Annual Hanes 225 Christmas Bench Contest (2022)

Who will be crowned bench champ?
Before you say anything, yes, my form is abysmal upon video evidence but when you’re the younger brother you gotta try to get them numbers up by any means necessary haha.
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[@xtreme8541]

Truett, I'm sorry to see people dropping negative comments. I think it's awesome to see the relationship your family has, and the bonding friendly competition brings. I've always loved the positivity your dad brings, and it's great to see he has raised kids to be the same. Good on all of you.

[@sdean4816]

20 reps of 225 is pretty damn good if you ask me. I’m 65 and on a good day I can still manage to do 10 reps which is more than most of the guys in the gym that are way younger than me. I have to admit it makes me feel good being able to out bench a lot of the younger guys.

[@vincecapri1]

Im 56 and can do 28 reps...You guys are weak

[@Mr196710]

@@vincecapri1 I see you. Big gut with that angry can't get no pussy look.

[@sdean4816]

@@vincecapri1 How much do you weigh and how long are your arms? I’ve got long arms so have a lot of travel distance.

[@robertbayles4337]

Merry Christmas brother! Great job. Love the videos. I'm inspired! As a bow hunter as well I see I need to do more work to keep up in my old age. Shooting a 70lb ross crave. Put in for the elk draw this year.

[@bevbergmann7465]

Love the shirt on the last guy! 🙏

[@Quibes1982]

What a bunch of beauties. Good work fellas

[@swfblacksheep703]

Just hit 200 lbs for the first time. This video is motivating. Press on

[@BrendannotBrandon]

Keep it up brother!

[@steveringeisen9231]

Nice job. I once did 19 @ 225 twice at 42 years old. I'm soon to be 54 and might be able to do 2 or 3. Still benching but not with 225 anymore.

[@Wasubi03]

You guys are Beasts but love seeing your dad representing us old goons. To be able to bench that much and the cardio he has at his age is very impressive. Shows you what consistent hard work can do!

[@Dimabuildingadventures]

And Genetics!

[@trackhoehunter2544]

Awesome shirt T! Tis true!

[@truetthanes]

Reason for the season as they say!

[@bogdanmamalat2671]

That was awesome 🤩

[@stevehernandez1637]

Awesome job

[@Pstratis541]

Grats! Now let’s see that 90# draw!

[@chadmyre1522]

For your age and weight, that's AMAZING!!!

[@Herbster41]

Truett - when I was your age my dad would tell me to bring my arms in on the bar. I didn't think he knew what he was talking about - and my dad's a PT. Now I'm 52, and I wish I took his advice. I still bench, but my hands are about shoulder width on the bar. If I had listened to my dad way back then, I probably would have saved my shoulders from a lot of wear and tear. So bring your arms in on the bar and you can thank me in 30 years.

[@mattpeters6224]

Close. Its scapulas together pinned and in the back pocket. This prevents the shoulders from rolling forward/up and putting all the weight on the support muscles of the Rotator cuff rather than the pecs and triceps. Hand placement will not prevent this. Shoulders should not move at all during a bench press rep.

[@mavrk.d]

Jesus is King. Loving the shirt

[@zacschlatter2773]

What brand shoes are those Cam is wearing ?

[@oldmanrock7542]

I used to do sets with 225. Now I do 2 25 times.

[@darkskies6564]

I bench with my neighbor he's 32 yrs.old and I'm 59 yrs.old so much fun. Reminds me of this video.

[@JesseStevenPollom]

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

[@mulletmanjeeper]

AWESOME SHIRT!

[@ridersonthestormpodcast5236]

Ill see y’all Xmas ‘23

[@JM-fb4kz]

That's a really fun tradition guys. Good job.

[@KeyFobRob]

Yes sir!!

[@jensenpolon1367]

Good on ya

[@ryanpatterson1659]

Damn. The young beast step forward. Congrats boys.

[@truetthanes]

About time 🙏🏼

[@pnwgracethroughfaith7915]

Great job y’all. God bless & Jesus is King

[@Reutzel507]

What kind of shoes are those?

