Gravity Bench Press
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anon (08/07/2015) [-]
the difference between this and most workout commercials is that this solves a problem that exists rather than creates one that doesn't. This is an invention, not an infomercial.
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taniv (08/07/2015) [-] It's also a Kickstarter innovation I love supporting cool innovations on Kickstarter personally because it's about as close to the "ideal" of capitalist investment that I think a person can get (make something new, something useful, and something better, and people will vote on your product directly with their $. This has yet to be ruined by political ideology and is still a breeding ground for amazing and ground-breaking technologies, or often just really cool novelty things like a spoon that cuts through frozen ice cream like butter. In short, the Engineer in me is delighted, and the Capitalist and Communist in me are dancing side by side singing God Bless the Stars and Hammer
www.kickstarter.com/projects/754670088/maxx-bench-first-ever-gravity-release-bench-press
www.kickstarter.com/projects/754670088/maxx-bench-first-ever-gravity-release-bench-press
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icewraithking (08/07/2015) [-] Innovation mate,
Innovation = To improve something that already exist
Invention = To make something new
Innovation = To improve something that already exist
Invention = To make something new
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craaabs (08/07/2015) [-] autists on /fit/ race to their credit cards
finally we dont have to be friends with anyone
finally we dont have to be friends with anyone
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studbeefpile ONLINE (08/07/2015) [-] **** , I meant to say Power Rack. How the hell did I confuse those....
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studbeefpile ONLINE (08/07/2015) [-] No.
The safeties on any Power Rack are more than enough. I've been benching alone for a couple years now and never had any problems.
The safeties on any Power Rack are more than enough. I've been benching alone for a couple years now and never had any problems.
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schneidend ONLINE (08/07/2015) [-] Well, at least you're self-aware enough to see why you need it.
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rowdeemunkee (08/06/2015) [-] Im showing this to my buddy, a head manager at Goodlife Fitness, maybe they can take these guys on, get it in all gyms
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oniiking (08/07/2015) [-] I can't find a picture of it, but I remember using a spotless weight bench at a hotel quite a few years back that was immensely less difficult than this.
Basically the bars formed an X above your head, you pushed up on seperate bars to move the weights. They were not attached to each other so you could potentially go uneven but they rested without you having to worry about anything
Basically the bars formed an X above your head, you pushed up on seperate bars to move the weights. They were not attached to each other so you could potentially go uneven but they rested without you having to worry about anything
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rowdeemunkee (08/08/2015) [-] Update. Reaction was pretty much ours, hes taking up the chain. Might go somewhere
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ineedtoseelinks (08/06/2015) [-]
you definitely do need to arch your back when benching, I'm not saying you should put weight on nothing but your shoulders and feet and bend like a ******* upside down "U", but you do want to put most of the weight on your shoulders, and let your lower body naturally arch from your shoulders to your butt, legs and feet.
try this in your chair right now, put your entire back flat against the back rest of your chair and press your chest as far out as you can without arching your back at all.
I'm sure you couldn't push your chest out very far, now do it again but pull your shoulder blades back together behind you and arch your upper back.
you definitely need to expand your chest and pull your shoulder blades back to be able to lift safely and it will give you more power to lift.
now I know where you're coming from, but you shouldn't say "never arch your back. never." because that is simply not true, but you should also not go to extremes
try this in your chair right now, put your entire back flat against the back rest of your chair and press your chest as far out as you can without arching your back at all.
I'm sure you couldn't push your chest out very far, now do it again but pull your shoulder blades back together behind you and arch your upper back.
you definitely need to expand your chest and pull your shoulder blades back to be able to lift safely and it will give you more power to lift.
now I know where you're coming from, but you shouldn't say "never arch your back. never." because that is simply not true, but you should also not go to extremes
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ryderjbudde ONLINE (08/07/2015) [-] A natural arch is kind of impossible to get rid of. You shouldn't lift you hips though.
