can't lockout bench, not triceps fault

[PowerDaClean]

It seems that my traps/posterior shoulder girdle are locking my shoulders when I get halfway through a bench press, and by the time I correct my scapula position mid-lift my arms and pecs get exhaustes from getting stuck holding the bar statically in the first place.

How do I fix this? Will doing my overhead presses alleviate this, or wil it take more corrective work like overhead squats and whatnot?

[Darkroman]

Keep your upper back tight and keep your shoulders pushed against the bench.

[PowerDaClean]

Keep your upper back tight and keep your shoulders pushed against the bench.

but dark, i am actively trying to do that. i don't know how, but they get unstuck at the bottom sometimes and i have to attempt to reposition them in order to finish the lift. a similar thing happens during presses as well, like my traps lock my shoulder girdle in place.

by the way, if my lower traps are burning after doing overhead squats with a broom, does that mean anything? i was told by someone on BB.com's Powerlifting/strongman section to do them as my traps aren't working properly.

[krazyduck]

Dude.

[PowerDaClean]

Dude.

what, the overhead squats?

[John Hanley]

Do you earnestly want advice, or are you looking counter any suggestion with some tidbit of recently gleaned info from BroWebz? 'Cause you got a predictable MO, you know.

[PowerDaClean]

advice.

am i really like that? never thought of my behavior in terms of words.

maybe i should stop doing that.

[John Hanley]

advice.

am i really like that? never thought of my behavior in terms of words.

maybe i should stop doing that.

Yeah. You're like that.

Have you tried the cue: "push yourself away from the bar". So, rather than focusing on pushing the bar away from you think the non-sensical thought "I'm pushing myself away from the bar". I don't know why, but it works really fucking well.

[PowerDaClean]

i've tried that before, but maybe i only did it on the first rep and forgot about it and ended up having the same issue.

looks like i need to concentrate on using that cue more.

[Red Finn]

looks like i need to concentrate on using that cue more.

I don't want to be too hard on you, given your age, but you'd be better off focusing on using your brain more.