[@calineman]

Love the shirt!!

[@truetthanes]

It’s the truth!

[@PshhBes]

@@truetthanes if you believe in your own truth. Yes. Good being biased keep livin in that echo chamber

[@stanleyguedes2336]

@@PshhBes You can't hear your own echo, guy?

[@PshhBes]

@@stanleyguedes2336 don’t you know the definition of an echo? It should speak for itself mate

[@eatyourgreens1809]

Tanner or Truett need to start doing win a bow contests like their “old” man use to do. Gotta keep it going 💪 lol

[@BigRed4477]

Okay I’m a big fan of the shirt🤘

[@rosefuneral89]

Young dolph seems to be the best pump music. Cool video just keep butt on the bench

[@jamesmcvey-mk6te]

I use to do that with 315... getting old sucks. Keep hammering.

[@Jax_904]

Jesus is King

[@truetthanes]

absolutely

[@Haul4Christ1403]

Love the shirt.

[@LincolnClay98]

Truett how did you manage to improve your bench? I'm 24 and weigh 170 pounds and I can only bench 190 for 1 rep. I've been trying to improve for ages but I'm not getting stronger.

[@truetthanes]

A guaranteed way to improve your bench is to do 5x5 every chest day. So let's say you start with 95 lbs and you're able to do 5 sets of 5, then next week move up 10 pounds and try to get a 5x5 of that weight. Keep increasing once you're able to complete a 5x5 of the designated weight and your max bench should increase as well.

[@LincolnClay98]

@Truett Hanes thanks for the advice man

[@noahpeters6266]

@@ruhakana yeah, eat to failure

[@charlyvss5440]

eat until you're about to vomit evryday for 2 weeks then slow down a bit you'll have a greater appaetite then start working hard 5x5 2 times a week you 'll do 190 for reps bro

[@Brandon-du2bp]

I struggled with chest strength a lot even though I had the size. What I did was strengthen other groups of muscle and workout the chest is different ways. I strengthen my shoulders a lot which helped with stability. Then I trained chest in different positions incline, regular, and decline. Also did a lot of chest flies to help my chest get use to stretching a lot and building strength in that sector which for me was my weak point. Also make sure to eat properly which I started doing and I went from repping 155 for 3 to now repping 225 for 10. If you have anymore questions you could ask. We should all help each other become better in anyway possible.

[@fitter5423]

I love all your competitive nature. Cam is a savage. You guys are all strong. Take a few minutes and watch my man Dave Tate from Elite Fitness bench press tutorial. You guys learn proper bench technique your strength will sky rocket. I can attest to that. I used to shoot my ass up, bench flat backed, and when I was resting roll my shoulders forward. Took me about 6 months to train myself to bench the right way and never looked back. You guys are awesome. Keep grinding.

[@bevbergmann7465]

Lathe shirt on the last guy! 🙏

[@SavedInANanosecond.]

Love the family competition...not the music but definitely the family comp...

[@beessnow]

The last guy managed to do decline bench on an incline bench, impressive

[@Bob-kt6bi]

Truett, what’s your diet?

[@magnet123]

Strong, but gotta keep your butt on the bench. Very cool tradition

[@davidscales1464]

Boys need to take some advice/Watch experienced bench press. Bouncing weight off your chest cavity can lead to unnecessary injuries. Protect those shoulders and use proper form (it’s more difficult I know) like the old man. Nice to see the family competition.

[@OleSmokey]

Best set ever is 24 reps at 172

[@SuperEagle112]

Imagine making friends with Truett in elementary school and they invite you to go for a hike… “How’d it go son?” “Well the family is full of crazy people and they tried to kill me!”

[@ramseymona11]

What is that form, humping the air every rep.

[@nicholash3849]

clearly none of the family learned how to bench a real rep

[@georgeivory2411]

Still 10x stronger than ur twig body 😂

[@ikerapt6702]

I could easily do 0

[@claycook7307]

Who cares? They are still getting a workout.

