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Originally Posted by joelster
That's a very impressive bench. You're built like me. Tall and lean. When we bench, we have to move the weight literally 2.5 feet, lol. Watching some videos of "powerlifters" doing bench presses sometimes cracks me up. You see them at a height of 5' 6" with a 48" belly, and then they have this massive arch when they lie down. Their range of motion is literally under a foot. Their arms are never bent below 90 degrees. It would be similar to us guys doing board presses with over a foot of lumber. Keep up the good work! One of the main things that really helped my bench was doing lots of heavy singles. In your case you'd load up the bar with 285 or 290lbs. Mentally, you already have the weight beat, because you KNOW you can press more than that. But the weight is heavy enough to really shock your body and condition it for max weight. A few weeks of incorporating sets of heavy singles into your workouts and you'll be crushing 315-325 without a doubt.
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Thanks man! Yesss our range of motion sucks! I feel like I am traveling across the country and back. I used to lift with a buddy who was 5'6 and seriously his bench press is probably 8 inches....Versus our lanky ass arms.
Bench has always been my weak point. It started at about 95lbs 4 years ago. Yes I am actually starting to do exactly what you say! I am decreasing my volume, staying with heavy enough weight that I know I can do but that is also very hard! I have also found occassional negatives have helped me, loading something like 335lbs on the bar, something that I know I can't do, then lowering the weight extremly slowly. It gets my hands and nervous system used to handling a heavier weight.
Thanks for the adivice! Its awesome to hear about someone else with a similar lifting style!