Stop Retracting Your Shoulders To Bench Press

Maximally retracting your shoulder blades during the bench press is a deeply ingrained setup habit that actually destroys joint stability and locks up your upper back. Discover how engaging your serratus anterior along with your lats creates a wider, safer pressing platform that eliminates shoulder pain and prevents destructive elbow flare. Learning how to depress your shoulders and yield to heavy loads transforms your bench press into a smoothly integrated movement that maximizes raw strength. TIMESTAMPS: 00:08 Why Your Bench Press Is Wrecking Your Shoulders 06:46 The Maximal Retraction Mistake 11:07 The Strongest Shoulder Position 14:10 Find Your Bench Press Sweet Spot 20:28 How to Actually Load Your Lats 25:28 Demonstration 🔥 Become an elitefts Channel Member for early access to Dave Tate's Table Talk, exclusive content, and member-only perks. ➡️ @eliteftsofficial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SUPPORT DAVE TATE'S TABLE TALK 🔴 Full Crew Access https://elitefts.com/pages/join-the-crew 👕 Limited Edition Apparel https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel... 📚 Programs & Exclusive Content https://www.elitefts.com/shop/dave-ta... 💪 TYAO Coaching Application https://www.elitefts.com/dave-tate-s-... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ BEST-SELLING ELITEFTS PRODUCTS Pro Resistance Training Bands https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bands.html Specialty Barbells https://www.elitefts.com/shop/bars-we... Wraps • Straps • Sleeves https://www.elitefts.com/shop/power-g... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ OFFICIAL SPONSORS & DISCOUNTS elitefts — Save 10% OFF with code TABLE TALK https://www.elitefts.com/ Marek Health — Save 10% OFF Labs with code TABLETALK https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk LMNT — Get a FREE 8-Count Sample Pack http://www.drinklmnt.com/tabletalk ChiliPad 2.0 — Save Up to $255 with code TABLETALK https://sleep.me/tabletalk Visionary Meals (Official Meal Prep Partner) — Save 10% OFF with code TABLETALK10 https://visionarymeals.com MASS Research Review — Save 20% OFF with code ELITEFTS20 https://massresearchreview.com/ RP Hypertrophy App — Save 10% OFF with code TABLE TALK https://rpstrength.com/pages/hypertro... Support Massenomics https://www.massenomics.com/