>>75726315
takes leg drive out of the movement
makes the movement more difficult
slightly increases rom

all good things to work on if you want to improve your bench

Because it's there.

I find that the use of my feet actually stabilizes my shoulders. So I would never do this, bench is risky enough as it is.

>>75726358
>he's scared of the weight
>he's afraid of an exercise
never gonna make it

>>75726379
You're absolutely right. That's why I always squat while standing on a bosu ball.

>>75726326
what does leg drive even mean

>>75726396
Imagine you are doing a bench press, as you normally would: you press up with your arms, but for a leg up, press your legs on the floor, and drive up the bar through the legs to the spine and chest, and think about spreading the floor apart, the added stability for the press.

>>75726379
>risk mitigation is being a stupid scared moron
Were you the guy that squatted his body's weight while wearing sandals? Can you walk now?

>>75726315
I am an manlet and me legs wont reach to the floor level. Comfortably, that is.
Although I just steal one of those meme step-planks from the open training area. I would not put my shoes up on the bench.

>>75726315
Great bench assistance, i find floor press with legs extended even better

Just Larsen press, it's better

>>75726396
it's like when you leg/hip drive OHP and turn it into a push press, but horizontally. for some reason it's still considered a strict bench press when you do it

>>75728545
There are two leg drive styles. The first is constant tension. It just makes you more stable. There is a sink and heave style though, which is closer to what you described.

>>75728564
I have a nice bench and can arch better with feet up now the other shit feels like its building no muscle and destroying my shoulders

>>75728545
That's because every faggot under the age of 25 thinks "leg drive" is completely lifting your ass off the bench, doing some kind of weird pelvic thrust, and turning it into a decline press.

>>75728588
Skill issue