I didnt say they were dumbass. I said BUNCHING THE LATS UP is the way a lot of people set up for the bench press, which would make the position hes describing in the video impossible. I guess youre one of those guys that sweeps the board for spelling errors and punctuation mishaps hoping to get to post a mistake you found. Why dont you try listening to the message instead of being a deuschbag, it will help you out in life.
honeyB why do you think that retracting the shoulders is bad? i have an RC tear and when i tried CT's method, shoulder does not hurt but it feels a bit iffy. though i feel nothing when benching "equipped" style.
Its just much easier on the ac joint imo, he has written a whole article on it at tnation if you want to get into detail on his reasoning and mechanical advandages/disadvantages. From what I have seen with my athletes and others I have coached through the years is most people will be fine benching almost anyway they want until they actually get strong enough to hurt themselves. Once the weights get into the bigger numbers, the technique flaws will reveal themselves. I am not saying that everyone will hurt themselves who benches with a traditional approach, I am just suggesting that this method is superior imo for raw benching and is worth trying if anyone has experienced some shoulder issues from benching.