Increase Your Bench Press FAST With Reverse Band Presses

[coolcatrich]

@iBODYBUILDER he is 19 and sits behind his computer playing WOW all day.

[54israelsilva]

am 19 i lift 700pounds raw

[guitarfreak585]

I never really thought of that before. Wouldnt the bands coming from the bottom basically do the same thing for the top part of the lift? You wouldnt be able to use as much weight like you are using them like this obviously, but it would definitely strengthen that last few inches of the push.

[nilssonnick]

@guitarfreak585 - bands from the bottom are great, too - they're more targeted for explosive training. They serve to decelerate the bar so that you don't get inhibition from the muscles - when using normal free weight, part of your energy is spent slowing the bar down to prevent injury. Band training from below helps lessen the impact of it, allowing you to power right up to the top without that problem.

[bombsquad321]

im 17 now and bench 350

[JS8700]

I'm 13 and incredably cut. I can bench press 500 lbs raw.....

[jpazda21]

@JS8700 shut up you troll looking for attention. no one elso comment on this idiots post.

[BryanThornetssxxx]

were can u get reverse band presses at???

[nilssonnick]

@BryanThornetssxxx You can get them at elitefts.com or fitstep.com/goto/ironwoody-ban­ds.htm

[abcdasdf24]

There's a 16 year old at my school (Christian brothers) who can bench 295 and another that can bench 325

[jstiff59]

lol jcube are you kidding me there are like 5 people in my school alone that can do that

[vatonaught]

Actually a common way of overloading...going past your old limits physically and getting your mind past the old number works like magic. Or you can use spotters for power assist.

[nilssonnick]

very true, the mental aspect is a huge part of it as well.

[callofdutymw2geek]

You have it backwards you put the bands on the bottom to make you stronger the way your doing the band pull it up for you and screw the negitive all up this is complete horse shit and you should slap yourself ive been lifting for 12 yrs. and ive never heard of such shit.

[Tsilentkiller223T]

@ redd1g haha thats funny ur 214 lbs and u only bench fuckin 220 ahaha i my self am 145 lbs and i max out at 225 lbs i'm 17 as well and also my friend is 165 lbs and he benchs 315...just sayin,lol

[qnion]

i can already imagine how short you must be..

[yoboihtowndon]

umm maybe he was heavy before he started lifting

[hotgymnast67]

that is retarded, just take off the weight

[nilssonnick]

the smith just locks the bar into a vertical movement - honestly, it's not so good for benching

[thedudewithaname]

ok guys yeah when your 16 benching 300 or more is pretty insane, but i know a kid that benched 325 when he was 15, this kid is huge, its not impossible but it is unlikely, and i know a 15 year old kid who did 410 on deadlift so 500 doesnt surprise me... ha im a really small lightweight and can only bench about 140-150

[911HOTWINGS]

I'm gonna have to agree with AzBombzEngineer. This is youtube so anyone can get on here and say that they can lift whatever. The only way to prove it is to make a video of you doing it!! Me personnaly, I can only bench press about 245 - 255 but at least I have the video to prove it!!

[scootmanbill]

I dont see a vid of you putting up 245-255. Only like 205. I mean that's respectable but it isn't 245. Let me see the vid of you blasting 245 straight up and I will believe you. Otherwise I am calling bullshit.

[911HOTWINGS]

Dude I have a video of me benching 225 4 reps and another of me maxing out at 245 so why are you calling bullshit?? All you gotta do is look at the video on my page!!! If I say I can bench something I can!!! I don't bullshit

[IamCornofGODDARD]

that is trur that they can say what ever they want, the only people i would sort of beleive are the ones who can post a vidoe of them selves. i have my dead lifting video. and this year we have some 15 year old freshmen dead lifting 425 plus.

[MrMD23]

wow ur a bitch if u could only bench 45kg at 16

[streetnikka504]

cable flys help me get more with my bench press weight as well as alternateing between wide and narrow grip keeps the chest guessing and then strenght will shoot up i promise God bless and be safe yall

[aks73]

i would like to try this but dont know any gyms with bands

[gtdynobmx]

its kinda like having someone spot u

[nilssonnick]

exactly!  gives more help at the bottom, then eases up at the top.

[nilssonnick]

Funny, but you're missing the point of training with bands. The idea is to reduce resistance at the bottom (when the bands stretch)...when you press up, the bands don't assist as much, matching the strength curve of the exercise. In a standard bench press, you can only lift as much as you're capable of at your WEAKEST point. Using bands allows you to lift at a higher level of resistance because you're matching how the leverage in the exercise changes...harder at the bottom, easier at the top

[zerk54]

Holy shit you were right. I put big rubber bands on and I could bench 600 pounds in one work out. That's a 200 pound gain in one training session. Who needs roids when we can just use giant rubber bands.

[nilssonnick]

I'm using bands that are equivalent to about 80 to100 lbs of help at the bottom, full stretch position. Be equivalent to "medium" bands.

[Southpaw447]

What resistance would you recommend on the bands?

[djdrums93]

Can sum1 plz tell me what the name is of this song.

[nilssonnick]

Bodies - by Drowning Pool

[BigMbot]

Your flaring your elbows way to much man, but good lifting!

[nilssonnick]

Thanks! I know what you mean about the elbows. I have a bad habit of flaring them - something I'm definitely trying to fix.

[BigMbot]

Look up "Dave tate's six week bench press cure". It helped me atlot.

[bombsquad321]

ok well i guess i don't really understand i was just being nice and telling you i gave you a five stars and 4 assholes decide to give me bad rating on the comment...?