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swiftblood (08/07/2015) [-] **swiftblood used "*roll picture*"**
**swiftblood rolled image** 15 year old that just started lifting, knows everything, top kek
**swiftblood rolled image** 15 year old that just started lifting, knows everything, top kek
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galgawine ONLINE (08/06/2015) [-] Arching your back gives you a little more power and it reduces the distance you need to move the bar because your chest is higher up. You want to arch as much as possible when lifting heavy weight because it makes it easier. Not necessarily going to build more muscle by staying flat but it gives you greater range of motion and is more "proper" form
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anon (08/07/2015) [-]
Arching reduces the range of motion and moves the force from your middle and upper chest into your (stronger triceps) Think of the decline bench. People who over arch are actually reducing the distance they have to move the weight. Thus making it easier. A small rounded arch is the best for should placement. Legs at a 90 press slightly into the ground with your heels. You should have tension running through your body but nothing( but your lower back) should come off the bench.
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almightysausage (08/07/2015) [-] You can arch a bit, but when you start to get to heavier weights, if you arch your back too much you will throw out your back.
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bleachboi (08/06/2015) [-]
Yes, you are. To safely benchpress, you need to create tension (i.e. flex) your lower back. This is to bolster your shoulders and chest; you need to support the muscle groups that are doing the most work. To do this, you have to push your feet back and tuck your shoulder blades into the bench. Then, you have arch your back, not enough to create a retarded upside down U shape thing, just enough so you can fit your fist under the small of your back.
Do this while you lift and keep careful watch on the balance of your arms and you'll likely never injure yourself. Happy lifting FJ bros.
Do this while you lift and keep careful watch on the balance of your arms and you'll likely never injure yourself. Happy lifting FJ bros.
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thejaymezians (08/07/2015) [-]
>Be me
>JROTC
>High School Weight room
>2 of my best friends are the most ripped High Schoolers you ever see
>Go to weight room every other day and run 5 miles on other days
>Showing off
>Gotta be at least 250 pounds on the bench
>See veins popping from effort
>Class cheering them on as they take turns
>In comes asshole
>Says, "Pssh. That's nothin'. Add a few pounds and let me have a go."
>They try to stop him
>"Dude, you're gonna tear something. Start small."
>"Bitch, I'll kick your ass up and down this gym. I know ******* Karate."
>"Karate doesn't mean anything."
>"Out my way."
>Gets on bench with the two body builders spotting for him
>The instant they let any weight go, it goes straight down onto his chest
>Breaks 4 ribs
>Blames them
>"I'm never coming back here. You're all faggots."
>Good riddance
>JROTC
>High School Weight room
>2 of my best friends are the most ripped High Schoolers you ever see
>Go to weight room every other day and run 5 miles on other days
>Showing off
>Gotta be at least 250 pounds on the bench
>See veins popping from effort
>Class cheering them on as they take turns
>In comes asshole
>Says, "Pssh. That's nothin'. Add a few pounds and let me have a go."
>They try to stop him
>"Dude, you're gonna tear something. Start small."
>"Bitch, I'll kick your ass up and down this gym. I know ******* Karate."
>"Karate doesn't mean anything."
>"Out my way."
>Gets on bench with the two body builders spotting for him
>The instant they let any weight go, it goes straight down onto his chest
>Breaks 4 ribs
>Blames them
>"I'm never coming back here. You're all faggots."
>Good riddance
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schwerdaddy ONLINE (08/07/2015) [-] 250 is definitely not bodybuilder status, even for high school. The bigger guys should definitely be putting up at least 3pl8. Not saying 250 is unimpressive, but the biggest highschooler I've personally talked to could bench 4pl8.
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anon (08/07/2015) [-]
....the guy thought karate means he can lift? What is he going to punch the weights into lifting? The guy knows **** all about proper form, lifting, or karate and sounds like an all around asshole. Karate (along with 90% of all the other martial arts) was invented for weak, starving farmer types to take on well fed, muscle bound bandits and soldiers.....not to pump weights in the gym. The ******** .
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thejaymezians (08/07/2015) [-]
Yeah. I guess you do a lot of push-ups in Karate I heard, but that is not the same thing as lifting. Guy was an asshole in the class as well. I could share more stories, but they're mediocre at best.
