How much do you bench?

[Mawse]

Thanks. The only thing I didn't do was pause at the bottom. That's because my spotter (my son) was taking the video.

Good solid lift, very strong

why didn't you get your son to do a liftoff ? I'm not brave enough to go over 2 plates without a spotter anymore.

[Hulkotron]

Nice bench Coach

[Coach is Back!]

Good solid lift, very strong

why didn't you get your son to do a liftoff ? I'm not brave enough to go over 2 plates without a spotter anymore.

He was the one shooting the video

[LittleJ]

I'm weak 

[DroppingPlates]

I'm weak 

A thick and striated chest is what matters.

[Dr.J]

Very nice...

[T-REX007]

Great lift coach - like someone else said, 99 % of the general population can't do that

PROPS

[Coach is Back!]

A thick and striated chest is what matters.

That's how to develop a thick, striated chest.

[TheShape.]

That's how to develop a thick, striated chest.

X2. If you're not a pussy.

[Darren Avey]

Great lift coach - like someone else said, 99 % of the general population can't do that

PROPS

99.9 id day, there aint many plus 400 benchers walking them streets!

[DroppingPlates]

That's how to develop a thick, striated chest.

Correction: it's one of the possible routes, and an almost 100% guaranteed route to rotator cuff problems.

[T-REX007]

Just tuck the elbows, pull the bar apart, use your lats, flare on the way up, good leg drive while pinching the shoulder blades, stay tight the whole time .... bahahhahahah
That will protect your shoulders coach ..... just being a dink here coach, good advice for sure to help extend your benching life

Proof hard work and consistency is superior to drugs over the long run - how many pro powerlifters are still making gains in their 40's, not too many I am sure

[Darren Avey]

Uk powerlifter Dave Beattie just broke his pb and his own British squat record at the age of 52.

[T-REX007]

Great for the 52 year old guy !

Like I said though - MOST guys are finished by 40 "ish"

[Coach is Back!]

Correction: it's one of the possible routes, and an almost 100% guaranteed route to rotator cuff problems.

T-Rex is correct. In 39 years of training and I mean heavy training, I've never had a shoulder problem. Problems occur from 1. Bringing the bar down to the upper part you chest causing the elbows to become parallel with the ears (wrong bar path) 2. Overuse from too much volume on a power exercise. 3. Not bringing the bar to full ROM and/or stopping the bar 1/2 way down (which is retarded in itself but people still insist it's the right way ). 

[OTHstrong]

99.9 id day, there aint many plus 400 benchers walking them streets!

no not even close, more like 99.99 and the even higher yet.

Your number 99.9 means 1 in 1000, that means in a city with a million people there is 1000 people that can bench 400, hell no.

[Simple Simon]

no not even close, more like 99.99 and the even higher yet.

Your number 99.9 means 1 in 1000, that means in a city with a million people there is 1000 people that can bench 400, hell no.

Epic Pedantic post of peace. 

[DroppingPlates]

T-Rex is correct. In 39 years of training and I mean heavy training, I've never had a shoulder problem. Problems occur from 1. Bringing the bar down to the upper part you chest causing the elbows to become parallel with the ears (wrong bar path) 2. Overuse from too much volume on a power exercise. 3. Not bringing the bar to full ROM and/or stopping the bar 1/2 way down (which is retarded in itself but people still insist it's the right way ). 

I can only speak for myself and those with the same problems (many!). In most cases I didn't made one of those 3 mistakes. The possible cause is prob a small shoulder imbalance in my case. As a result I can't perform pushing movements with fixed grips (barbells & machines), both for the pecs & delts, without immediate pain.

[LittleJ]

A thick and striated chest is what matters.

My chest won't grow anymore. 

[Coach is Back!]

I can only speak for myself and those with the same problems (many!). In most cases I didn't made one of those 3 mistakes. The possible cause is prob a small shoulder imbalance in my case. As a result I can't perform pushing movements with fixed grips (barbells & machines), both for the pecs & delts, without immediate pain.

I have to retract my statement about not having an injury. I tore my pec when I was 40. Nothing serious but was out for a couple of weeks.

[trapz101]

Just tuck the elbows, pull the bar apart, use your lats, flare on the way up, good leg drive while pinching the shoulder blades, stay tight the whole time .... bahahhahahah
That will protect your shoulders coach ..... just being a dink here coach, good advice for sure to help extend your benching life

Proof hard work and consistency is superior to drugs over the long run - how many pro powerlifters are still making gains in their 40's, not too many I am sure

how the f do you flare your lats while pinching the shoulder blades???

[DroppingPlates]

My chest won't grow anymore. 

You're experiencing that? If so, try different exercises, stretch and make sure you fully recover.

I have to retract my statement about not having an injury. I tore my pec when I was 40. Nothing serious but was out for a couple of weeks.

Sorry to hear that, this is one of those lifter's nightmares 
Has it effected your strength and symmetry?

[T-REX007]

You flare the elbows on the way up is what I was talking about ...... I was being a little sarcastic   

[Coach is Back!]

You're experiencing that? If so, try different exercises, stretch and make sure you fully recover.

Sorry to hear that, this is one of those lifter's nightmares 
Has it effected your strength and symmetry?

This was almost 12 years ago. Hasn't affected my strength but I do have a small asymmetry at the insertion of my left pec. It can be seen mostly when I diet down.

[ESFitness]

how the f do you flare your lats while pinching the shoulder blades???

it's different.. you can flex (flare) your lats without spreading your scapula.

if you flex your lats, it'll create a few inches of forward movement in my elbows/upperarms.