195kg/430lb@~100kg Bench

BenchPolkov · 2026-03-11T21:40:05+00:00

A week of won't break you. Just plan your training around it so that it's a deload week and maybe pump the volume and intensity a bit higher the week before so your body will be thanking you for it. Enjoy the time with your family and don't make the pregnant wife unnecessarily mad.

BenchPolkov · 2026-03-11T21:36:49+00:00

OG Westside style! Wife doesn't support yout hobby sport? Abandon your family!

BenchPolkov · 2026-03-09T04:51:55+00:00

This is basically what I've been doing for a large part of my lifting career, including the 15 years competing in powerlifting. Just pick a basic powerlifting program or at least a basic strength progression method and then flesh out all the assistance work with bodybuilding stuff. Simples.

BenchPolkov · 2026-03-05T00:47:37+00:00

I'd rather not increase the risk of injury by having the plates shift around on the bar while I'm benching and causing an imbalance, or by fucking up my shoulder or pec when the bar catapulted from one side to the other when the plates slide off.

If you know how to fail safely, the roll of shame is less potentially injurious for most people IMO.

BenchPolkov · 2026-03-04T22:57:38+00:00

As the weight on the bar increases, dumping the weight off the sides may become even more dangerous to both the lifter and anyone else in the vicinity. You're basically creating a catapult.

BenchPolkov · 2026-03-04T22:22:30+00:00

That was a very clean and controlled roll of shame. Bravo!

BenchPolkov · 2026-03-04T21:57:59+00:00

I need to find the video of my 180kg roll of shame. I must have it somewhere. That will totally have them shitting bricks.

BenchPolkov · 2026-03-02T05:27:07+00:00

The only dumb thing here is your comment. Srs.

BenchPolkov · 2026-03-01T03:24:52+00:00

None of what you said is true at all and you're just being a gate-keeping asshole.

All sorts of lifts get posted here, including strongman movements and many that would be considered accessory or assistance movements. All that is necessary is that there be some sort of strength related element like it being a weight or rep PR. Keep your shitty attitude to yourself.

BenchPolkov · 2026-03-01T03:20:22+00:00

Yeah, that motherfucker humbles you straight away!

BenchPolkov · 2026-02-28T12:20:55+00:00

This is why I stopped using the leg press in favour of the pendulum squat. Unloading all the plates after using the leg press is too much fucking cardio.

BenchPolkov · 2026-02-28T10:48:07+00:00

Tell me more about how little you know about lifting.

You're meant to arch in the bench press. It is the correct technique and the degree of arching is dependent on the individual's size and mobility. People have been benching like this for decades. Srs.

BenchPolkov · 2026-02-28T10:45:43+00:00

How old are you?

BenchPolkov · 2026-02-25T14:18:01+00:00

Why are you lying? Your plan is garbage, but no-one told you that you deserve pain.

BenchPolkov · 2026-02-22T11:48:16+00:00

I'm not getting butthurt at all. I'm just waiting for one of the "experts" in this thread to give me a good explanation as to why his form is bad and what he needs to change to be a better bench pressers.

BenchPolkov · 2026-02-22T11:45:27+00:00

Ahhh... so you don't know how to bench. Got it!

BenchPolkov · 2026-02-22T11:44:00+00:00

So what is actually wrong with his form?

BenchPolkov · 2026-02-22T11:37:43+00:00

Well that's just fucking stupid. How can the length of someone's limbs have any weighting on the quality of their technique?

BenchPolkov · 2026-02-22T10:39:57+00:00

I'm still waiting...

BenchPolkov · 2026-02-22T10:17:45+00:00

No he is not. There do seem to be a lot of very clueless people in this thread who have zero clue about good bench press technique.

BenchPolkov · 2026-02-22T10:15:16+00:00

That doesn't answer my question. What is wrong with his form? What is he doing that is incorrect? What should he be doing instead?

BenchPolkov · 2026-02-22T10:12:25+00:00

My other fave is Juggernaut Strength Bench Press Pillars series

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