My Benchpress video

• Simon Dean

  12 May 07, 22:38

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhCgfaXYbik
  
  My stats
  
  Age:17
  
  Height and weight=177cm,75kg.
  
  I am benching my own bodyweight for 5 reps in this video, this is just a WARMUP set to heavier poundages.Barbell with weights added is 75kg in total.
  
  That youtube a/c is my friend's one btw, so other videos are not me.
• Marco_Simone

  12 May 07, 22:44

  good form
• Simon Dean

  12 May 07, 22:53

  Thanks to Bruce my spotter(He can ass to grass squat 100kg at 55kg)and the gym instructor for fliming.
  
  Thanks guys.
• Marco_Simone

  12 May 07, 22:54

  Originally posted by Simon Dean:

  Thanks to Bruce my spotter(He can ass to grass squat 100kg at 55kg)and the gym instructor for fliming.
  
  Thanks guys.

  Amazing,he can squat so much at such a slight build.
  
  
• Simon Dean

  12 May 07, 23:12

  Originally posted by Marco_Simone:

  Amazing,he can squat so much at such a slight build.
  
  

  He can bench 87.5kg 1RM.I swear on those lifts as i spotted him.
• Marco_Simone

  12 May 07, 23:14

  insofar as i emphasis on strength this strength that...
  
  I rather be 200 pounds and bench 200 pounds rather than 150 pounds and bench 250 pounds.
• Simon Dean

  12 May 07, 23:21

  Stay tuned to my 15kg weighted pullups.I know it is sh!T compared to marco's one.
• Marco_Simone

  12 May 07, 23:23

  Originally posted by Marco_Simone:

  insofar as i emphasis on strength this strength that...
  
  I rather be 200 pounds and bench 200 pounds rather than 150 pounds and bench 250 pounds.

  its quite a shame coz nobody would know he's weight trained if he is on the streets.
  
  Is he training exclusively on low reps?
• ArdusKane

  13 May 07, 00:18

  Originally posted by Marco_Simone:

  its quite a shame coz nobody would know he's weight trained if he is on the streets.
  
  Is he training exclusively on low reps?

  This type of build is perfect for gymnastics. I have seen a GIF of a person who looked like he was floating in his jump.
• airgrinder

  13 May 07, 00:26

  powermanz...
  
  btw, how heavy is the bar alone without weights?
• Marco_Simone

  13 May 07, 00:27

  Originally posted by airgrinder:

  powermanz...
  
  btw, how heavy is the bar alone without weights?

  20kg
• PMLEE

  13 May 07, 00:36

  Originally posted by Simon Dean:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhCgfaXYbik
  
  My stats
  
  Age:17
  
  Height and weight=177cm,75kg.
  
  I am benching my own bodyweight for 5 reps in this video, this is just a WARMUP set to heavier poundages.Barbell with weights added is 75kg in total.
  
  That youtube a/c is my friend's one btw, so other videos are not me.

  applause for the glove-less benchpress but.. i don't see the correct form in that..
  
  Also u seen to be using strength from your tricep rather than chest, btw how long have u been training?
  
  
• galapogos

  13 May 07, 01:51

  There's nothing wrong with using triceps on the upper half of the movement. The bench press is a compound exercise, so to do it "powerlifting style", you have to engage your entire body to optimize your biomechanical advantage. This includes your pecs, triceps, lats, core, and even your glutes to a certain extent.
• Simon Dean

  13 May 07, 08:25

  Originally posted by PMLEE:

  applause for the glove-less benchpress but.. i don't see the correct form in that..
  
  Also u seen to be using strength from your tricep rather than chest, btw how long have u been training?
  
  

  i am not a bodybuilder..therefore i dont descend the bar to nipple level and its not bad form not to do so.
  
  I have been training for 2.5 years.I could do heavier bench presses and lifts before this but i cut my weight and inevitably they dropped a little.
  
