For years, many have thought that retracting, depressing, or pinning back the scapula was better for their shoulders when pressing.  The root of the myth stems from power building and probably doesn’t apply to the way your press and could even been preventing you from growing your chest/pecs.

Here we will go over some of the basic mechanics of the shoulder joint and discuss why you probably should be allows the scapula to move during all your bench pressing, chest presses and flys.  For shoulder health, and muscle growth.