Some of you may know that I've been having shoulder and elbow pains from my BJJ training and the years of lifting. I've had to take time off benching because the pain had gotten to be unbearable. Well, I picked up a slingshot (the orginal version) and trained bench today. I took it easy so I didn't go to heavy (just performed working sets with 225lbs) and my elbows and shoulders felt GREAT to my surprise.

My point for this thread is if you're having pains in your elbows, shoulders, or both give the slingshot a try. I bet you'll be happy you did.

Mark has a reactive slingshot (the blue one) which gives less "help" in performing the lift. I the the little extra nudge the red original slingshot provides.