Bench Press 410 miss / 325 x 7 / 250 x 18

[BROSQUEE1]

Horible form, feet planted to ground. Body planted to bench. Keep things isolated correclty and if you cant do that then you need to take off some wieght bud

[HHH396]

@BROSQUEE1 This is a old video.I've gone on to bench 435 and 410 with a pause.

[BROSQUEE1]

@HHH396 how old are you sir?

[HHH396]

@BROSQUEE1 I'll be 41 yrs old next week.

[BROSQUEE1]

@HHH396 thats pretty beastly

[HHH396]

@BROSQUEE1 Thanks bro!

[BROSQUEE1]

@HHH396 No prob man keep it up!:)

[theomega831]

respect!

[creepingdeth1981]

mark you beat my pr with 250 (15x) by 3, i am going to have to work harder now!

[dewalt888]

hey man, I've been watching all your videos 2nite and i gotta say, very impressive man!!! keep up the good work..im 20 years old and i do some powerlifting myself, i weigh 285 lbs at the moment and i have a prretty good shape, i love the sport..you can be proud of your accomplishment !

Good Luck. Phil

[HHH396]

Sorry I thought I had responded to your comment.Thanks a lot man I appreciate the good words.I've seen your videos,you're a strong dude.Why did you take your vids down?

[dewalt888]

I dont know, I didnt like them anymore...old footage..I shouldnt have deleted them..but I have a few new videos now..Im gonna start filming a little more soon.take care man

[anabolicswitch]

What song is this?

[HHH396]

It's journey "only the young"

[kcdesigns]

You not far off 410!

Good reps!

[HHH396]

Thanks bro,I appreciate the comment!

[northtowne]

when r u gona put up a new video i want to see you get 410!! but nice lift buddy

[HHH396]

I'll probably have another video up early next week.I'm trying to get my strength back after a long cold virus.I'll post something moderately heavy.....thanks man!

[ottorotciv]

Nice session, dude. Your reps strength is really impressive.

[HHH396]

Thanks a lot man!

[cjgarnet]

where do u take ur grip when u bench there?...looks like the pinkies are a fair bit inside the rings...have you ever tried widening it a bit ever...

[HHH396]

It's funny u say that because I did widen my grip a little for this workout.On most bars my painkie would be right on the ring.I'm working on widening though....thanks for the comment!

[ZackAttack1978]

I think your drop down is a tad too fast. I read that the sudden heavy overload can cause the golgi tendon to prevent your chest muscles from contracting to their max potential. If you brought the weight down more controlled, giving your body a split second to prepare, and then exploded after it touches your chest (like Kazamier does), you'd rack it.

[HHH396]

Yeah I usually bring it down slow when I pause but I change when I do touch-n-go.I need to try a little slower.

[domagoj1975]

Very nice workout, especially that 325x7. I see you do half reps in that burnout set. Is this helping you improve your bench press in lower part of the lift? It seems that sticking point is little bit higher, wouldnt lockout exercises be a better choice? Anyway, for a 225lbs guy, this is more than impresive-respect!

5 stars!

[HHH396]

Thanks very much Domago! You're absolutely right my lockout needs work.The 250 was just a pump at the end of the workout.I'm going to start doing heavy lockouts in the rack.

[6reevesy9]

when you bench your elbows kinds go towards ur legs, mine go sidewards as in as horrizontal as the bar i was told im wrong but i cant do it the way u do yet :|

[HHH396]

Keeping your elbows close to your sides helps u stay tight and helps u tie into your lats. It also keeps the weak link(the shoulders) out of the movement as much as possible....it helps protect your shoulders.When your elbows are flared out to the sides it forces u to use more chest.That's fine if your a bodybuilder but if your trying to lift as much as possible like a powerlifter than it's not the best way.

[A550RGY]

Hokey Smokes, Bullwinkle! That 250x18 was sick. I bet you could do about 25 reps with 225, eh?

It would be so fun to workout with you at my gym. Like just today I benched the whole stack on the bench machine for 5 reps, not bad, but you could probably bang out 20 reps! It would just be so fun to see what you could do on the stuff I normally do.

[HHH396]

haha thanks buddy! Yeah it would be cool to be able to workout with each other and guys of course like Kaz.

[BRETZERR]

Great job Mark - you'll get 410 lbs next attempt. Doing 325 lbs for 7 is very impressive; especially after a max effort. Keep at it...

Randy

[HHH396]

Thanks a lot Randy! I have to work on a couple things.I would say in a few weeks I should get it.

[BRETZERR]

Keep at it and you'll get there!

[HHH396]

Thanks man! I'm just like u and a lot of other guys,I'm trying to get stronger!

[benchpressgorilla]

Huge effort Mark!

Very impressive lifting!

The 250x18 is big time...5 stars!

Journey was a GREAT choice for MUSIC!

Huge KUDOS for Journey!

[HHH396]

Thanks Gorilla I appreciate that! Yeah who doesn't like Journey.

[strongmann99]

Thanks Mark I ussauly do the leg press because I was afraid if I did squat I would hurt my lower back. What do you think you could squat for 1 rep when you were at your strongest? P.S i't wont be anytime in the near future but I plan on pitting a video on you tube when I think it's truly worth watching when I can bench 300 wich my estimate for that is 8 months.

[HHH396]

When I was @ my strongest I could squat around 550 lbs for a near parallel squat and 600 lbs for a deep-partial.

That would be cool to see a video from u.

[strongmann99]

Damn Mark 500 pounds for reps! I just started doing squats I can do 300 pounds for 11 reps and I weigh 145! This wednesday Im going to try 360 for one!

[HHH396]

Yeah but remember I was weighing around 220 lbs and I have naturally strong legs.For @ 145 lbs that is very strong to be doing 300 x 11.

[strongmann99]

410 was very close Mark! You should work your back and shoulders and legs a'lot more that would make your bench go up. None the less i't was still very close! Good job my name is Travis by the way.

[HHH396]

Thanks Travis I appeciate u watching.Legs are tough for me to work because I have a very bad right knee.I use to squat 500 lbs for reps.I do have to start working back though,I have been slacking off.

[kickenwing30]

o also it would be cool to see you pause rep 390 or maybe 400

[HHH396]

390 pause should be possible maybe 395...I'll work on it.

[HHH396]

Thanks buddy,I just have to put in some more work in...I'm very close.Hey Alex if I did the 407 lbs like u said I would've got it : )

[hosslogan]

Nice job man, your real close to it though. I could see you getting 425 before the end of the year.

[HHH396]

Thank you sir! 425 lbs sounds real good....we'll see come this winter.

[kickenwing30]

fuckin nice try at that, on your next vid can you try to put up 405? ur very close with this but 405 would actually help u get 410, and that burnout set looked agonizing but nice job!

[HHH396]

Thanks for the comment bro!

[enragedyouth79]

you'll get it mark! keep up the good work

[HHH396]

Thanks man!

[tornpec]

that was a fight, if 409 was on the bar you get it! 325x7 and 250x18 after max effort is gigantic.

[HHH396]

Yeah I know,I should've taken Kaz's advice and done 407 lbs.Thanks a lot dude!

[cjgarnet]

f@#$!! so close...should go real soon...

nice orange inzer shirt too...gotta get one lol

[HHH396]

Thanks I appreciate the comment! Yeah the inzer shirts I have in every color of the rainbow!