  
• Simon Dean

  13 May 07, 08:39

  I am training a lift a day(Got this idea from Marco_simone).I change my programme every 2-3 months so it wont get stale.
  
  My spotter trains on low reps 2-3.and 5-6 for warmup only.and hes short because his parents are rather short as well, not because the weights "stunted" his height.
• Marco_Simone

  13 May 07, 11:43

  Originally posted by PMLEE:

  Also u seen to be using strength from your tricep rather than chest, btw how long have u been training?
  
  

  Does it matter a sh-it? Are you the type who do 1/2 squats coz you only wanna target your quads....and not your glutes and hamss
  
  
  
• PMLEE

  14 May 07, 02:28

  Originally posted by Marco_Simone:

  Does it matter a sh-it? Are you the type who do 1/2 squats coz you only wanna target your quads....and not your glutes and hamss
  
  
  

  serious i dont see any correct form in that benchpress of yours..
  No disrespect to you but i think you might learn how to grasp correct form b4 u advance to higher lvl.
• PMLEE

  14 May 07, 02:29

  Originally posted by PMLEE:

  serious i dont see any correct form in that benchpress of yours..
  No disrespect to you but i think you might learn how to grasp correct form b4 u advance to higher lvl.

  oops, thats for the threatstarter.
• PMLEE

  14 May 07, 02:32

  Originally posted by galapogos:

  There's nothing wrong with using triceps on the upper half of the movement. The bench press is a compound exercise, so to do it "powerlifting style", you have to engage your entire body to optimize your biomechanical advantage. This includes your pecs, triceps, lats, core, and even your glutes to a certain extent.

  bet you cant do 5 or more on your benchpress
• galapogos

  14 May 07, 08:59

  Originally posted by PMLEE:

  bet you cant do 5 or more on your benchpress

  Well lucky for you, you didn't bet any money.
• Simon Dean

  14 May 07, 10:20

  Originally posted by PMLEE:

  serious i dont see any correct form in that benchpress of yours..
  No disrespect to you but i think you might learn how to grasp correct form b4 u advance to higher lvl.

  There is nothing wrong lowering it below nipple level.Not everyone's goal is to be a bodybuilder.I train for strength not for the looks
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This are all legit lifts in competition.
• Simon Dean

  14 May 07, 10:33

  Originally posted by PMLEE:

  bet you cant do 5 or more on your benchpress

  You have no idea that he can do over 100kg bench-press and 30kg weighted dips
  
  here is a video of Randy Barnes bench pressing(world renowned shot putter)
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxiqSCQx-Bo
  
  
• Marco_Simone

  14 May 07, 15:20

  Originally posted by PMLEE:

  serious i dont see any correct form in that benchpress of yours..
  No disrespect to you but i think you might learn how to grasp correct form b4 u advance to higher lvl.

  why dont you show us what's the "correct" way to bench by posing a vid of yourself?
• OPT

  14 May 07, 22:38

  Originally posted by PMLEE:

  applause for the glove-less benchpress but.. i don't see the correct form in that..
  
  Also u seen to be using strength from your tricep rather than chest, btw how long have u been training?
  
  

  You're an idiot... there is nothing wrong with that form.
  
  Only thing would be that I would slow down the eccentric a little - not saying the form there was wrong.
  
  I can not see the lower body so can't comment on the form there but if the upper body is anything to go by then it should be ok.
  
  Why don't you come down to my gym and we'll all have a bench off to see who can bench the most?
• galapogos

  14 May 07, 23:02

  Come on opt, you kinda have an unfair advantage of 20+ years of training under your belt
  Maybe if Funicle and I combine powers, we might be able to come close to you
  
  Anyway, any comment on the grip opt? I was trying out thumbed grip today, and I find that it's actually quite hard to keep the barbell on the same axis as the forearm - the wrist tends to hyperextend on a heavy load, causing the bar to fall behind the forearm axis.