Technique n' Tips:
- Breathing - inhale at the bottom or slowly on the way down, and exhale at the lockout
- Wrists - a bit of wrist extension and avoid excessive wrist extension
- Elbows - ideally just beneath your wrist
- Hand Positioning - anywhere shoulder width or wider as long as you can do it with full ROM and you feel no issue on your joints
- Bottom Position - dumbbell close or around clavicle height, scapular depression and a bit of retraction or chest out
- Lockout Position - some scapular elevation, elbows extended, shoulders beside your ears or a little bit backwards
- Stability - brace your core
- Don't play with a weight you can't control
Ways to make it easier:
- Focusing only on the Concentric or Eccentric phase
- Decreasing the Range of Motion - partial reps, only go as far as you can handle
- Using external force for support - a partner or spotter
- Decreasing the Weight
Ways to make it harder:
- Playing with the Tempo & adding an Isometric phase (pause/hold)
- Increasing the Weight