Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
A long standing cue and technical recommendation is to depress the shoulders and scapula. While this cueing has the right intentions, it often gets taken too far with lifters over depressing their shoulder blades, while lacking the understanding of the possible technique faults this can lead to. In this video, I discuss the scapulohumeral rhythm and how that relates to the bench press in powerlifting. With most modern day bench press techniques, we bias into a position that limits our ability to full depress the shoulder blades. And by trying to cue more and more depression, we end up just fighting against the positions we are trying to maintain. So to combat this issue, I discuss why this happens and what we can do instead of over cueing depression to achieve the relative positions in the bench press that will help us feel strong and stable.
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Abduction Range of Motion: youtube.com/watch?v=xmxzlNkvxSc
Scapulohumeral Rhythm: youtube.com/watch?v=rpzBGlOEW4E
The Guide To Self Unracking On Bench: member.powerlifting-now.com/the-guide-to-self-unracking-on-bench
Subscribe to Powerlifting Now: powerlifting-now.com
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A long standing cue and technical recommendation is to depress the shoulders and scapula. While this cueing has the right intentions, it often gets taken too far with lifters over depressing their shoulder blades, while lacking the understanding of the possible technique faults this can lead to. In this video, I discuss the scapulohumeral rhythm and how that relates to the bench press in powerlifting. With most modern day bench press techniques, we bias into a position that limits our ability to full depress the shoulder blades. And by trying to cue more and more depression, we end up just fighting against the positions we are trying to maintain. So to combat this issue, I discuss why this happens and what we can do instead of over cueing depression to achieve the relative positions in the bench press that will help us feel strong and stable.
#benchpresstechnique #powerliftingtechnique #benchform #benchtechnique #shoulderdepression #benchpresscues #powerlifting
Abduction Range of Motion: youtube.com/watch?v=xmxzlNkvxSc
Scapulohumeral Rhythm: youtube.com/watch?v=rpzBGlOEW4E
The Guide To Self Unracking On Bench: member.powerlifting-now.com/the-guide-to-self-unracking-on-bench
Subscribe to Powerlifting Now: powerlifting-now.com
Buy Strength Now Programs: strength-now.com
Instagram: instagram.com/prs_performance
Website: prsontheplatform.com
