How Not To Kill Yourself Benchpressing

[innocentbloodx7]

I feels like such an idiot for NEVER thinking of that! Gosh Now I feel so much safer moving big weight :D

[Evilcyber]

@innocentbloodx7 Glad it helped, man! May all your workouts be successful! :)

[Tanksterbeats]

you kind of safed my life there lol

[Evilcyber]

@Tanksterbeats Good to hear that, man, thanks!

[titans091052]

A random Wedding Singer poster in the background, an accent, and a tubby cat...what else would I want in a video?

[Evilcyber]

@titans091052 LMAO, Titans! :D

[MaicoMoon]

People should just use dumb bells instead of the bar, you can drop those just as easily, and they probably won't mess up your floors as much as many different plates dropping.

[bilalk85]

Very very nice tip mate! Cheers!

[nemen91]

haha btw I think you sound like Borat when you say bye bye anyways awesome vid :)

[nemen91]

Verry good informative video!!! Thanks! :D

[AIversonI]

Haha thanks again for the vids man. You deserve 50k subscribers haha :)

[ThePhilomania]

thanks :)

[wildwhippet]

Wish my thumbs up was working-anyway, heres one!

[Evilcyber]

@wildwhippet Thanks, Wild! :)

[Simonjones1991]

But Evil... that's a Dumbell brah' :D nice video.

[Evilcyber]

@Simonjones1991 LMAO! :D

[xenonnati]

Evil i'm sure that everyone who is truly interested in fitness values your videos as much as i do, a great source of information, your presentation is just as it needs to be! don't downgrade yourself ;)

i learned a lot from you, and you don't just ask us to take your word for it!

PS: i'm sure we all love your accent :D

even if you consider it a flaw, it makes you human, and i much rather like to learn from someone like that, then those overly perfect trainers who look and act like androids.

[Evilcyber]

@xenonnati Xen, wow, thank you! :)

[xenonnati]

yeah just place some cushions so the big plates don't end up cracking the floor!

also you could've mentioned the "roll of shame" although its not nearly as easy.

and plus not having collars on will keep you trying to have good form so the bar doesn't go lop sided and screws up your set :)

because i notice with most of my trainees that even tough they have strength they don't have the barbel level (even with a proper grip) and they can't control the movement all that well..

this can help that.

[Evilcyber]

@xenonnati Exactly!

[RoccoDaOne]

For precisely this reason, I never use a barbell for bench press, I focus on dumbbells. Plus you don't need as many weights and you're less likely to get disproportions in your pecs.

[xenonnati]

@RoccoDaOne

if you do both exercises right then neither is more likely to give you disproportions then the other ;)

and yeah most of my trainees i notice can't quite control the bar right, so i have them do dumbbell presses for a while with higher number of reps and slow 2-3 seconds up and down.. so they can train their stabilizers a bit more and learn a bit of control.

[RoccoDaOne]

@xenonnati I don't know about that. Bodies are usually stronger on one side and people often can't control it, so they tend to work one side more than the other. Same goes for squats and leg presses, that's why you'll see people doing presses with single leg.

Perhaps if you could fully control the tension in your muscles... but I'm not quite there yet :)

[Evilcyber]

@RoccoDaOne That is true! With a barbell and without even noticing it you can let the stronger side make up for the weaker.

[DieTheDeath]

i used to make this mistake several years ago. there were a few times when i tried to push out that final rep and failed, then had the weight on my chest. fortunately i never died. i slowly maneuvered the barbell to one side and rolled it down and off. i think i pulled some muscles doing that...

[ADTT71]

Very usefull vid. Has anybody told you that you look like Ten-Ten? :P

[Evilcyber]

@ADTT71 Gosh, you just had me look him,er, her up! I think nobody ever told me I look like a female ninja! :D

[ADTT71]

@Evilcyber No he was a young comic boy reporter, whilst working at the right wing Belgian newspaper. Look it up again!

[58jtaylor]

Great Video Cyber, I have a power rack/squat cage at home and have always been worried about the next time that i may put a bit too much weight on the rack, and crush my self to death lol. but that is a good idea you have given. ur good videos help me a lot thanks heaps

[Evilcyber]

@58jtaylor Heah J, you are more than welcome! :)

[LonelyGuitarrist]

Evil, YOUR vids are THE most informative on the net! Keep it up, keep it simple, keep it evil!

[Evilcyber]

@LonelyGuitarrist Thanks, man! I should make "keep it evil" my slogan :D

[FunnyHaHa312]

Congratulations on 2500+ subscribers! You don't need fancy videos to give informative information.

Not using locks or clasps is a very good piece of advice. I have never used them and never needed a spotter, except when I was powerlifting.

