Originally Posted by
Paul1
I know I can experiment with this on my own, just wanted to bounce the ideas off you.
I'm a bit stuck on bench, and I think part of the problem may be that I squat first. The squat stretches my chest and shoulders so much that I wonder if it's reducing power output when I get around to benching. Kind of like the forbidden static stretching during a warmup might do. I also think that the squat is so rough on my wrists that it becomes harder to hold the bar during bench.
Do you think that this is a reasonable hypothesis? Or at least worth trying out? My squat is progressing really well, so I think I could still do ok at it even if it were the second exercise.