bench pressed with bands or chains, so the weight climbs as you lock out
built to fix the top half, where a straight-bar bench gets easier exactly as
you speed up: here it gets heavier instead and you have to keep driving
the bottom stays light by comparison, which is the trade: a lockout tool
rather than a chest-off tool
Execution
Set up your normal bench with bands anchored under the rack or chains hung from
the sleeves, so they load progressively as the bar rises. Squeeze your shoulders
back and down. Unrack the bar and stabilize it.
lower the bar to the bottom of your chest under control
press and keep accelerating as the resistance builds
lock out fully against the heaviest part of the range
control the descent as the load comes back off
keep the band or chain setup identical between sets
Pick bands or chains and stay with that one. When you move to a lighter or
heavier setup, add an exercise note, since the bar weight no longer tells the
whole story.
Purpose
bench pressed with bands or chains, so the weight climbs as you lock out
built to fix the top half, where a straight-bar bench gets easier exactly as
you speed up: here it gets heavier instead and you have to keep driving
the bottom stays light by comparison, which is the trade: a lockout tool
rather than a chest-off tool
Execution
Set up your normal bench with bands anchored under the rack or chains hung from
the sleeves, so they load progressively as the bar rises. Squeeze your shoulders
back and down. Unrack the bar and stabilize it.
lower the bar to the bottom of your chest under control
press and keep accelerating as the resistance builds
lock out fully against the heaviest part of the range
control the descent as the load comes back off
keep the band or chain setup identical between sets
Pick bands or chains and stay with that one. When you move to a lighter or
heavier setup, add an exercise note, since the bar weight no longer tells the
whole story.