[Evilcyber]

@FunnyHaHa312 Thanks, Funny! And yep, powerlifting by definition puts things to the limit!

[abcborgess]

haha awesome

[Harp00nX]

You have 2500 subs because you are a normal everyday guy just like the rest of us, we can relate to what you are saying and value advice from someone who lives in the real world instead of someone on the juice or trying to sell us shit we don't need.

[Evilcyber]

@Harp00nX Thanks, Harp! And you are absolutely right: I'm a normal person and should I ever lose touch with reality, hit me over the head! :)

[hanakshay]

keep up the good work, and yeah i love your accent man

[Evilcyber]

@hanakshay Thanks, man! :)

[pkidro]

you are great my friend, thank you very much for helping us :D

[Evilcyber]

@pkidro You know, it really is a great feeling to know I have all these great people from all over the world standing by my side! Thank you, man! :)

[UndeadInTheHead]

Thank you for making these videos! :D

[Evilcyber]

@UndeadInTheHead Thanks for watching them! :)

[TheMrEPenguin]

I don't own a bench and stick to using hand barbells. Only have about 40lbs of weight on each hand, but after a few hundred presses my chest feels killer.

[Evilcyber]

@TheMrEPenguin Haha, I can imagine! :)

[whitestar6529]

Keep up the good work, very informative :)

[Evilcyber]

@whitestar6529 If you keep watching, I will! ;)

[bobbyboldy]

Congratulations on the 2500 plus subscribers! I am also one of your avid followers for quite some time now. Never thought of actually subscribing, also because you are in my recommended channels list anyway. Now I will subscribe though. Keep up the great work you are doing. And I bet before you know it 2500 subscribers looks like a small amount.

[Evilcyber]

@bobbyboldy Haha, that would be cool! With all those great people that support me, we can spread the knowledge that everybody can get fit! :)

[TheCymonster]

Congratulations on the many subscribers! That's the result of good videos, I guess ;)

Keep up the great work Evil!

[Evilcyber]

@TheCymonster Thank you, Cy! Always good to hear from you! :)

[Krizzleswg]

Good advice as always Evil :) TY

[Evilcyber]

@Krizzleswg Thanks, Krizzle! :)

[keaman]

Thanks for the great videos! My favorite parts are when you cite actually studies to back up your assertions -- nobody else seems to do their research like you ('cept for maybe Scooby at times).

[Evilcyber]

@keaman That is a great compliment, Kea! I think the most important thing is to give people the information they need to decide themselves!

[qqu2]

You're awesome cyber. Thank-You for your videos.

[Evilcyber]

@qqu2 Thanks, q! :)

[thundreturtle]

I like your videos very much! They are informative, easy to understand and very clean. There really is no need (in my opinion of course) for ''high production'' values when the content is great. Thank you for posting!

[Evilcyber]

@thundreturtle Thank you, Turtle! You guys are simply great!

[lf00t]

Hi Evil, i watch all your uploads. Thanks for the great channel we have on Youtube :)

[Evilcyber]

@lf00t Thank you, man! Together we can rock the world and get it fit! :)

[stjanki]

this reminds me of when i was doing squats. i had been doing them for a year was spotted by a pro which was good. i stepped away from the cage, without clasps, and i must have been off balance because i looked to the left and saw the weights slide off the bar which was on my shoulders. good thing my spotter noticed and slapped them back on. this shows that no matter how experienced you think you are, accidents can happen

[Evilcyber]

@stjanki Great example! Something similar happened to me: I very much know how to do squats correctly, but one day was short on time and rushed through them with bad form. The headache I soon got taught me an important lesson.

[sdfefde]

@Evilcyber what about rolling draggin it to your stomach and then deadlifting it ? so much easier , i dont understand how people fail to realize such obivious things..

[ebsshassan]

thanks for the info and good advice

and no need for thanking the subscribers

we should thank you for putting time and effort to helping us for free :-)

[Evilcyber]

@ebsshassan Without all you great people, those videos would go nowhere! Thank you, man! :)

[plutarkosky]

yeah. Makes sense.

[marcosdelapinta]

How come I never thought of this? You're a life saver.

[Evilcyber]

@marcosdelapinta I think it happens because there are so many people who put them on their barbells that it simply becomes the norm.

[TheKastenbrot]

I'm glad I'm subscribed to you. Your videos are very informative and you are a cool guy. Keep it up! ;)

[Evilcyber]

@TheKastenbrot And you are the way coolest Kastenbrot I know! :)

[WowCataclysmGameplay]

First!

[Evilcyber]

@WowCataclysmGameplay Congrats! :D