Shoulder position on the Bench.

[DaveJF]

Have a tendency to volitionally pull my scapula down the bench when I push my chest up b/c somewhere along the line I was taught that, rightly or wrongly. That may have been from a competitive PL'r so as to get an extreme arch, which we here might not really want for our purposes anyhow.

Re-reading that part of the blue book, I believe that is wrong and/or at least not mentioned explicitly.

So, from my understanding, we should be adducting the scapula like you're pinching a pencil in between before raising the chest, otherwise we should neither shrug the shoulders up the bench, or pull the scapula down the bench, correct?

Hope I'm making sense here, thanks.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Shrug your scaps together, then push your arch up from your feet.