>>76497625
Benching without a spotter should be done in a rack. Benches without safeties are bullshit. Your gym literally wants you working in the fucking buddy system. Benches without safeties are often fucking trash like this one.
In a rack you can lift to failure solo. You set the safeties just below your chest. They’re not there for the bar slipping out of your grip. They’re there for lifting to failure. When you fail, you lower the bar to your chest then roll it toward your stomach. You chest can’t compress as low as your stomach. If your benching without a spotter a slight arch and aren’t morbidly obese, your stomach will be lower than your chest and you won’t even squish yourself. If the safety is a little low, or you’re fat, you’ll squish yourself stomach a bit, but the safeties take most of it.
Pic should be the standard. There is no argument against this.
