The #1 Bench Press Mistake Destroying Your Shoulders

Most people have been bench pressing wrong their entire lifting career — and it's quietly destroying their shoulders.

The #1 mistake is bringing the bar straight down to the chest in a vertical line, while letting your elbows flare out.

This narrows the space in side the shoulder joint that is called the subacromial space, pinching the rotator cuff tendons between the acromion of the scapula and the head of the humerus. That results in many different impingement-related shoulder injuries, including rotator cuff tears and labrum tears.

Instead, the bar should travel in a natural arc — lowering toward the lower chest and pressing back up and slightly forward. This arc keeps the shoulder joint open, protects the tendons, and actually improves your chest activation.

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0:00 The #1 bench press mistake
0:02 Why straight-down is dangerous
0:05 What never to do with the bar path
0:10 How it pinches your shoulder (anatomy)
0:12 The injury it leads to
0:17 The correct arc bar path
0:19 Why the arc protects your shoulder
0:24 Better, safer bench press

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