Nice DE work inky.
One bench tip that my lifting partner (puts up 315x7) gave me is as follows:
Take an unloaded bar, unrack in with your usual back tightness. Move the bar through a motion (with straight arms) over your torso. Somewhere in there (probably over lower chest) you’ll find a point that the bar feels weightless(or at least lighter). Press from that point straight down. I tried it and started doing it for my working sets/max attempts and it’s made my bench go up at least 10-20lbs.
EDIT: just clarifying, you press with the empty bar to that location on your chest a couple times, just to memorize the location so you can bench to there on your working sets.
[quote]Blaze_108 wrote:
Nice DE work inky.
One bench tip that my lifting partner (puts up 315x7) gave me is as follows:
Take an unloaded bar, unrack in with your usual back tightness. Move the bar through a motion (with straight arms) over your torso. Somewhere in there (probably over lower chest) you’ll find a point that the bar feels weightless(or at least lighter). Press from that point straight down. I tried it and started doing it for my working sets/max attempts and it’s made my bench go up at least 10-20lbs.
EDIT: just clarifying, you press with the empty bar to that location on your chest a couple times, just to memorize the location so you can bench to there on your working sets.[/quote]
So find the spot where the unloaded bar (while at full extension) feels weightless? Interesting, I’ll give some thought to that next time I’m benching, and see if it feels about where I’m getting used to pressing from. Thanks for the tip!
For anyone interested, the “Special Exercise” I did that I can’t get the vid to load, it’s from a newsletter on another site I’m sure I can’t post, but here’s a description
“The movement starts like a JM press and the barbell is lowered with the lifter flexing at the elbow. The barbell is brought to the neck and the elbows are driven up. From there, a powerful tricep extension drives the bar to lockout and the movement is repeated.”
Suggested vomulme is 3-4 sets of 12-20 reps, after primary lifts. Can also be done with DB’s (neutral grip, palms facing eachother) to alleviate elbow pain if needed. Not sure if it’s fully responsible for my tricep tightness today, but it definitly contributed a lot.
Floor presses be awesome.
I’ve seen the vid of that exercise you’re talking about. Kinda funny how Simmons is trying to get the guy to do it right.
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Floor presses be awesome.
I’ve seen the vid of that exercise you’re talking about. Kinda funny how Simmons is trying to get the guy to do it right.[/quote]
Yeah it is. Have you tried them? Try a couple sets with just the bar next bench day, to see if you can get the form down. It’s kind of awkward
[quote]inkaddict wrote:
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Floor presses be awesome.
I’ve seen the vid of that exercise you’re talking about. Kinda funny how Simmons is trying to get the guy to do it right.[/quote]
Yeah it is. Have you tried them? Try a couple sets with just the bar next bench day, to see if you can get the form down. It’s kind of awkward[/quote]
I have. They were awkward at first, but I think I’ve got the hang of it. Definitely love 'em.
when I read “special Exercise” that you couldnt post… I was thinking it was some sort of freaky deaky sex move for cardio/da pumpzzzz.
guess I was wrong
DF, killer jam dude, always welcome
Greg, maybe you were right? You gotta interpret what I mean when I say “barbell” and “neck”. Re read the quotation and use a different word, mad lulz to be found 
Is this it ink?
Keep gettin it done, and times whatever on the badass avatar.
Yes that’s it! It wasn’t freakin loading for me, so thanks.
As to gettin it done, always man. Always.
full of win and LWI up in hurr!
splain the rack pull thingy? that may just work…
nope, I don’t get it…
but I did figure out how to do some kind of funky inverted row thing…so thanks!!!
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
full of win and LWI up in hurr!
splain the rack pull thingy? that may just work…
nope, I don’t get it…
but I did figure out how to do some kind of funky inverted row thing…so thanks!!![/quote]
The rack chins using my bench? Ok, in my bench vid, you see the uprights go up pretty high. I move the catches up to the top holes and put the BB there. Then, there’s a preacher curl attachment I can put on my bench, right at the end of it so you can sit on the end of the bench (like you were getting ready to lay back to press) and do curls with it. I put my feet over that attachment, and hands on the bar, and it’s an inverted row aka rack chin aka modified fat man pullup. You might have even done it, and didn’t know. I’ll try to find some sort of video explanation, for you “visual learners”
PS: upper back nice and sore today, calves pretty much recovered, ME lower work tonight. can’t decide between reverse band squats or reverse band DL’s and going for 495 (20#PR).
Pretty much like this, but without the added DB, and my back was flatter (more parallel to the deck) <–haha, went “military” for a second, blast from the past!
I tried it and I like it…although feelin silly. I took a vid, check it out!
My bench is cheap…a standard not olympic bench, so form is kinda iffy, but may do the trick!!
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
I tried it and I like it
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FML for thinking about “Yo Gabba Gabba” lyrics…
[quote]inkaddict wrote:
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
I tried it and I like it
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FML for thinking about “Yo Gabba Gabba” lyrics…[/quote]
hahaha my little niece was obsessed with that show! She watched it all the time… whoever thought of that show was/is on crack/so damn rich lol
oh, I didn’t even notice, haha!
Been stuck on Spongebob for about 8 months…FML!! And before THAT it was my son who was stuck on it for.EVER.
I’ve actually had to limit SB with my daughter, cause she’ll walk up to strangers and say ‘Hey! I’m gonna kick your BUTT!’ ahahahaha
then again, I guess it’s too late?
Sorry…
I’m trying to figure out a way to do some ghetto ghr’s with the bench…I was trying to hook my feet under the leg attachments and lean over the preacher curl. Not working so much. With our powers combined maybe we can figure it out!
I bet you could turn around on your bench and hook your heels/calves under the preacher attachment and lower yourself with your chest towards the bench. Problem solved. Macgyver strikes again! Saw your vid too and they looked good! That’s the way to do it. You could even add a plate to your waist if you wanted to.
I’m thinking reverse band deads tonight, stay tuned
hmmm…I’ll try it, but if I break my neck it’s your fault, mmmmk?
