What We Saw Wednesday #12: Bench Press Bar Crash | Don't kill the bird & save your bench press

Bar crash is a very common bench press mistake that is often overlooked for a variety of reasons. However, bar crash can be responsible for pain, injury, and your bench press failing to progress. So here is how to fix it!   Bar crash in the bench press is when the lifter brings the bar down to the chest with little control and too much speed causing loss of tension, force transfer into the thorax, and loss of shoulder position and power in the bench press.   When experienced over multiple reps, sets, and training sessions, bar crash could be contributing to thorax and shoulder injuries from bench press.   In this less-than-ten-minute-episode of the PRS Podcast, Dr. Rori Alter, PT, PRSCC, SSC explains what bar crash is, how to identify it, issues it can cause, and her very popular cue for how to correct it.   Resources: How to Barbell Bench Press Barbell Bench Press | How to (coach the) Bench in 10 Minutes   If you're enjoying our podcast, please leave us a review on Apple or Spotify.   Join our Facebook Community for free form checks, live Q&As & more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PRS.Barbell.Mastery    Got questions or guests you'd like to hear on the show? Submit them here: https://forms.gle/7Vu2HmgHoeQY9xM59    Get in touch with the show! Web: https://www.progressiverehabandstrength.com Email: [email protected] Rori IG: @rorimegan_prs Alyssa IG: @alyssahope_prs