Fitness Tips with Chrissy Zmijewski: The Bench Press

[awhodatt]

Shame on you Chrissy!

There are no safety clips on that barbell, lol!

:o)

[dominiqful]

Is it just me or at the end of videos it more fits to say 'Fitness Chrissy with tips'. I would always pronounce it wrong way:) I want to tell you that your videos are much more educational that anything else I had found on youtube about proper exercise techniques and what exercise engages which muscles and limitations of certain joints/ muscles. With your advice you helped me already. Bravo! Keep it up.

[ChrisZFit]

@dominiqful Thanks so much!

[POLITICALYCORRECTify]

Good to see you actually gave good advice about retracting the scapula and keeping a slight arch in your back, Ive bagged your form in other videos, but that was better, except for the poor range of motion, you need to work on your flexibility



[xxSushiP4NTSxx]

If you can only bring the bar down to "90 degrees" then you shouldn't be doing bench press. You should be working on flexibility.

[CestMoi1982]

Hey Chrissy what can one do to workout the upper middle part of the chest

[ChrisZFit]

@CestMoi1982 Chest Press exercises and flys work the chest

[tonypar9]

she's smart & strong.

[Deb0Huni]

Oh dear....3 major issues Chrissy with your demonstration:

1: bench press is a major Thoracic exercise being it incorporates shoulders/chest and triceps;

2: Hand placement should positione that your forearms are 90 deg otherwise you increase the load on the elbow joint (as you demonstrated) ...this is not good under heavier loads; and

3: never, ever lift with your grip open!! You incur a less stable elbow flexor.

It is clear you have ARM strength but no chest??

Cheers Deb - ASCS Powersports

[Tulare74]

Exceptional video, I like how you explained everything.

[rramkhal]

Thanks for the care and detail. This was very helpful!

[lookingathis]

She is so amazing and her vids are so detailed and a huge help thanks for posting these .

[escafallen]

Wow this is the first good instruction video ive seen so far..

thanks!

due to my wrong technique I got shoulder tenditis i will surely take your tips with me next time i press

[ChrisZFit]

@escafallen Thanks! Let your shoulder heal and then le me know how this technique goes!

[xXFocusRecord]

Barbell Bench press never worked for me in all the the years Ive been working out, with dumbells a little bit, but still not so mutch. Best exercises for chest from my experience are cable flys, dumbell flyes, hammer strength chest machines. Hammer strength chest machines are phenomenal, I wish I would have started using them along time ago.

[az09983]

so how long before i start see result from doing this roughly

[cordellchantack]

I remember when I con't even do 85lbs

[NCSportsMan70]

@cordellchantack damn man, I can only do like 115 consistently

[Zachufcfan90]

your form top helped me alot went to the gym today with your tips in mind and my bench went UP! thanks so much!! :]

-zachufcfan90

[ChrisZFit]

@Zachufcfan90 happy to help! :) glad you had a good workout

[snowsportsrule2112]

nice vedio, i love fitness, and i can tell you do too! the information in this vedio was well presented. keep up the hard work! what is your favorite type of workout? and also what do you think is the most effective type of workout if you goal is to get bigger, but stay lean and cut. i love the way working out makes me feel that my number one reason for working out, but im not going to lie i like the way it makes me look. :-)

[ChrisZFit]

@snowsportsrule2112 I love working out in general but I hate long distance anything (swimming, biking, running)....I love sprints and love lifting weights!

[Tkstylerules]

yer i've been doing it wrong too haha thanks chrissy

[chrisolava112066]

Ive been doing them wrong ... thanks chrissy

[123nova]

dam thats 135 and she probly weighs like 85 pounds...

[ikelleners]

ALSO for building muscles, you need powerlifting, strenght and growth, go hand in hand...

If you not increase your strength, you cannot grow more...

[DrSagaciousone]

This is one of the best tutorials! I have a friend in canada who is a personal trainer who taught me the same exact way. It does take getting use to once you have used bad habits for a long time. This is awesome! Keep it up Chrissy!

[neo3187]

i agree , dis is bang on ... shes absolutely right...

[ikelleners]

Crissy, benchpress is a powerlift exercise, which means you should use your entire body.

To increase total power.

Not just to build chest muscles.

[6garbageman9]

i think she was really discussing on building the chest muscles, not on powerlifting

[p90x4lifewaswrong]

how much can you bench?

[alucinadoful]

strong arm

[richkingkong]

Can you show me how you squat

[storm0fnova]

i want to train with you, you are so helpful

[Sanders4Prez]

You should never have your hands like that, especially if it's a lot of weight.

[ChrisZFit]

While I appreciate your comment, I have had a doctor that specializes in human movement evaluate my wrist alignment and in order not to compromise my alignment, I have to have my hands like that. I was benching ALOT of weight with my thumbs wrapped around the bar and caused a lot of stress to my wrist joint.

[Maxhcc]

This is great explanation, I have never heared this details before.

[djslyfox]

finally someone who explains it well....i been laying flat doing bench press for a while and havent been able to up my weight but your technique really helped

[ChrisZFit]

Yea! Glad it helped!  :)

[Cocolossal]

that was so sexy!

[ChrisZFit]

thanks!  sorry it took a while!

[deadlift99]

Wonderful

Thanks. Worth the weight!

[nasaguy]

"worth the weight" .. heh, good one.