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anon (08/07/2015) [-]
Well that would mean he doesn't understand how muscles work. Bruce Lee could do a thousand pushups, but he wouldn't have been able to bench 300. His muscles, and most martial artists muscles, are designed for speed, endurance and flexibility. A power lifter's muscles are designed for short bursts of immense strength, so they can lift the weight, but they can't do many pushups without getting out of breath, because that's not what they've trained for. It's like the difference between a sprinter and a marathon runner.
It's assholes like that who get to black belt purely by just turning up to class enough and then lord it over everyone on a lower belt than them like they're some sort of god. At my club we like to take pricks like that and take them down a peg or two, they usually don't return.
It's assholes like that who get to black belt purely by just turning up to class enough and then lord it over everyone on a lower belt than them like they're some sort of god. At my club we like to take pricks like that and take them down a peg or two, they usually don't return.
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thejaymezians (08/07/2015) [-]
Yeah. I wouldn't doubt he was ignorant of how muscles work. This guy thought that Russia won the Cold War by dropping nukes on us, before someone told him otherwise. Not the brightest kid.
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thejaymezians (08/07/2015) [-]
I know. He was convinced that Russia dropped nukes on us. Like I said, he wan't the sharpest tool in the shed.
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thejaymezians (08/07/2015) [-]
Stay over there m8! It's too late for us but you can still save yourself!
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bakinboy (08/07/2015) [-] or you summon the powers of /fit/ to give you enough strength to push out that last rep
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finnthehueman (08/07/2015) [-] "just roll the bar off yourself"
"just tilt the bar so the weights fall off"
NO with heavy weights that **** becomes a guillotine
"just tilt the bar so the weights fall off"
NO with heavy weights that **** becomes a guillotine
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lotengo (08/07/2015) [-] tilting the bar is a bad idea anyway. Every where i worked out it was mandatory to put clamps on the barbell to make sure the weights stayed on.
I heared there was some guy doing standint militairy press or overhead squat. in the squat rack. it depends on the person telling the story, but the point is the weight was over his head
A 20kg rubber weight fell off at a high point, bounced off the frame of the squat rack next to it and completely ****** up some guys knee.
I heared there was some guy doing standint militairy press or overhead squat. in the squat rack. it depends on the person telling the story, but the point is the weight was over his head
A 20kg rubber weight fell off at a high point, bounced off the frame of the squat rack next to it and completely ****** up some guys knee.
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anon (08/07/2015) [-]
>be in garage
>benching
>can't finish rep
>weights stuck on chest
>roll bar down to legs
>lean forward
>spread legs
>bar now resting on bench
>stand up
>reset bar
>repeat
>benching
>can't finish rep
>weights stuck on chest
>roll bar down to legs
>lean forward
>spread legs
>bar now resting on bench
>stand up
>reset bar
>repeat
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thejaymezians (08/07/2015) [-]
I sometimes do that. But one time it didn't work out as well. My balls were not positioned well. Limped for three days. I told everyone I twisted my ankle. I didn't want to tell them I crushed my testes lifting weights.
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anon (08/07/2015) [-]
If they taught people not to bench like idiots that could've been prevented. That tool was using a suicide grip (no pun intended- its a way to hold the bar where your thumb is on the side parallel to the bar leaving it on your palms) with his wrists in the wrong position. That left only his fingers to stabilize what seems to be 266lbs+
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xskullgirlsx (08/06/2015) [-] Well considering what this vid is, it's kinda is good that you have a choice in viewing it or not
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jasonriner (08/07/2015) [-]
That guy is definitely positively surely dead. That or severely disabled.
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mondominiman (08/07/2015) [-] because we all like the IDEA of working out, we just don't do it
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thelastamerican (08/07/2015) [-] All you have to do is only go to gyms that provide the equipment you want, or show the owners that you expect them to raise the bar, (Pun totally intended and I'm not sorry) and if they don't you're going to take your membership dollars somewhere else.
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FluffyMuffin (08/07/2015) [-] A Cousin of mine taught me and easy trick for this problem. He usually workout alone at his house and does heavy weights up in the 400lb range. What you do is when it gets to heavy get the bar near your chest and move it down to your groin area. Pick yourself up like you are doing a sit-up and just stand up and drop the weights on the bench. Now you know an easy free way to save yourself.
