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Bottom position benches and bench lockouts are both extremely effective. It just depends on what your weakest link is. If you're stronger from the bottom than at the lockout ( like me ) then bench lockouts done in a power rack for three sets of triples will help tremendously. If you're stronger at the top, but weaker off the chest, then simply do bottom position benches for the same 3 x 3. Other assistance exercises, like inclines, dips, etc., are also effective so long as you don't overtrain them. As for the chains, bands, and other crapola, I agree with Jgriff: They never made any sense to me. Avoid the gimmicks, just honestly determine your strong/weak points, then it's just a matter of putting the time and work.

That's the way all squats should be done from now on. In fact, let's try to find a way to incorporate tiny, individual balls on the bottom of each shoe, so that way the person exercising ( notice I didn't refer to him as a lifter) could just put his ball-shoes on and have at it, without requiring a "trainer." I wonder why he isn't doing deadlifts or clean and jerks on the stability ball? How about overhead presses? I'm on my way to the sporting goods store to get me one of those things.

I hope to God that it's a fake--or at least have the "trainer" banned from ever training somebody again until he gets some brains in his head. He's going to cause somebody to get seriously injured.