Touching Chest Bench Press
The touch point on the bench press is a cue a signal that you are benching with a consistent or inconsistent form.
Touching chest bench press. To touch or not to touch. The bottom portion of the bench press is where your pecs are most heavily activated. The barbell should lightly touch the middle of your chest when performing the barbell flat bench press.
Chicks supposedly dig guys who have a lean muscular chest and guys constantly use the barbell bench press as the ultimate measure of strength and awesomeness. Sure it s the most difficult portion of the lift. First it puts you in a weaker position to perform the bench press as you will limit the triceps brachii to contribute to the push eccentric part of the movement.
By touching the bar to your chest you ensure a full range of motion which in turn activates more muscle fibers. You can feel changes from rep to rep and the pressure of the bar on your chest gives you something to aim for at the bottom.