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juicyy (08/07/2015) [-] the best bench to make the biggest gains.. Video then shows a man arching hes back while pressing. the amount of fail in that made me cringe.. but the idea of the bench is rather good. well. you shouldn't bench what you can't put back..
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swimmingprodigy (08/07/2015) [-] OR you can roll the bar down your chest.
Unless it's really heavy in which case that would hurt so you dont put clips on the bar and then lower one side so the plates slide off.
This aint rocket surgery
Unless it's really heavy in which case that would hurt so you dont put clips on the bar and then lower one side so the plates slide off.
This aint rocket surgery
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juffs (08/07/2015) [-]
That would work for lighter weights, but when you start getting heavy 3 rep or maxing, you might not be able to hold it up long enough for the plates to slide off
I think this isn't designed for your standard '220 is impressive' gym goers, it seems like it's more geared towards athletes and serious lifters putting up 315+
I think this isn't designed for your standard '220 is impressive' gym goers, it seems like it's more geared towards athletes and serious lifters putting up 315+
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swimmingprodigy (08/07/2015) [-] Ive never benched more than 225 so I can't say, but does 315 weigh enough to crush your chest? I'm not saying if you drop the bar on yourself, but if you lower it slowly and let it rest there a second while you tilt it? You dont have to hold the weight up with your arms, your chest is supporting it
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swimmingprodigy (08/07/2015) [-] I think I see what you're saying.
Well in that case you better ask for a spot if you're doing heavy triples lol.
Even tho some spotters are useless. I hate the guys who yank up the bar the second your rep is slightly slower than hyperspeed
Well in that case you better ask for a spot if you're doing heavy triples lol.
Even tho some spotters are useless. I hate the guys who yank up the bar the second your rep is slightly slower than hyperspeed
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swimmingprodigy (08/07/2015) [-] Oh **** that's a hardcore injury. Pec tear is serious **** . Luckily my most serious injury so far (which wasn't bad at all) was I strained my trap actually on the lift off a heavy bench set. I somehow tried doing it at a weird angle and something snapped and I could turn my neck left or right for 3 weeks without pain.
Also mirin strength if natty. 300 aint nothing to joke about. I've only been lifting for a year and a half so Im nowhere near close to that.
Also mirin strength if natty. 300 aint nothing to joke about. I've only been lifting for a year and a half so Im nowhere near close to that.
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juffs (08/07/2015) [-]
Yeah, my shoulder was immobilized for two full weeks, and in a sling for the two weeks leading up to the surgery, and for a month after I got that gods-cursed brace off.
Bench is suprisingly easy to hurt trap or shoulders on. You were probably too 'high up' on your chest if you hurt your trap. Not that I have any training, just anecdotal evidence from lifting myself.
And, like I said, only ever did it once lol. I took vitamins when I first started lifting and the occasional shake, but it was mostly just a jar of peanut butter a week and half a gallon of 2% milk a day. I don't **** with supplements, to me, that always went against what I was in there for. Didn't seem like earning it.
You'll get up past 225. Just don't be discouraged by plateuing. It took me 6 years to get up to 300. It goes it weird spurts. I went from 100 As a freshman, and it's why I stared lifting. Couldn't put up 135 in front of all the high school football players to 200 in about one school year, then spent about six months stuck at 200.
Bench is suprisingly easy to hurt trap or shoulders on. You were probably too 'high up' on your chest if you hurt your trap. Not that I have any training, just anecdotal evidence from lifting myself.
And, like I said, only ever did it once lol. I took vitamins when I first started lifting and the occasional shake, but it was mostly just a jar of peanut butter a week and half a gallon of 2% milk a day. I don't **** with supplements, to me, that always went against what I was in there for. Didn't seem like earning it.
You'll get up past 225. Just don't be discouraged by plateuing. It took me 6 years to get up to 300. It goes it weird spurts. I went from 100 As a freshman, and it's why I stared lifting. Couldn't put up 135 in front of all the high school football players to 200 in about one school year, then spent about six months stuck at 200.
