In this episode I talk about the king of all exercises, the bench press! I mainly focus on some of the criticisms of this exercise and discuss whether or not those criticisms are warranted. 
Show Notes: 

There are no bad exercises, only bad applications 
You cannot say an exercise is contraindicated UNTIL you've qualified the athlete or client 
Common critiques of the bench press 
Training around injuries "general fitness clients vs. athletes" 
Importance of proper technique in the bench press 
Importance of upper back/lat development for the bench press 
Different ways to create muscular tension according to Dr. Zatsiorsky 
Why I use primarily the submaximal effort and repeated effort methods for pressing exercises with my grapplers and fighters 
Why and how I use partial range of motion exercises 

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