Shoulder impingement

THE IMPORTANCE OF FOREARM POSITION IN THE BENCH PRESS TO AVOID IMPINGEMENT AT THE SHOULDER

Dec 26, 2025

Biomechanics, Weight training

Bench press, Coach Rusty, Forearm position in the bench press, How to avoid shoulder impingement in the bench press, How to do a safe bench press, Learning to bench press, Safe bench press, Shoulder impingement, Starting Strength

Hugo Noya Enríquez

In the last post we talked about the close grip bench. We explained why you would do a close grip bench, how to do close grip bench… Now, we´re going to talk about the way is teached the regular bench press, that is to say, the standard bench press from the blue book that Starting…
OVERHEAD PRESS vs BENCH, ¿WHICH ONE IS THE BEST?

Oct 5, 2024

Physical preparation, Weight training

Bench press, Horizontal press, Kinetic chain, Muscle imbalance, Overhead press, Posterior muscle chain, Press, Shoulder impingement, Starting Strength, Vertical press

Hugo Noya Enríquez

Both the overhead press and the bench press are excellent lifts that should be part of our session to increase our basic strength levels, especially in the upper body. Ideally, they should be introduced in different sessions, as is done in the Starting Strength training methodology, so that overload does not occur and we can…