Fitness Tips with Chrissy Zmijewski: The Bench Press

Chrissy Zmijewski (http://www.GoddessAthlete.com) shows you how to do the bench press and MINIMIZE stress on your shoulder joint and MAXIMIZE engagement of your pectoralis major muscle.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Bodybuilding
• Weightlifting
• Bench
• Press
• Chest
• Goddess
• Athlete
• Fitness

[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!

[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

[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!

[awhodatt]

Shame on you Chrissy!

There are no safety clips on that barbell, lol!

:o)

[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.

[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.