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Stop Bench Pressing Immediately!

Just in from my friend Jason over at MuscleGainingSecrets.com at the subject really cought my interest as I am a bench press lover ….
Well till now that is

Read on …..

Lewis,

It happened again this morning, another victim claimed by the flat bench press. My buddy called and told me he tore his pec while benching heavy over the weekend. It didn’t shock me at all. This lift has been destroying shoulders and tearing pecs since the beginning.

Back in the golden days of the Iron Game, when the military press was the upper body exercise of choice, nobody ever heard of rotator cuff injuries or pec tears. It was only after the bench press achieved extreme popularity that shoulders and pecs started getting obliterated at record rates.

The bottom position of a heavy bench press puts your shoulders in a very vulnerable and dangerous position. Some people can tolerate this for decades. For others it will only take a few years. But sooner or later it’s bound to happen.

Like a lot of you, I was obsessed with bench pressing for a long time. And I have always trained athletes who get tested on it. I proudly proclaimed it to be a great size and strength building lift and measure of upper body power.

But after 20 years in the game, having been witness to far too many injuries resulting from the flat bench press and getting my own shoulder cut open recently, I have finally had to look myself in the mirror and admit the truth that I have been hesitant to come to grips with for far too long…

Bench pressing sucks!

I have discussed this issue with many of the worlds top shoulder specialists in recent months and they are all in full agreement.

That’s not to say that you can never bench again.

Make sure your technique is picture perfect and you bring the bar down to the right spot while properly activating your upper back and lat muscles. Secondly, don’t use the flat bench for more than 4-6 weeks without switching to a safer version of a barbell press like an incline or floor press. 

The smartest route, however, is to get rid of this destructive exercise forever. There are far more effective movements that will build mind blowing strength and size in your chest, shoulders and triceps while saving you years of frustrating and costly injuries.

While the bench press is probably the most dangerous exercise most of you are doing on a regular basis, it is not the only harmful one.

Unfortunately many of you are probably doing damage to other body parts without even realizing it.

To discover the most effective and safest exercises that will replace the bench press and many other useless movements, check out the brand new, completely updated version of Muscle Gaining Secrets at http://musclegainingsecrets.atozfitness.com today…

before it’s too late.

Train smart,
Jason Ferruggia
Strength & Conditioning Specialist
Chief Training Adviser, Men’s Fitness Magazine Author, Media Spokesperson, Consultant