How to Self Unrack on Bench Press

[@athefitz]

At first I was put off by the talking head style of your videos. Once I got past my own bias, I discovered that your content is extremely detailed and full of information that will help me improve. Thank you for taking the time to create these and provide them for free.

[@BrazosValleyStrength]

Thank you, but just for my own curiosity, what about talking head is a barrier for you?

[@athefitz]

@@BrazosValleyStrength I suppose it’s because I’m used to more change of perspective. I felt myself thinking “I wish I could visualize what he’s saying a bit better.” Don’t get me wrong, I admit it was me being mentally lazy. I have 5 points from this video alone that I’m taking with me to my next bench session. This is really detailed, excellent content.

[@RedManny.]

Been having terrible and inconsistent bench sessions for weeks until I watched this. Thank you, I'm no longer failing on technique and can use my strength. You took every problem most of us have with the unrack into account. You're a master at what you do.

[@ronin4160]

Seriously, you have the best videos I've ever seen for powerlifting. Thank you for putting these out!

[@BrazosValleyStrength]

Thank you!

[@danielkotselov6374]

Such an underrated youtuberrr

[@karlsmith9186]

Been watching a lot of your bench press videos recently, and I'm absolutely loving them. I'm already doing a lot of the things you're explaining in your videos, simply from just experimenting myself over time, but have still learned a bit and it's lovely getting a deeper understanding of why the things work like they do. You're probably the person I've encountered with the best bench press videos on the internet, great job dude

[@quintongrobler5194]

Fully agree with this message, and since figuring this out 8 months ago, my bench shot up with 40kg over the period along with the wrist back change while pressing. The thing that is taking the longest to get consistent is keeping the legs engaged, maybe the hips in the air will help. will give it a shot.

[@patriziobruni]

Best video outhere, i need to self unrack on my next powerlifting match.

[@deadandbored]

great bench series. any chance you could make some bullet points for people with bad memories like me? I watch it then I forgot half the stuff :(

[@sarthakchavan8613]

I think we can make bullet points ourselves while watching a video no? 🙌

[@BrazosValleyStrength]

The bench complete guide will mostly be bullet points of these more in depth videos.

[@unky5724]

@@BrazosValleyStrength cant wait

[@appobiri1484]

Really informative

[@gekopu]

Ive injured myself trying to unrack the bar myself lol thanks for this!

[@facundobarraque9696]

Amazing information bro

[@rsvids21]

Great video!

[@CallmesamaI7]

Great video! Any idea on why I get moderate pain near elbows when self unracking anything over ~85%?

[@jaketillywilliams118]

Not sure, maybe make sure your joints are stacked, film yourself from the side to make sure.

[@iangroah2700]

How tall are you, and how much you weigh at normally before comp?

[@ethaningoa7461]

Slammed the bar into the J Hook.. gotta work on my positioning

[@benjaminchen4367]

Can you cover grip width in the bench? Or is that coming in the bench guide

[@BrazosValleyStrength]

I won’t have time for a while to the bench guide so I actually have two more bench videos planned. Bench width is actually coming next week as I have it planned now.

[@666ofdoom]

What about elbow rotation ? Do you turn them ?

[@BrazosValleyStrength]

Did you watch the whole video?

[@ecm1626]

Thanks for the vids man. Can you make a video about proper bracing on the bench? i passed out while doing a pr (still got the pr in the same session) it was very confusing and scary , don't know where i went wrong maybe too much abdominal pressure??

[@StrengthCorps]

Super helpful bench video! Question: what Kind of carpet did you buy for your home gym setup?

[@BrazosValleyStrength]

Just some simple heavy loop carpet from Lowe’s.

[@thetalkingtoucan3137]

Ok so when we are getting the bar off the rack and then pinching our shoulders together after this ?

[@BrazosValleyStrength]

How many seconds into the video are you?

[@thetalkingtoucan3137]

@@BrazosValleyStrength watched it all twice

[@BrazosValleyStrength]

Well I’m not sure what to tell you. The answer is in there and I tell you directly what other video to watch if you are a “pinch the shoulders” kind of guy

[@mazmazmazmazmazmaz]

I got kicked out of the gym for giving myself a self-hand-off in the locker room 😢

[@jamesj5469]

This probably for people who have a home guy but how do you make sure the Bench is setup evenly

[@BrazosValleyStrength]

If it’s closer to one side of the rack than the other, then you know it’s not even.

[@iangroah2700]

A level

[@barbellbhai]

You can mark the floor to help you place the bench in the correct location every time. Rogue sells a “bench prop” for its racks that allows repeatability in your bench placement as well.

[@hughjackman3994]

Awesome vid! Subscribed :) I suggest you involve more visual representation and maybe some pointers to improve the viewing experience as the meat is already there

[@abkonk]

Algooo

[@khadimdiop3417]

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[@comically_large_chungus]

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[@BrazosValleyStrength]

Thanks for returning for round 2

[@comically_large_chungus]

@@BrazosValleyStrength any time sir

[@dannyhowe]

Heyo!

[@snorlaxcom]

Anxiously awaiting the video where you demonstrate a press while not actively retracting scap. Has yet to be done on KZbin outside of stick figures and theory.

[@BrazosValleyStrength]

Maybe watch the video with your eyes open. Hope that helps!

[@snorlaxcom]

@@BrazosValleyStrength Don't know the purpose of your sarcasm. This video is about the unrack, not pressing. My comment was expressing that I was looking forward to a future bench video with a demonstration of the press that incorporates an appreciation and attention to scapular-humoral rhythm.

[@BrazosValleyStrength]

I made that video. And reference it in this one. I understood your comment as one of the trolls from that video. So sorry about that. But I did make that video.

[@snorlaxcom]

@@BrazosValleyStrength I got you. I'm sure you get lots of trolls and bro science comments here. I first saw the lift off using a straightened then broken back wrist from Daiki Kodama. Could you analyze how he benches? He has a peculiar comp style, almost like a double pause. It seems to stem from scap control movement broken down into phases, but also bends his elbows.

[@fVNzO]

Your entire presenting style in these videos just doesn't work for me. It's hard for me to describe what you're doing. You're so overly both confident and extremely apologetic at the same time. It's this very unusual way of communicating with other people that is very, very emotional. It seems very fake in nature, staged almost. I think it's probably an american thing i don't see it very often. The deep breaths, attenuating every other word almost, trying to force the other party to almost laugh and cry while you're speaking. It's such a uniquely, off-putting way to address yourself in front of a camera. I really don't like it. But you probably can't see it/now that it's happening. This video is an extremely interesting example of this phenomenon nonetheless. So it does serve at least as a case study.

[@BrazosValleyStrength]

You are a weird guy

[@difficult_aardvark]

Waaaaaaaay too much preamble. Get to the point man.

[@KellyR1]

Great video!

[@MegaDiscoZombie]

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