[@A.Man..]

I’m gonna adopt this form, this is the form of dudes that can do 4100 reps.... they the ones who can tell the world has wrong form

[@nicdean101]

moving weight

[@billscott6819]

225 amrap is fun and a great workout. There is definitely endurance involved when you get to 20 it goes off a cliff. Another good one is to do 100 reps in under 10 minutes in whatever size sets you want.

[@vincecapri1]

ok expert!

[@billscott6819]

@@vincecapri1 Great comment bro start with the bar you'll do great.

[@vincecapri1]

@@billscott6819 I did that 28 times at 46 years old. Im 56 and can still do 23... last 5 reps do suck. but overall not that easy to hit 20 reps

[@vincecapri1]

I do weigh 260 however so weight seems to help somewhat. Im sure if I weighed 210 i would do less reps

[@vincecapri1]

No Bull shoes rock.

[@zachpetsick4220]

I guess it's true what they say... Rangers lead the way!

[@truetthanes]

Haha in this household… that is a factual statement.

[@claycook7307]

Repped it 30x back in the day 🎉

[@david.6040]

Strong!

[@truetthanes]

🙏🏼

[@allamericanlandclearing6577]

Good grind, guys. Quick tip: If you just keep your body solid the entire, don't move around a lot less spent energy. Keep elbows in a little more, too. There's numerous things you can do, but just those 2 will help you squeeze out a few more reps alone. Once you get to 20+, whether you're 170lbs, 220, 260lbs bw, it really comes down to training for muscle stamina. Keep the grind growing and happy new years!

[@martinjnagy]

If they followed your advice then their reps would have to be strict and they wouldn't get as many

[@allamericanlandclearing6577]

@martin no because the more you move, more energy spent. Like I can probably only get 25 reps or so with moving around alot. With good form I can get 37 reps for 225.

[@martinjnagy]

Haha tell me you don't know what you're talking about without explicitly telling me.....the last guy especially is bumping the weight up using momentum generated by his lower body. Its how powerlifters bench. By the over 30 reps on 225...you sir are incredible!

[@allamericanlandclearing6577]

@martin yes but we use leg drive. Our ass can't come off the bench at all, or the lift doesn't count.

[@st3v3stich]

#MaleBonding

[@truetthanes]

The epitome really

[@FrankO-ek1ec]

That guy used his belly to spring the weight up 😂😂

[@JaredSparks]

Fun stuff! Hey brother, I run a podcast/ministry for pastors called The Shepherd's Crook. I would love to have you on the show. What is the best place for me to send you a formal request for an interview?

[@ProCoach2373]

Dad wins....

[@Alex-gl4qn]

Why u guys lifting ur butts off the bench?? None of those reps are legit but u guys are def strong regardless

[@appalachianamerican1776]

Not legit according to whom?

[@andrewwallace8534]

According to anyone who takes lifting serious….lol

[@Alex-gl4qn]

@@appalachianamerican1776 According to our ratio.. no one agrees wit u bruh lol

[@brodynivens6837]

@Andrew Wallace says the guy not doing reps on Christmas. Smhhh. Keep Hammering on the keyboard, Sir Wallace.

[@andrewwallace8534]

It’s the 14th of January you goofy mfer lol…it’s not Christmas.

[@demetriuscooksey7147]

1. Clean reps 2. Bouncy McBouncerson 3. Zero reps. Keep your butt on the bench, bro.

[@mr.niceguy8008]

The second guy that went did zero… bouncing the bar off your chest isnt how you do bench press and looks like hanes jr too is bouncing off the chest 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@johnray3927]

The second guy was bouncing the bar off his stomach. Look at it again.

[@davidnoel3386]

I didn’t see one clean rep everyone if you lifted your butt off the bench on every rep lighten the weight and do them right

[@Archery116]

If you're a fan of these guys and "idolize" them, you still don't have to absolutely gush over everything they do and praise something that's not great. All the millennials need to relax, all their forms did suck and it's okay to say so. I don't care how much any of you can bench, whether you think I can do it or not, or if they can run "100" miles. Their form was horrible. Yes....that still takes good strength but it's okay to call it out. They're not untouchable and perfect. Lighten up Francis.

