I heard this bizarre story about a 28-year-old British guy whose heart stopped after accidentally swallowing a 6-inch Denver sole on a fishing trip.

The bloke had jokingly placed a fish he had just caught over his mouth. The sole then wriggled free and jumped in.

A whole fish stuck in his windpipe, the man couldn't breathe, went into cardiac arrest.

Paramedics eventually managed to remove the sole in the nick of time, preventing an untimely death of the hapless fisherman.

Blimey mental those British lads, aren't they?

Speaking of blokes with 6-inchers...

Kinda small.

Needs to be bigger.

Around 18-20 inches, to be precise.

Now get your mind out of the gutter, silly.

I'm talking about your bench press grip.

More specifically, the distance between your thumbs when you grip the bar.

You see, lots of guys bench too wide, with their pinkies on the rings of the barbell.

That might work for a competitive powerlifter who wants to bench the house, smash records.

But for the rest of us?

Going super wide places too much stress on the shoulder joint for my liking.

So bring your grip in a bit.

Somewhere between an inch or two into the knurling at the narrowest. And halfway between the ring and where the knurling starts at most.

That's right around 18-20 inches. Don't go any wider and you have a good chance of keeping your shoulders healthy.

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Yunus Barisik