How to Bench Press: The Definitive Guide Part 2 - THE SETUP

[@whatplanetareweon2375]

This is one of the best bench press videos on the internet.

[@leonkennedy9739]

I love the advice especially the takes on grip width and arch. I grip the bar wide and use a moderate arch. I used to bench flat with a narrower grip a long time ago and quit doing bench because of how much it aggravated my shoulder joint. Benching wide with an arch gave me a way better chest pump and way less shoulder pain i guess at the end of the day health is more important than pride because sometimes doing it the "proper" way determined by someone elses body proportions is its own kind of ego lifting.

[@harpa012]

Very helpful information! I am 6ft with long arms yet feel that a closer grip helps me feel my strongest when lifting.

[@armandtonga4501]

Same here

[@davidbennett288]

Ditto.... 6'5" and pinky on the rings is perfect for me

[@anacharsis93]

A+ material. I've been benching for years, and have always taken the same grip that my high school football coach told me to take. I've watched a bunch of FCF videos and somehow the advice to "try a wider grip" was always something I ignored. I widened my grip by a finger and immediately felt stronger. Going to try an even wider grip next time

[@donaldkasper8346]

Narrow grip to push triceps more.

[@nitro6296]

Best video by far, love the content and best explanation I’ve heard for benching seriously and taking in other people’s personal references

[@SookarStrong]

SOLID video. Great info, good things to look out for. This is coaching.

[@DanielGempesaw]

can't believe this level of analysis is free! great video y'all

[@donaldkasper8346]

Arm distance is the distance in which your forearms are vertical under the bar. That is the main cue. Then you can vary a bit more in or out. All the way in is a triceps bench.

[@Dimytry]

Bryce, thank you so much for such an informative video. your videos help me a lot in training, i'm looking forward to the next release. big hello to calgary from ukraine

[@gymweeb9229]

Can’t wait to see your take on soft touch vs sink! 🔥

[@Norcocop405]

He already mentioned it's generally specific to a wide or narrow grip so it's as a rule dependant on your grip. I wouldn't assume it will get recovered or I would not bother and say that. I am sure if he notices the comment he'd respond but obviously those things go unnoticed from time to time. As a lifter with 23 years of experience. I still love to watch this channel and pick up things to improve my game. I've incorporated the landmine rdls into my leg day when I don't do a deadlifts and it's really helped with gluten and hamstring activation.

[@BonesToPeaches]

You mention the mistake of having the wrists too straight and the dangerous balancing act. You said let the wrists settle. This is a great tip for me since I have actually dropped the bar, thinking my shoulder would feel better if my wrists were straight. Great stuff. Thanks!

[@silvia393]

This is great. I'd consider my bench grip extremely narrow. One thumb length out from the center knurling. But I have had great success with it. However, I recently switched to low bar and wider stance for squats per this channel.... so maybe just maybe I'll try moving my grip out for bench 👀

[@Joshuakartawinata]

I really enjoyed the attention to detail

[@waltergud5414]

Great job Bryce

[@burlhorse61]

damn-when is the next part coming out??Great video Bryce-plus you tutorial videos are some of the best on YT

[@DuckyFluffy]

Thanks so much for these guides! I’m struggling hard with bench these days, so looking forward to the next video

[@bosschonk6690]

Great tips on grip width! A lot of newer lifters, or ones coming from football, have a narrow grip due to it having more correlation with blocking in football, etc. I for one benefited from trying out wider grip width to find my “sweet spot” which ended up being ring finger on the knurling.

[@muhtesemre]

thanks bro it was very instructive

[@Sneedl-Woods]

yeah...very nice that u put in so much effort. i helps a lot!

[@maximilian07]

Great Video helps a Lot for re checking my setup

[@joel5956]

1:37 Bryce is getting us ready for the 2023 IPF rule changes right here.

[@EmbodiedExercise]

Great info! ❤

[@salehsalah8556]

Great video man, very informative and professional like always 💪🏻

[@donk3ysmash]

Best video iv watched about benching by far. So helpful!

[@robertdarvill7603]

Excellent content well delivered 👍

[@kimtsui1056]

i jus have a more narrow grip because i started that way and i stayed that way, i used to have really bad shoulder mobility so it hurt a lot when id bench w the med grip

[@yesitsme6]

great video, everything covered!!

[@barry1122]

Hey.. see Eriks Bench in Lithuania?? Hope to see you compete soon!

[@leonbenjamin7891]

Great points! thanks

[@dereknelson2756]

Any tricks to keeping the shoulders flared back while taking the bar off the rack? I have long arms and when I go to take the bar off, my shoulders go forward and I feel the press through my shoulders, not my lats.

[@badwitch5]

Loved this, thanks!

[@ClayF403]

Goddamn, great video! Wish I could make it down to Calgary for some learning, sucks that life has a way of making things too busy to ever have an extra day for myself haha

[@calgarybarbell]

haha life could definitely use some more extra days

[@BlindManWalking]

I slipped down the bench when I drive, no matter what I do. Any technical cues to fix this? Cheers.

[@maxwmosc]

Goat powerlifting content

[@nikkoramsey6093]

What Nikes are those they fire at 8:00

[@brianw5439]

I don't have back pain but would feel like I had worked out my back, bit of doms, after arching while benching. Located at the base of the lats. Is this normal.

[@cgates0741]

Thank you!

[@chrisansari]

Great video!

[@LAD0610]

Thanks for all the content bryce! Probably going to seek some coaching through y’all though so I can get my technique dialed in before I even attempt registering for my first powerlifting meet.

[@2010blackwing]

Amazing video, thank you!

[@johnakolb]

Keep the content coming!