[@motofamily461]

I know people are going to hate on this. Maybe edit out the Rated R rap music while wearing a Jesus Is King shirt. Still love your guys content.

[@truetthanes]

Something I’ll keep in mind 🙏🏼

[@billbraski]

What jesus didnt die for ALL sins?

[@michaelrosa5410]

No hate brother. But you're being a legalistic Christian. Are you saying if he didn't have the shirt on if would be ok to have the rap blasting away ? Follow me ? Jesus sees us whenever and wherever and whatever is going on. Your comment should have been, shut that trash garbage rap off.....lol In all seasons, not just because of a T shirt speaking truth. My advice to Truett ? Drop the bench press next year and get them both on the chin bar. lol,,pops might give you a run for your money. Big brother is too big and heavy I think to hang with your record prowess on the chin,just don't invite Goggins over for Christmas.

[@motofamily461]

@@michaelrosa5410 agree with you 100 percent on that. It’s just frustrating when a non Christian looks at that and calls us a hypocrite. I agree with you though. Turn that trash off. Lol!!!

[@joeywhitehouse6011]

That's right, if it doesn't look like me, sound like me, and think like me it must be bad. Editing it out is the worst suggestion and would make him a hypocrite. But that's religion 101. I'm clearly not religious, but I can't think of anything more authentic then bumping gangsta rap and representing your faith.

[@rodchappell1677]

Or arching your back

[@vm859]

Arching your back and driving with the legs is bench press 101

[@JL-xn3zy]

I echo V M's comment. When was the last time you benched anything or actually tried to be positive or inspire someone?

[@snakeace0]

@@vm859 Yes benchpress 101 , thats why they banned excessive arching in the IPF huh? Also if your butt leaves the bench, the rep is already officially a failure. This was a display of EGO going in the way of proper form and being a good role model. Truett is still a great dude, but this was SHIT technique. He might aswell have done some Dips at that angle.

[@snakeace0]

@@JL-xn3zy Oh and i get paid to teach this stuff as a personal trainer and i benched 4 days ago. Rod is right. Overarching is the same as doing kipping pull ups. Keep it to a low arch and dont let your butt lift off the ground. His arms were also completely internally rotated, not to mention the bounce for every rep. If he was a client i would have counted 0 reps.

[@JL-xn3zy]

@Dennis K. Great. I assume you have more to do than provide unsolicited advice to people making feel good videos on KZbin. Save it for your clients.

[@MJ_Bass]

This video is proof that cardio robs your gains.

[@thegoods2240]

What's that horrible noise in the background?

[@OleSmokey]

Man in . The red needs to quit bouncing

[@parker5548]

Daddy’s boy silver spoon

[@johnharris7756]

Awesome! Terrible music tho

[@sirdigzalot2976]

opinions are like assholes, lol.

[@DeltaTango2024]

Weakkkkk

[@justinawhiteman]

Literally none of those reps count, absolute trash form. What a joke

[@bowhunter6914]

Burn the Jesus shirt and try laying flat

[@JL-xn3zy]

Why would he do either? He is out there being positive and getting after it. How about you? You seem like a really unhappy person. In all seriousness, Jesus can solve that for you. God bless and go into 2023 looking to build people up instead of tearing them down.

[@bowhunter6914]

Bahahaha

[@JL-xn3zy]

@Bow Hunter I truly feel sorry for you man. You must be a great guy to bow hunt with...bahahahah

[@bowhunter6914]

Stop it this clip is a complete wank and also completely embarrassing

[@JL-xn3zy]

@Bow Hunter Man you are sad! Cheer up! Be kind! Enjoy life! It's way better that way. Or keep hating on people, who are doing good in the world, and maintain a miserable, pitiful existence. It's a choice. Choose wisely.