When lying down with the barbell held narrowly with EZ bar, if your head is at the edge of the bench, you can achieve a deeper contraction! In the bench press starting position, place the bar on your forearms, rotate your chest and thoracic spine, maintain abdominal pressure, shrug your shoulders up to touch your ears, and then lower your arms towards your head to create tension in your triceps. When you reach the point where the tension is created, lower it without spreading your elbows too much, keeping the width that maintains the tension, and lower it smoothly. If you do it as described above, you can achieve maximum contraction. Once you have lowered it completely, instead of pushing it straight up, push diagonally back and up, and you will feel a tremendous stimulus. A small tip: Exercises like JM press or close grip bench press that handle heavy weights are multi-joint movements that use the whole body, making it easier to control the elbows. However, isolation exercises like lat pulldown, dumbbell skull crushers, etc., can lead to shoulder and elbow injuries if the elbows spread too much or if there is no thoracic rotation. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment!