Originally Posted by
Michael Wolf
I find this to be one of the more overlooked aspects of all the lifts, but especially the press and bench. I want the breath I take before unracking to last for the first rep. In a limit single, that's the ONLY rep, and also slower - so no time wasted in the setup is possible. When you let out your air, you lose some stiffness that you just can't regain in those two lifts, and you also waste time and energy holding the bar while you exhale and then inhale for the rep. Better to just walk out/unrack as directly into your first rep as possible, taking all the time you need to set up for it, but not a nanosecond more.
Thanks Big Jim. I was at Solace for 4+ years since the day they opened in October, 2014. I'm glad Hayden and Ryan are taking over what I built there, makes me happy to know a couple guys who I had a hand in mentoring will be continuing the good work.