# Wide Grip Bench for Competition

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/wide-grip-bench-for-competition/7139>\
**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [September 28, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/wide-grip-bench-for-competition/7139 "2019-09-28T17:09:50Z")\
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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 28, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/wide-grip-bench-for-competition/7139/1 "2019-09-28T17:09:50Z")

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Hi Jordan,

After talking with Brett Gibbs about bench grip width for competition, has your opinion changed any on this topic? I believe you experimented some with this. Do you feel you stuck with a wider grip long enough to see if it produced a better bench? Any thoughts on experimenting further? Is there any merit in training with a narrower\normal grip and using a wider grip for the meet?

aj

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/wide-grip-bench-for-competition/7139/2 "2019-09-29T15:27:43Z")

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> [@adivin3](#):
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> Hi Jordan,
> 
> After talking with Brett Gibbs about bench grip width for competition, has your opinion changed any on this topic? I believe you experimented some with this. Do you feel you stuck with a wider grip long enough to see if it produced a better bench? Any thoughts on experimenting further? Is there any merit in training with a narrower\normal grip and using a wider grip for the meet?
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> aj

I think my opinion is the same, i.e. it’s probably more of a personal preference thing.

My best wide grip numbers were way off my closer grip numbers after 6 weeks. Would this have changed? Maybe, but I think probably not compared to just spending time training.

I don’t think you should train differently than you compete 🙂

-Jordan