Originally Posted by
Hayden-William Courtland
You are going very fast with everything. The speed at which you take the bar out is so fast that your shoulders are coming off the bench. To begin the takeout, get super tight with shoulder blades back and down. Then slowly lock out the bar against the uprights. Then slowly bring it over your face to over your shoulders. Then do your first rep. On the ascent of each rep make sure you are pushing the bar back to over your shoulders and lock it out slower so that, again, your shoulders do not come up off the bench. Every time your shoulders come up you lose tightness and this could be contributing to your irritation.