Incline Bench Press - 225 lbs x 19 reps (at 205 lbs)

[franchyze922]

nice lift man

[HILARIOUSKID33]

Nice. Only thing I see that is wrong is that (from the way I was always taught) you're dropping the bar too low. For incline it's supposed to stop at the same level as your nose.

[BRETZERR]

@HILARIOUSKID33

Yeah, you were taught wrong bro...but thanks for the comment. 

[HILARIOUSKID33]

@BRETZERR

but wouldnt you work more of your shoulders if you go past your nose? :S

[BRETZERR]

@HILARIOUSKID33

Well...you shoulders are involved throughout the movement. It depends where you position your elbows, as to how much shoulder activation you will get with this movement (i.e. tucked or out wide). You actually get a great stretch, and thus, great upper pec activation by going lower in this movement.

With that said, I am not trying to isolate the pecs here either. If the shoulders were involved more, that's not a bad thing either. I am just trying to get stronger.

[acevcali]

@BRETZERR

I am glad someone cleared that up! I normally bench like you man. The only reason I even locked out at the top of my incline press is because people like to talk shit on youtube, your going down to low, your not going up all the way, blah blah blah.. I hit 225 on incline for only 7 reps this time around because I was pre exhausted from flat and incline dumbells, But generally I start with incline do 225 for 13 reps and stop three quarters of the way up like you do.

[BRETZERR]

@acevcali

Thanks for the comment.

[Paripovich]

Good clean reps. Thumbs up.

[BRETZERR]

@Paripovich

Thanks bro - your comment is appreciated.

[superpiris]

congrats you are getting stronger every day and you seem to be doing so naturally (without the use of steroids) today I broke the 15 rep max on the incline at 205 lbs. keep it up bro

[BRETZERR]

Thanks bro - I appreciate that.  And yes, I am definitely natural.

I hit this weight for 20 reps a few weeks back - so on to another goal. Congrat's on reaching your 15 rep goal...keep training hard bro!

[geoprimus]

hey man, what do you do in order to increase the amount you can benchpress cause im having a problem with making progress.

[BRETZERR]

There a lot of things you can do bro...do some research on West Side Barbell, or the 5/3/1 program...those are decent places to start. Good luck.

[battlefield2movies]

Nice man :)

[BRETZERR]

Thanks bro - I appreciate that.

[Ithinkalone]

nice lift..good power good form....your goal is 400? Keep it up, encouraging vid for sure.

[BRETZERR]

Thanks bro...I appreciate that.

[allstar2829]

SMOOTH REPS. KEEP UP THE WORK.

[BRETZERR]

Thanks - you too. I have a ways to go to catch your 365 lb incline, but I am getting there! Keep the videos coming; they're great motivation for me. RB

[syxer1220]

do you have a six pack? I'm wondering just because I used to bench 275 but I wanted to get a six pack and cut weight and i'm all the way down to 225. Wondering if you knew how to cut weight but keep the strength.

[BRETZERR]

Of course it is possible to build strength and keep a six-pack. I am not sure I am the right guy to give you advice on how though, as I just eat normal foods and train. Nothing too scientific here...

Good luck with that my friend and thanks for watching...

[braveheartwarrior]

ha u fuker i got that the other night so ha I incline just as much and im catching up on the bench just repped 315 for 5 getting stronger every week.. Im gonna pass u.. might not have as good form but I will pass u AGHHAHA! AGHHA! AGHHAHAHA!

[BRETZERR]

Hey bro...

Great to hear you are using my vid's to push yourself. That's why I am on YouTube; I enjoy finding motivation by trying to lift more than other guys here. There are a lot of strong dudes on here, so there is no telling how much competition you can arrange.

I took a look at some of your vid's and you need to clean up your form if you want to compare your strength to mine my friend. Your incline vid's are only partial reps and you need to keep your ass on the flat bench...

[BRETZERR]

con't from my first comment.

With all that said, I like how you are against drugs, etc. Clean up your form a little bit, keep training hard, and who knows, maybe you will catch me.

But I doubt it.

How much are you doing for a 1 rep max on the incline and the flat bench? My best incline is 325 lbs and my best flat bench is 377.5 lbs (both vid's are posted).

I am guessing by your incline vid's that you can't incline 3 plates for a full, strict rep,so you aren't the same as me yet.

[BRETZERR]

Wow...315 lbs for 5 eh? As Dorian Yates would say, "that's not bad, for a small woman." Jokes...

I enjoy competition bro...let me know when you hit 400 lbs on the bench. The race is on!

I'll check up on your process from time to time...keep posting those vid's. Train hard bro...

[EEECODE65]

not to disrespect but looking at you id never think you could do that, great set good strength

[BRETZERR]

Thanks bro...looks can lie sometimes, huh?

[Mebeawannabe]

Wow very nice dude !

[BRETZERR]

Thanks for the comment...

[franco18grant]

awesome, im not even sue it i can hit 225x20 on the flat bench yet..

[BRETZERR]

Keep at it and you'll be there soon enough...thanks for the comment!

[Fab1998]

what type of diet, and supplements are you on...i recently dropped like 60lbs. n now im workin on putting on mass. What would u suggest? Once again u have put another awesome show, very impressive.

[BRETZERR]

Thanks for the comment - I appreciate it. I am probably not the best person to ask about diet and supplements, as I just try to eat decent (no real diet plan) and I don't use any supplements. I think you get enough from regular old food...and I am too cheap to waste my money on supplements. Sorry bro...

[BIGDADDYJOHNSON27]

225X19 incline i would kill to do that much lol good job man.

[BRETZERR]

Thanks man...you'll get there soon with hard work! Nice deadlift videos by the way...good job.

[r1rik]

Wow, impressive!

[BRETZERR]

Thanks man...

[PowerlifterTy16]

im probably throwing a benching video up today. keep ur eyes peeled for it =P.

[BRETZERR]

Looking forward to checking it out young man...

[PowerlifterTy16]

very nice dude! excellent job improving 3 reps on the incline! absolutely insane! 5 stars!!!!

[BRETZERR]

Thanks bro...one rep too little! But I will get it later this week.

[frankibo1989]

Almost mate, and that girl thing doesnt work. You need to concentrate otherwise it goes wrong. But I don't need to tell you that.

Looking forward to see if you in your next workout will succeed.

[BRETZERR]

Thanks bro...I made that comment because of bskola's video of him doing 20 reps on the incline (check it out). Some girl goes lunging by the camera twice...it's funny.

Thanks again for the comment...

[A550RGY]

Well done. It's great to finally see someone mention something in the comments section and then fully back it up.

[BRETZERR]

Thanks - I appreciate that comment.

[DimmuBorgir007]

Dude, this is fucking beast. Good job man. Question how much are you maxing out now on the regular bench?

[BRETZERR]

Thanks bro...I set this short-term incline goal to take my mind off the 400 lb bench, as I was getting a little stuck.

I haven't maxed out for a while (last one was 375 lbs). I will try again within the next week or so.

[bskola]

Good job man... you'll get 20 next time.

[BRETZERR]

Thanks bro...maybe I would have hit that 20th rep if I had some girl lunging by taking my mind of the burn in my chest!!! LOL

Hopefully next week...thanks again for posting your vid and keep them coming.