Bench Press Lockout
For professional and experienced lifters especially the ones who work equipped this can become the main area of interest for the bench press as it is the limiting factor to world class results.
Bench press lockout. 4 x 3 8 tempo 3021 program note. Avi silverberg posted on march 8 2020 april 24 2020. The elbow lockout creates the illusion of achieving the greatest range of motion. Typically this means training the bottom end mid end and top end range of motion.
Builds significant stability at the handoff of the weight while you are. However at the same time you sacrifice muscle tension. Training your bench press lockout means prioritizing the top 1 3 of the range of motion. Does your lockout need help.
You can use a one board press a two board three board and a four board press for training different sticking points throughout the bench press. The top 1 3 of your bench press lockout involves your tricpes. Exercise purpose bench press lockouts help you build significant strength and stability at the top end of your bench press. For the competitive powerlifter this exercise provides a number of benefits.
Bench press lockouts are crucial to building a big bench press. You should never fail a bench press in the lockout. Subjecting the muscles to continuous non interrupted tension will produce maximum results. Categories bench press technique.
In the height of my bench press career i was training my bench press four. Sure increasing your five board press or 2 inch pin press might build stronger triceps but it likely won t carry over to your full range bench press. 9 proven ways to strengthen your bench press lockout. This obliviously shortens the range of motion so that you can handle heavier weight.
A common training strategy in powerlifting is to break down the movements into the various segments of the lift. For the purpose of training the lockout phase of the bench press a three board press is usually the go to exercise. The lockout for the bench press refers to the upper third of the lift in which you bring the elbows into a fully extended position to lock out. In terms of direct lockout training i m a fan of movements that still involve a full range of motion but unload the bottom portion of the press.
This exercise will prepare you to move some big iron. The lighter the weight in a bench press the easier it is to lock out the elbows. Of all the benefits of rack lockouts upping bench strength is the most popular.