180 lb awful bench lol
Btw if anyone cares. I had a date today. A gym date. I’d say it went pretty smooth. (She filmed.)
Hard to tell from this angle, but it looks like your butt was coming off of the bench. Not by much, but pay attention to it so it doesn’t happen. Other than that, it looks fine. That would put your tm at 168 maybe round down to 165 bc of the form breakdown. I’d say wait to hear what others who have been doing this longer think though.
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Where are the others. 
Lol. Have patience dude.
Nothin much to say - just kind of what @dagill2 and I suspected - a sloppy triple at 10 lbs below the weight you based your TM off of. You started too heavy. Not a big deal, unless you don’t correct it. Also, nice that you had that date, sounds fun. I will say you may not want to attempt ego-free lifts while a girl is filming you, because let’s be honest, all guys want to do is impress in a situation like that. Overall you’re fine though - recalculate appropriately, use 85%, and don’t round up.
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That was a pretty nice triple on bench Tim. Combined with a date I would say that’s a good day.
Deadlift, well I’d say do not drop the way like that on the way down, you’re losing all tension. Stay focused stand up with the bar for a second and lower IN CONTROL. use the weight as your TM, maybe even lower it to 290.
If you want to, you could lower your TM to 165. After the first cycle (3 weeks) TM is 170, 3 weeks later it’s 175, 4 weeks (a deload week is added) it’s 180.
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I’m nowhere as strong as the other guys, and my bench isn’t the greatest either, but if I were in your shoes and I saw that I was benching like how you are in the video, these are what I would correct aside from using a better TM as the others have said
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Your descent - I think you could improve tightness and control on your descent. Feels like there’s lack of control based on how the bar bounces off your chest.
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Your leg drive - when you initiate with your legs, you are pushing up, that’s why it seems like your butt is going off of the bench. Push north towards where your head is and keep your hips glued to the bench. You started the video with the unrack so we have no clue how you set up in the first place. You could include that in amother video.
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Those two videos seem fine weight wise, use those weights as your TMs.
As others have said, you seem to be lacking control on both movements though. Full body tightness and control will be essential as you start to shift more weight.
Should I test squats too? I feel like my overhead press is fine.
Can’t hurt. Start from a clean slate, then you know you have nothing left to do except the work.
I think it Is also important to mention that you have a choice here. If you stick with Bbb beefcake at 165 tm on bench you will be set to do 105, 115, then 125 for your first set so also for your 5x10 supplemental. You have already failed at 115 and 120 for your supplemental, so you are either a) going to have to be mentally prepared when you hit 115 again, hope you are a little stronger two weeks from now , and you are going to have to dig deep to finish the reps. Or b) you can do what @Mortdk suggested, which is a good idea, and switch to the old Bbb scheme as laid out in bbb 3 month challenge. I think the second is more realistic since you are less likely to miss reps and it will build confidence and experience under the bar which I think you need. It may not be what t3hpwnisher said to do which I know you probably won’t like, but remember the best program for you is the one you CAN and WILL adhere to. It could be the dream program , but if you can’t complete it, then it is worthless to you. Just my opinion.
If you dont want to do that and fail reps though, instead of starting over or lowering tm again, you can just take as many sets as needed to complete the missed reps. However you have to realize at that point you really aren’t doing the program as rx anymore and you can’t use that as an excuse to punk out midway. Still try to finish the reps in 5 sets.
Just as you wrote it but a little more detail from me:
On the deadlift you are not tight overall from rep one on!
You should start by going down, screwing your feet into the ground, locking your midsection both in front and back( if need be use a belt to press against, not to lock u in) and carry that tightness over to your shoulders, traps and arms as well as grip! Once you are„ locked in“, you start lifting!!!
On the way down you are both wasting time under tension and safety for you back by not accentuating the eccentric phase!
I don’t see any rounding
Bench tm: 165
Deadlift tm: 295
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I plan on staying on beefcake. As long as my tm is right I should be able to do the program.
Now tm for bench 165 or 170. If I do 165 would I be selling myself short. I should be able to do it with 170 since I retested.
I disagree with this especially since @flappinit and I both said round down. However, it is your journey. Good luck.
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Ok i’ll round down
Hammer this into your head: submaximal weightlifting gets me strong.
Round down. Take your ego out of it. Hammer out rep PRs and work hard on the assistance. Do not stop because it feels too light. In one month, aka NOTHING, you will be at 170.
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Wait @T3hPwnisher told me weight gain didn’t matter. I’m supposed to eat to gain weight? My bodyweight really hasn’t moved.
Happy birthday dude
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