Squeezing stool with the inner thigh can activate leg muscles (especially adductor, hamstring and gluteal muscles) more strongly. The harder the leg muscles contract, the greater the power to drive the leg when bench pressing. Help users improve stability, because your thighs basically fix the user's body on the bench.

It is very important to keep the scapula stable when bench pressing. In the initial position, the center of the barbell falls right on the shoulder blade. In this process, you must feel the user's upper back pressing on the stool.

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Precautions for users to do bench press:

1, when doing bench press, the forearm and fist should be a solid whole, the fist should always be in a straight line with the forearm, and the wrist should not be bent at any time.

2. The greater the grip distance between hands, the greater the stimulation to pectoralis major, but when the bench press uses a wider grip distance, the trajectory of barbell bar will be shortened, so the working distance of triceps brachii will be shortened. The training effect of triceps brachii will be reduced.

3. The elbow joint is the distal end of the humerus, connecting with the radius and ulna. Most people will regard the bony process at the proximal end of ulna as elbow joint, which is actually the joint of olecranon-triceps brachii ligament. During bench press, elbow joint is the joint with the longest movement and displacement.

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