First of all...does everybody know what a Swiss Ball is? If not, next time your in your gym look at the ab station, you should see large laytex balls about 2-3ft. high...that's a swiss ball.
I have not done bench press for 6 years. I suffered a wrist injury and the resulting reconstructive surgeries left me with limited mobility in that wrist. I also have shoulder problems that are obvious even when I do flat bench dumbells. My main mass builder for chest is incline dumbells. Recently I picked up one of my old copies of Muscle Media 2000 and read an interesting article by Charles Poliquin. He demonstrated several traditional presses done on a swiss ball instead of benches. So now, after inclines, I grab a swiss ball some 90lb dumbells (trust me...you will have to go lighter than normal), lay down on the ball with my legs extended and braced and press away. You get a very large range of motion and work stabilizing muscles you never even realized you had. Try it the next time you want to re-vamp your chest routine.![]()