Guillotine Press - worth risking your neck?

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  Feb 14, 2013 3:10 AM GMT

  Howdy Folks
  
  What are your thoughts in relation to doing a barbell guillotine press for a different chest exercise... naturally with lighter weights.
  
  Is it bad for your shoulders?
  Is it a good mix in exercise?
  Anyone have any success with it?
  
  
  

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  Feb 14, 2013 3:15 AM GMT

  This is the first time I've heard of it. Did some Googling.. looks dangerous. Particularly looks bad for your shoulders. But if you're getting some benefit from it, then I guess it's ok.

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  Feb 14, 2013 3:20 AM GMT

  The jury is still out. Try it for yourself and tell us what your experience was.

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  Feb 14, 2013 3:23 AM GMT

  I have never heard of it either until now, I wouldn't do it. I would imagine you can hit the same area with dumbbells.

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  Feb 14, 2013 6:50 AM GMT

  Alrighty then, I went and tried the guillotine press on the Smith Machine, which I figured was a bit safer than using a bench.
  
  Let's just say I can feel muscles have been worked which I didn't even know I had, right at the top of my chest down to mid-pec level. This exercise really does work your muscles in a different way.
  
  I think the key is to use lighter weights, I dropped about 25% of what I normally press. I can see if you're not very conscious of your form you could bugger up your shoulders pretty easily...
  
  I'm thinking I'll chuck a guillotine press into my routine every now and then to mix things up.

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  Feb 14, 2013 7:32 AM GMT

  Oh
  
  I was imagining a small publishing house that prints bellerophonic letters and such.

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  Feb 14, 2013 10:35 PM GMT

  Done it with my personal trainer before, but I wouldn't want to do it without being spotted by someone I trusted.
  
  Something else we did that I found really worked the underside of the pec was a barbell chest press with a very wide supinated grip. Once again you need a good spotter and I had to reduce my normal weight by at least 50%. It was good though.

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  Feb 14, 2013 10:45 PM GMT

  It's how I damaged my rotator cuff, but your call...

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  Feb 14, 2013 10:56 PM GMT

  mindgarden saidOh
  
  I was imagining a small publishing house that prints bellerophonic letters and such.

  
  
  Haha that was my first reaction too!

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  Feb 15, 2013 7:30 AM GMT

  Medjai saidIt's how I damaged my rotator cuff, but your call...

  
  
  Thanks for the heads up, that's one thing I have to be really careful with since breaking my shoulder a few years back...

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  Feb 15, 2013 7:30 AM GMT

  bus9ja2d saidDone it with my personal trainer before, but I wouldn't want to do it without being spotted by someone I trusted.
  
  Something else we did that I found really worked the underside of the pec was a barbell chest press with a very wide supinated grip. Once again you need a good spotter and I had to reduce my normal weight by at least 50%. It was good though.

  
  
  Thanks for the tips.

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  Feb 15, 2013 7:32 AM GMT

  WestAussieGuy said

  Medjai saidIt's how I damaged my rotator cuff, but your call...

  
  
  Thanks for the heads up, that's one thing I have to be really careful with since breaking my shoulder a few years back...

  
  
  If you're going to do it, make sure you warm up the shoulder really well, and have a spotter. If it tweaks at all, stop. Took me months to heal, and I was lucky.

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