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swimmingprodigy (08/07/2015) [-] Hey that's exactly what I did too, I drank half a gallon of milk a day. Never needed whey powder because I got enough protein from the 3500 calories I was eating everyday. I only use whey now because I'm on a cut trying to get to 10% bf so I only eat 1500 cals a day and it's hard getting enough protein without the powder. All the other supplements I dont believe in. Testosterone boosters are ******** and preworkout is unnecessary.
I've been bulking from 135 to 175lbs where I am now. And I actually plateaued bench at 185 at the beginning of this summer and I completely switched my routine oriented more towards hypertrophy/bodybuilding instead of just powerlifting. Completely stopped flat benching, only did light incline bench for 4 sets of 12 and lots of cable flies, and somehow over these 3 months of summer it helped my bench and I was able to do 225 for 3 reps about a week ago. I guess the new style of training was good accessory work for the muscles involved in flat bench but that dont get directly trained by flat bench. Like I'm sure you know that you hardly use your chest in flat bench anyway.
I've been bulking from 135 to 175lbs where I am now. And I actually plateaued bench at 185 at the beginning of this summer and I completely switched my routine oriented more towards hypertrophy/bodybuilding instead of just powerlifting. Completely stopped flat benching, only did light incline bench for 4 sets of 12 and lots of cable flies, and somehow over these 3 months of summer it helped my bench and I was able to do 225 for 3 reps about a week ago. I guess the new style of training was good accessory work for the muscles involved in flat bench but that dont get directly trained by flat bench. Like I'm sure you know that you hardly use your chest in flat bench anyway.
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juffs (08/07/2015) [-]
Yeah, mostly shoulders. Mine exploded the moment I started really lifting. The difference in pictures from 8th grade preworkout juffs to sophomore year highschool juffs is like, an extra shoulder blade.
Switching up routines is exactly what you need to do to get past a plateau. Incline bench is really good bout that, and it's good about toning in my experience, too.
My problem with the powerlifting ~4000 cal a day diet is that I didn't stop it after I stopped spending so much time in the weight room. So, my sophomore spring semester of college basically went 'explode shoulder, tone **** out of legs because can do **** all but aux leg lifts for about 4 months, and put on about 40 pounds because I didn't think to change my calorie intake before it was too late'. I used to be strongfat, but now I'm just regular fat.
But enough bitching. What do you do for leg stuff? Cleans, deadlifts, squats? You are doing those, right? Because you should DEFINITELY be doing those
Switching up routines is exactly what you need to do to get past a plateau. Incline bench is really good bout that, and it's good about toning in my experience, too.
My problem with the powerlifting ~4000 cal a day diet is that I didn't stop it after I stopped spending so much time in the weight room. So, my sophomore spring semester of college basically went 'explode shoulder, tone **** out of legs because can do **** all but aux leg lifts for about 4 months, and put on about 40 pounds because I didn't think to change my calorie intake before it was too late'. I used to be strongfat, but now I'm just regular fat.
But enough bitching. What do you do for leg stuff? Cleans, deadlifts, squats? You are doing those, right? Because you should DEFINITELY be doing those
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swimmingprodigy (08/07/2015) [-] Lol I would never have that problem of getting fat because as a skeleton I was permacutting on like 2000 calories a day. It's tough for me to get 3500, I have to force myself.
As for legs, mine are huge because I did SL 5x5 when I started lifting, so much so that the past 6 weeks I havent done a single squat or DL to try and let my upper body catch up with my lower. Squats and deadlifts only, I've done a few cleans here and there but dont train them. My legs are pretty strong, my squat is decent but my DL is barely any higher than my squat. I blame my manlet stature and short arms
As for legs, mine are huge because I did SL 5x5 when I started lifting, so much so that the past 6 weeks I havent done a single squat or DL to try and let my upper body catch up with my lower. Squats and deadlifts only, I've done a few cleans here and there but dont train them. My legs are pretty strong, my squat is decent but my DL is barely any higher than my squat. I blame my manlet stature and short arms
