweights

Except they tend to constrict your natural range of motion and by extension wind up teaching bad habits

Then you see people using freeweights awkwardly because they're used to the machine guiding them

i use both, the chest press and shoulder press are machines and then the standing military press and bench press with barbells

https://www.livestrong.com/article/428694-chest-press-vs-bench-press/

wait

you use a smith machine?

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whats that

```whats that```

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i dont know the names of everything

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_machine

```Use of the Smith machine is frowned upon by many strength training devotees as it forces the user to adopt an unnatural straight-up-and-down "bar path" which can put shear stress on the knees or back (if squatting) or shoulders (if pressing).

The constrained movement of the bar also reduces the role that stabilising muscles play versus an exercise using free weights. This may allow heavier weights to be lifted, at the expense of engaging less muscle mass overall```

I don't like that thing

good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a6bRnvjlgg

but you can spot yourself with the hookie things. I dont have a spotter to do heavy weight on the normal bench

I bench solo

got safety bars in your weight cage?

the safety bars are too high and I cant touch my chest when i bench press

one notch lower and they're too low to be used as safety bars

STBY

I set it up so the bar can still touch my chest, but hits the safety bar before it can touch my belly

I dont understand how @w@

there should also be some videos out there on how to escape from a failed press

although personally I think it's probably pushing things a little too hard if you've loaded the bar so heavy you can't get it back up again

If you're solo just act accordingly

https://youtu.be/IHl-c6X4Kfw?t=34s

Or just don't use pins <:pepe_smug:378719408341909506>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxzV7x6JoQI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T9UQ4FBVXI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIB_X2N6020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AObAU-EcYE

i wish I had a spotter so I can do maxes though 😭

I wanna bench like 315

Be humble, start low, work your way up 👌