Re: MOTIVATION
KM - this is probably a PM time - it is a motivational thread.
I did not say BP is not hard on your shoulders - it is. I said FB BP is not as hard on your shoulders as behind the head MPs.
As for muscle recruitment - I assume you've trained a fair amount both ways? OK - then you know balance is pretty easy to achieve. A quick wiggle at lift off - corrected by the feet and then you are set. From that point on it is no different than using DBs - pressure from each arm creates and maintains balance. Down. Full count pause while fully at bottom and at rest on the chest just below the nipple. Pop it up. No momentum to get it going.
This is the difference between FB BP and arched BP. Arched yes you get the balance, but you also get the momentum. The rules are simple: flat feet, contact with butt, shoulders, and head on bench. No change at command of press. Watch anyone. At 'press' it starts at the quads and glutes, followed by the slightest additional arch which dives the shoulder blades harder into the bench - and that rolling wave of effort is used in combination with the chest and arm group to pop it up.
Good luck
KM - this is probably a PM time - it is a motivational thread.
I did not say BP is not hard on your shoulders - it is. I said FB BP is not as hard on your shoulders as behind the head MPs.
As for muscle recruitment - I assume you've trained a fair amount both ways? OK - then you know balance is pretty easy to achieve. A quick wiggle at lift off - corrected by the feet and then you are set. From that point on it is no different than using DBs - pressure from each arm creates and maintains balance. Down. Full count pause while fully at bottom and at rest on the chest just below the nipple. Pop it up. No momentum to get it going.
This is the difference between FB BP and arched BP. Arched yes you get the balance, but you also get the momentum. The rules are simple: flat feet, contact with butt, shoulders, and head on bench. No change at command of press. Watch anyone. At 'press' it starts at the quads and glutes, followed by the slightest additional arch which dives the shoulder blades harder into the bench - and that rolling wave of effort is used in combination with the chest and arm group to pop it up.
Good luck
