Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Snippit is made possible by listeners like you. Please help support the podcast: ► https://www.patreon.com/snippitscience    Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 9(4):222–227, NOV 1995 Issn Print: 1064-8011 Publication Date: 1995/11/01 https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/abstract/1995/11000/effects_of_variations_of_the_bench_press_exercise.3.asp   Effects of Variations of the Bench Press Exercise on the EMG Activity of Five Shoulder Muscles   Chris Barnett Vaughan Kippers Peter Turner   ABSTRACT   This experiment investigated the effects of varying bench inclination and hand spacing on the EMG activity of five muscles acting at the shoulder joint.   Six male weight trainers performed presses under four conditions of trunk inclination and two of hand spacing at 80% of their predetermined max. Pre-amplified surface EMG electrodes were placed over the five muscles in question.   The EMG signals during the 2-sec lift indicated some significant effects of trunk inclination and hand spacing. The sternoc