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<blockquote data-quote="joshpoints" data-source="post: 457603" data-attributes="member: 546465">Awesome.&nbsp; SO I&#039;m not the only person with shoulder issues from benching with a barbell.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s a cross between having really long arms and a not so good shoulder to begin with.&nbsp; When I go down to my chest it really puts a lot of strain on my shoulder and stretches it way out.&nbsp; I also find I have to take an extremely wide grip because if I take a regular grip the bend that occurs in my elbow when I bring it to my chest causes a nerve in my elbow to get inflamed.&nbsp; This caused me to stop lifting barbell and just do dumbell bench.&nbsp; The highest I&#039;ve ever been in dumbells was doing a set with 95&#039;s.Currently I&#039;m doing sets on a barbell bench at 115 pounds&nbsp; and less!! Yes you heard me right.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been injured with my back from doing a stupid pushup routine.&nbsp; Still not 100% and it has been over 2 months.&nbsp; Anyway I&#039;m doing slow barbell with light weight because anymore than this and I&#039;m afraid my back will go into a spasm at this point.&nbsp; I&#039;m building up my core to prevent future injury in this region as I was doing no low back workout and no abs (felt I had more important body parts to work out).&nbsp; I can&#039;t really do dumbells because I&#039;m afraid that when I rock up with the weights when my set is completed that I&#039;ll reinjure back and that&#039;s why I&#039;m doing barbell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="joshpoints, post: 457603, member: 546465"] Awesome. SO I'm not the only person with shoulder issues from benching with a barbell. I think it's a cross between having really long arms and a not so good shoulder to begin with. When I go down to my chest it really puts a lot of strain on my shoulder and stretches it way out. I also find I have to take an extremely wide grip because if I take a regular grip the bend that occurs in my elbow when I bring it to my chest causes a nerve in my elbow to get inflamed. This caused me to stop lifting barbell and just do dumbell bench. The highest I've ever been in dumbells was doing a set with 95's. Currently I'm doing sets on a barbell bench at 115 pounds and less!! Yes you heard me right. I've been injured with my back from doing a stupid pushup routine. Still not 100% and it has been over 2 months. Anyway I'm doing slow barbell with light weight because anymore than this and I'm afraid my back will go into a spasm at this point. I'm building up my core to prevent future injury in this region as I was doing no low back workout and no abs (felt I had more important body parts to work out). I can't really do dumbells because I'm afraid that when I rock up with the weights when my set is completed that I'll reinjure back and that's why I'm doing barbell. [/QUOTE]

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