[@juank4439]

Love the vid and info thanks

[@mattymattffs]

Great video. Love it.

[@ram_the_goat4680]

Fantastic work! Appreciate it!

[@lluism200]

You just pointed something that makes me wonder if doing heavy touches with Widegrip is an "uncommon" thing... because thats what I've been doing for a long time and maybe I shouldnt??

[@Veg-Power]

somehow with punch style wrist position (or rather 25 ° angled back) I am extremly stable and do not even need wrist wraps but with bending the wrists back they are extremly weak and begin to wobble immediately.

[@utkanyksel]

great content as always

[@idonthavetiktok4473]

Bryce the GOAT 🐐 ❤

[@ChrisPierson]

Great work and content!

[@barbellgardener]

Love your content. Keep it up!

[@waiwong7996]

What a definitive guide on the conventional deadlift?

[@ekilic911]

Your thumbnail pictures are quality

[@thedrunkenfish5855]

Bench height is something I’ve never had the experience w/ besides dumbbells since it’s usually just 1 fixed positions

[@lapuertadelosmuertos]

My strongest position lands the bar a bit high on my chest and i hope its not flaring my elbows but when I land by my Solo plexus I always injure my coracohumeral ligament. Basically I cant tap my chest with higher landing but I always hurt myself when landing low. Any guidance here?

[@NicoFlores]

LESSGOOOO! Loving this!!

[@johnlantigua9157]

Great Content. Is it possible to know what Camera and lens you use?

[@calgarybarbell]

We change the lenses quite a bit, but for a lot of stuff we'll use the a7siii and tokina zoom lenses

[@TGJPN]

Excellent x 1000.

[@markkress6134]

Just clicking on the video made my bench go up 10 lbs

[@KayButtonJay]

Great guide. I’m 6’8” so I’m not exactly built for (easy) benching. It would’ve been nice to have a section about how arm length impacts lift mechanics. But regardless I can’t wait for part three!

[@donaldkasper8346]

6'5". Trainers advice, wider grip. In fact, almost with hands near the racking rests. My index fingers are outside the knurl mark up to an inch out. If you can, use a higher racking rest position. Since my arms aren't extended unracking, I lift up along the rail first, so if the lifting is poor, I can just lower it straight back down to the racking rest. That is, not unracking up and out, but up first, have control and then more extended, then out. Long arms is what makes incline bench so hard as long arms we are doing twice the distance to get to the chest short arm people have to do. Perhaps that means the bar is much higher in the chest above the nipples.

[@KayButtonJay]

@@donaldkasper8346 I like this idea about the wider grip. I haven’t really experimented with something that wide before. I’ll give that a go next time. Appreciate it!

[@donaldkasper8346]

@@KayButtonJay For me, heavier wt is at or over 135 lbs. Been benching only 4 months, so my max is 175. For any of these heavier wts I find lifting myhead up 1 to 2 inches helps tension my chest better for lifts. So neck and upper chest tensions along body line and arms are tensioned across it. I cannot really lift well with my head dead flat on the bench. Not sure, but this may be a tall thing as well.

[@daviddewaal3540]

Great!

[@SkMrFusion123]

Thumbless grip is also known as suicide grip

[@LiftingatfootmetresJamesMee]

Succinct yet comprehensive

[@emilsjekabsons2711]

Still can't figure out why my shoulders slip out of place even with chalk on my shoulders

[@beccathering7035]

This whole time, I have been benching wrong. I rarely used leg drive. I feel like I'm starting all over

[@TerryLe-rb5pn]

where do you place your eyes? behind bar or right under?

[@lutts_7379]

I think he says in the last video that he lines the bar up between his eyes and mouth

[@burlhorse61]

@@lutts_7379 yea think i remember him saying that

[@TheJipino]

I don't know man, the SUICIDE grip sounds pretty safe.

[@spikeo12]

Great content !9

[@caswouters3891]

very cool

[@suyogpatil7761]

🔥

[@jineshsoman485]

the one thing I noticed with all the vids are there is "NO" bias to a certain style of lifting . especially not the one he uses.

[@burlhorse61]

he's giving you the option of trying all the different ways of lifting-and see what's best for you

[@jineshsoman485]

@@burlhorse61 you need more understanding of English as a language. He is pushing towards his style and not options. 'It's a good idea to do wide grip. It's a bad idea to go narrow. It's bad to rest on the chest. It's good to rest on arms. It's bad to do dump and heave. It's good to light touch and "100%" leg drive.' Yep. Options.. no bias at all

[@burlhorse61]

@@jineshsoman485 he never said it's a bad idea to not use the wide grip-it causes me shoulder pain.

[@BaoNguyen-bh2rk]

10:36 Ends on a cliffhanger.

[@nah3193]

So helpful. Just practicing this with my RPE 9 single and it's getting easier each rep

[@twr74]

I’m an anti-archer, but I’d be willing to compromise if they did away with the butt staying in contact with the bench rule. Then everyone, regardless of how gelatinous their spine was could achieve the same sternum angle. This is half in jest, but it is kinda funny that having an inch of daylight between the bench & a lifter’s butt is less legit than an inch range of motion between the bar & a lifter’s chest TLDR: anonymous internet user has opinion Edit: on topic, great content as usual

[@JeanJacquesBarrett]

Money!!

[@gymweeb9229]

Wide grip sink bench here lol

[@chrisarksey]

In 1 year... 200k views

[@HankAUT]

why is that foam roller named selena

[@nestormartinezg]

The definitive guide, and doesn't explain how to actually arch lol

[@lauravo3355]

"Broism" hahahaha!

[@jroark101]

Not a good video for bodybuilding