Suicide grip vs normal grip

[ImTheDoubleGreatest!]

On bench press, the way I learned it was suicide so that's just the way I've been doing it. But I talked to one of the trainers who works at the gym I go to and asked about any kind of issues with my bench and he mentioned that for my goals, I might want to use a regular grip because it activates the lats. I was just wondering about the validity of this statement and what else the differences between them are.

 

[Alexander Thomas]

TBH, with suicide grip, I feel like I get a better burn in my chest than with regular grip. Its easy for your wrists to start bending backward when benching heavy weight + regular grip.

Not sure if its just me, but I feel the chest is worked much more when using suicide grips.

 

[Who Dares Win]

Suicide grip gives me a better feedback in terms of strenght output and chest work but given the heavy weights on the bench press for safety reason its better to move to a regular one unless you have some kind of safe to protect you.

 

[ImTheDoubleGreatest!]

TBH, with suicide grip, I feel like I get a better burn in my chest than with regular grip. Its easy for your wrists to start bending backward when benching heavy weight + regular grip.

Not sure if its just me, but I feel the chest is worked much more when using suicide grips.

Suicide grip gives me a better feedback in terms of strenght output and chest work but given the heavy weights on the bench press for safety reason its better to move to a regular one unless you have some kind of safe to protect you.

But does it actually engage your lats too or is it so slight that it's just negligible?

 

[Who Dares Win]

But does it actually engage your lats too or is it so slight that it's just negligible?

In my opinion its hard that just changing the position of your thumb in a pushing motion could involve the activity of a pulling muscle.

 

[ImTheDoubleGreatest!]

In my opinion its hard that just changing the position of your thumb in a pushing motion could involve the activity of a pulling muscle.

Yeah that's what I was thinking too tbh