Jamie's left-shoulder pain during bench press comes from poor thoracic spine positioning and hand placement. The trainer fixes it by cueing chest up to the bar and adjusting how Jamie engages his spine, which immediately reduces strain and lets him keep training.
The way Jamie's bench pressing is the exact reason why his shoulders are so jacked up, and that's exactly why I needed to spend so much time correcting his technique. So I've been having issues with my left shoulder. I think it's from lifting a little bit too heavy. I'm trying to figure out how to push weights without further damaging that left shoulder and somewhat rehabbing it without stopping working out completely. This is your thoracic spine here where I'm putting my hands. I'm getting you to push this up as high as you can. So if I put my hand here, I want you to push. There you go, right? That's better. Feel that? Yeah. So when I say chest up to the bar, that's what comes up. That's all you need to do. Shoulder pain? No. That round felt so much easier.
