My spine certainly isn't straight either, so I lift in a way that works for me. I do a pretty textbook bench press, but walk out with a pump in my arms and not my chest. The only way I feel it in my chest is when I go heavy (250ish). I will go with a few reps with a plate, move to a few reps of 205, then straight to 250. I would go straight there, but I still feel like the lower weights are my warm up, but I don't actually feel like I need it.
A really good example in variability is the easy bar, some people can curl a straight bar yet other people will destroy their wrists, so they must use the easy bar. Some people can lift weights their whole lives and literally barely grow.
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