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Message: [QUOTE="superjohn, post: 5279277, member: 1522"] We had a thread on here about bench pressing years ago. Anyone still getting after it? My shoulders have bothered me to the point of not doing any benching for well over a year a while ago and for many years I only did reverse grip because it didn't hurt my shoulders at all, then was doing suicide grip which was originally pretty pain free but then made my shoulders scream. I went back to regular benching and after screwing around with what would cause the least amount of discomfort and what would be my strongest position I now bench regular grip completely pain free. It sounds ridiculous but it's exciting to me because I love lifting. The biggest thing was in the hands, where I lined them up on the bar and more importantly where the bar sits in my hand along with my bar path. I also figured out any overhead shoulder pressing and benching too low where the bar made contact was wrecking my shoulders and made me weaker. 45 years old and won't do any max effort singles or doubles anymore but kind of want to see where I can take a max rep pr in the next few months now that I finally seemed to have figured out what works for me. Kind of insane I've been going to the gym for like 20 years and just now seem to have figured it out. [/QUOTE]