# Change to wide grip bench

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/change-to-wide-grip-bench/7011>\
**Category:** Training Discussion\
**Created:** [September 13, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/change-to-wide-grip-bench/7011 "2019-09-13T02:04:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![adivin3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/adivin3/32/701_2.png) [@adivin3](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/adivin3)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/change-to-wide-grip-bench/7011/1 "2019-09-13T02:04:19Z")

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I’ve been benching with a fairly narrow grip for the last few years. I always have some degree of shoulder pain, but I have learned to ignore it. Programming called for wide grip bench, and damn if it didn’t feel good. Has me thinking now.

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**Author:** ![Pat\_Hughes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Pat\_Hughes](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Pat_Hughes)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/change-to-wide-grip-bench/7011/2 "2019-09-13T13:46:51Z")

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Strangely I had the opposite experience - been benching wide grip for a while, switched to a narrower grip and felt stronger.