how wide do you go?

[Diesel5555]

When I put my pinky on the little strips on the bar I can bench the most weight but as soon as I put my thumbs on the strips my bench drops a lot even tho the extension is a lot shorter. Is my chest that much weaker them my tries? How wide do you guys go?

 

[pullinbig]

wide. 31 7/8 is the allowable maximum in meets. not all bars have the rings in the same place either.

 

[Mudge]

Forefinger at the ring, pinky on the ring is a power close grip which I do like as well.

 

[roccodart440]

When I put my pinky on the little strips on the bar I can bench the most weight but as soon as I put my thumbs on the strips my bench drops a lot even tho the extension is a lot shorter. Is my chest that much weaker them my tries? YES

How wide do you guys go?

My standard grip is with my middle finger on the line.

I vary my grips on speed work. Index, Pinky, closegrip.

How much are you benching.

 

[Diesel5555]

My standard grip is with my middle finger on the line.

I vary my grips on speed work. Index, Pinky, closegrip.

How much are you benching.

345 when my pinky is on the ring and about 300 with thumb on the ring

 

[roccodart440]

grip will mean very little at that weight. Training methods will mean much more.

 

[Diesel5555]

grip will mean very little at that weight. Training methods will mean much more.

Yea I know grip shouldnt mean that much. Thats why im so pissed that im so much weaker when I go little wide... It doesnt make sence for me to lose that much strength when I go 4 inches wider.

 

[Mudge]

Remember to multiply that by two and keep PBs quote in mind:

31 7/8 is the allowable maximum in meets.

8/32 = 25% difference.

For what I could do with 10 reps with my forefinger at the ring, I could do 8 with pinky at the ring which was about a 5% difference (using maxcalc link in sig). I'm tall with a relatively long arm reach.

 

[pullinbig]

grip will mean very little at that weight. Training methods will mean much more.

where did you get that from? varying grips makes a diffference at any weight.

 

[roccodart440]

where did you get that from? varying grips makes a diffference at any weight.

Training with different grips yes.

I don't think whne your max is lower that the perfect grip means all that much. Especially raw. I used to false grip, now I wrap around. I used to bench with my ring finger in the groove and I have very long arms. Now I go with the middle finger in the groove. As long as i'm out at least to my pinky the difference is negligable. If I go too wide or too narrow it hurts my lift. This is more so for going narrower.

I do agree that verying grips in training is helpful if not crucial.

 

[pretty ricky]

i think he should be sent to the battle of the band!

 

[roccodart440]

I'd really like to try that bands and DB thing. That isn't the way I pictured it and it seems much safer than what I had in mind.