Bench pressing: touch the chest?

[Times Roman]

The bar should never touch your chest when your benching thats aweful for you.

this is humor, no?

[AllAmerican-PCS]

this is humor, no?

Has to be...The only time you don't touch your chest is if your board pressing(obviously you cant) or ballistic benching (don't try this in maximal effort lifts), but full range of motion is very important, especially if your a competitive power lifter where you have to pause press. I have seen a lot of people in the gym with this problem mostly due to lack of proper ROM, also start adding dumbbell presses with a tucked press (elbos in) stretch as far as you can down and make sure to go all the way up (lock out is very important to)