Comments on: Part V: So You Think You Can Bench?

By: Bret Contreras » Good Reads for the Week

Bret Contreras » Good Reads for the Week — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:23:54 +0000

[...] In this article Dave Tate shows us more bench press techniques (this is part V of the [...]

By: JasonD

JasonD — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:24:16 +0000

Dave, can you address the differences in foot positioning requirements for USAPL vs. IPA? I have to keep my feet flat to be legal. How does this affect my setup?

By: John

John — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:44:14 +0000

Great to see your form Dave! This has been a BIG help!

By: wow

wow — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:22:53 +0000

NINJA DAVE AT 3:00 haha i just happened to notice that

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Good Reads for the Week « Bret's Blog — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:37:00 +0000

[...] this article Dave Tate shows us more bench press techniques (this is part V of the [...]

By: Dwayne

Dwayne — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:39:40 +0000

Andrew,

Not speaking for Dave, but I have used a foam roller to get my arch up……you can start with a 4″ roller or a foam roller cut in half. You just have to keep working…..it doesn’t come easily. I just want to emphasize that setting up for the bench press is NOT comfortable.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:20:48 +0000

Dave is there any exercise I can do to help me get a big arch when I bench. I don’t know if its lack of back flexibility or just bad set up that prevents me from having a big arch like you do. Normally I just get set up and then raise my chest up as high as I can, but next time I bench I’m going to try and mimic your set up as close as I can. Thank you so much for all these technique videos and I can’t wait for more of them.

By: josh

josh — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:18:59 +0000

great series. I would be cool to see one on the squat and deadlift also.

Thanks

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:15:48 +0000

Dave,

A series well done. Look forward to you expanding it to squat and deadlift. In the next video will you be covering grip placement? You spoke of it early on in the series and a definite plus would demonstrating ways to evaluate and choose one’s best grip. Keep the faith…

Scott

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:40:39 +0000

Dave… Great series. I cant thank you enough. I just finished explaining to my wife why I believe you give all this information out for free… It could only be for ‘’The Love of The Game’’
Thanks
Mike

By: Isaac

Isaac — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:34:22 +0000

Excellent series. This is helping as much as a video could. Putting this to practice will be another matter, but this is an excellent base to start from.

By: craig

craig — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:45:22 +0000

very good series…..nice to see some real information on how to bench.

By: Ludwig

Ludwig — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:38:26 +0000

Actually nice to see Daves setup, there’s so much I’m learning from this series! Thank you!

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:36:53 +0000

Dave – you have spoken about grip width and changing Josh’s. What is the minimum distance you would recommend for grip width? I used to put my pointer fingers on the SMOOTH part of the bar to assist me with an AC strain in my shoulder. I’m in the process of going wider since this series, but I’m not sure how wide to go.

Thanks.

By: Mark Watts

Mark Watts — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:01:27 +0000

Josh,
Nice Hat.
MJW