How close do you have your hands for closegrip bench?

[Get_Swole]

I vary my hand position personally from about nipple wide to close enough that my thumbs touch in the middle, what is your guy's preference and why?

 

[LeatherHead]

I like to put my hands on the bar, with thumbs running along the bar, and slide my hands in until my thumbtips touch. Any more than that, hurts my wrists. I get the best squeeze and pump at that distance.

 

[Chris250]

about 6 inches apart

 

[Get_Swole]

You guys do it about exactly how i mostly do i always hear people saying not to get your hands too close together though but thats where i feel them the best in my tri's.

 

[DB006]

your thumbs touching is wayyy too narrow. how can you handle any weight like that. i grip it about in inch wider then the first knurls*, or about 12 inches apart.

 

[Get_Swole]

what do you mean by knurl as in where the texture starts? see when i go that wide it feels like im working my chest and tri's not mainly my tri's.

 

[LeatherHead]

your thumbs touching is wayyy too narrow. how can you handle any weight like that. i grip it about in inch wider then the first knurls*, or about 12 inches apart.

That's where I normally place my hands when benching!

 

[BiggerStronger]

I squeeze my arms flat against the side of my body. It ends up being about 10-12" apart.

 

[dreww]

I squeeze my arms flat against the side of my body. It ends up being about 10-12" apart.

this is how i do it too.

 

[NAIR]

your thumbs touching is wayyy too narrow. how can you handle any weight like that. i grip it about in inch wider then the first knurls*, or about 12 inches apart.

Indeed, I second

 

[rbethel]

about a foot apart....u all do flat close grip bench have u ever tried decline? I tried decline and it took all the stress of my wrist and i felt a much better pump and squeeze neone else use decline?

 

[jtunderdog]

A foot apart for me too. I do it where when I come straight down my elbows almost graze my sides. They actually do hit my ribs come to think about it. For me it is about keeping my elbows from flaring out. I notice I get a better pump in my tris like that. I love close grips.

 

[Crazymank]

6 inches.