Bench Press Form Check Follow Up

[adambannon]

Here is my original form at 135 lbs http://startingstrength.com/resource...ad.php?t=44929

Here is my form now at 150 lbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2oKNKUq-rs


I have really tried to focus on getting tighter under the bar by retracting my scapula's together. Let me know what still needs to be addressed. I have started to get some right shoulder discomfort when I started trying to get tighter under the bar. Thanks.

[Nick Klemetson]

You're racking and unracking from really far away. That might be causing some shoulder discomfort. And when you say "get tighter under the bar," I read that to mean you unrack the bar, then try to get tight. You need to set your shoulders, back, legs, etc... before you unrack the bar.

[adambannon]

You're racking and unracking from really far away. That might be causing some shoulder discomfort. And when you say "get tighter under the bar," I read that to mean you unrack the bar, then try to get tight. You need to set your shoulders, back, legs, etc... before you unrack the bar.

Should I move higher up the bench then? I thought I was looking at the right spot (just in front of the bar) like the book said. I had tried to get tight before I unracked the bar not after.

[Nick Klemetson]

You've got an inch or so to spare. I would move as close as you can so the bar has to travel as little as possible horizontally.