[nilssonnick]

crazy that people flamed you like that just from a comment.

[nilssonnick]

negatives are excellent, too. Found this to actually work better since it accounts for the strength curve of the bench press, weares as straight-up negatives have the same problem as regular bench - you can only use as much weight as the weakest point of the exercise. Weighted dips are excellent, too.

[bkdmd]

Do you follow Louis Simmons? West Side Barbell is impressive. Do you like the kettle bells hanging off a fiberglass bar from mini bands to help rehab shoulders? Do you like the clubbells for shoulder reahab? I want to get a 405 lbs bench raw but I keep getting into shoulder pain that comes and goes now it is slowing me down.

[nilssonnick]

West Side is excellent for sure. The bands and the kb's can be good as can clubbells - just gotta be careful you don't get too crazy with instability training for shoulders. Have you tried joint supplements like glucosamine, msm, etc.? Also, rotating in some dumbell work helps a lot.

[Tj8601]

Just do negatives. easy and works, also for increase in bench do weighted dips and vary incline and decline bench.

[yourtuberr]

Try this and watch yourself grow!

[nilssonnick]

yep, it really does work and works well. The reverse style is great for improving your lockout, if you have trouble with that. It also helps load your connective tissue because you're able to use more weight. Finally, it's just downright fun to be able to put those extra plates on the bar and fun is an important part of weight training!

[gamer4life898]

wher do u get the equipment to put that rubberband?

[cyberwaffles]

does this actually work? i can't get a hold of any bands, but i would like to know if this really works because i might try it out.

[bombsquad321]

You don't just do negatives? O well i guess this didn't help me much but i am not much of an asshole so ill give ya like 5 stars for the time you put into it. O and im 15 and i bench 260 without bands :)

[welder4570]

not bad man im 16 and i bench 315 squat 455 incline 265 and dead lift 525

[bombsquad321]

nice well if you really do all of this then you will have some tips right? cause i haven't moved since and im getting really impatient im only at bout 275 now and im 16 now !!!!

as for my squat and stuff im fine just bench coming in to next season i want to be over 300.

[TheKingOfSting32]

ermm whats that i smell ..... sniff sniff its coming to me sniff sniff oh yeah its BULLSHIT! As if any of you can bench that at that age LOL dunno why these stupid kids come on here putting these ridiculous stat claims

[145bobby]

hahaha yeah i hate that!

[TheKingOfSting32]

it's like no way can any 16 year old bench 315 pounds which is 140 kg, I've been training 10 years & I'm strong as hell but I can't bench that much & will openly admit it, & the guy above says he can deadlift 525, thats 200 + kg & even olympians can't lift that much at that age lol, it's ridiculous, I think they're maybe missing a decimal, maybe 31.5 pound bench or 52.5 pound deadlift, that sounds more like it, at 16 I could bench about 45 kg lol

[IamCornofGODDARD]

are you serious thats what you think for a 16 year old, 31.5 lbs bench or 52.5 lbs deadlift, wow, actually no, i'm 15 now and i have180 lbs bench and 300 lbs deadlift, now i understand some ppl will put bs on here but i know some ppl who will be able at 16 to bench 300+, and dead lift 450+, and some who was able to do that at 16. and i understand what your saying, but some ppl when putting some of these calims should back it up. when i get 200 i'll put a video up.

[TheKingOfSting32]

Dude Kevin Levrone is a former Mr Olympia competitor who's still huge, & he can only just bench 370 so no friggin way can a 16 year old can bench 300 + on a flat olympic bench, if you could you'd be in the olympics for weight lifting so it's all BS, I think they mean 300 pounds on a bench press machine with a weight stack which in reality is probably about 150 pounds lol, and 300 deadlift at 15???? DREAM ON LOSER!!! I can't even do that & I'm 25 & bigger than you'll ever be!

[IamCornofGODDARD]

ok, whatever you say, i was just saying there are people out there that can do that stuff at that age, and in our freshmen class last year for football, we had a couple of kids doing a 400+ deadlift, and size doesn't matter, and go ahead i would rather you be bigger than me any way, i would rather be able to run a mile in under 6 mins, and have a cut body, so go ahead be bigger no1 cares. and i know people who are built and can't bench more than 250, so that doesnt matter either.

[50cent1202]

@IamCornofGODDARD I agree with you size doesn't matter all the time. i eman i'm only 113 pounds and max out at 180pounds. guys at my gym don't believe me so i show them

[IamCornofGODDARD]

and did i say 300 i was wrong i maxed out today and i just got 320. your 25? and your arguing about this with a 15 year old, and if your 25 and you should be mature, and call ppl losers, cuz that just make you seem like and egocentic retard.

[50cent1202]

@TheKingOfSting32 My friend was 19 and he could put up 330 but he weighted around 290-300

[AzBombzEngineer]

My cousin who is 17 now can bench about 405.

Its not that ridiculous.

He squats over 650.

Its not impossible but its super duper unlikely that the kid isn't lying, but seeing as this is youtube I think hes a skinny 14 year old that thinks hes cool.

[Algon28]

Well perhaps they can, like most of the n00bs i see @ my gym that do the movement halfways with 100 kg (around 16-20 years old) . They dont take the bar down enough + they only do like 5 reps max... then they look themselves in the mirror thinking of how strong they are. LOL. Movement must be done completely. I agree with you , 315 pounds for a 16 years old is IMPOSSIBLE unless you're a hercules.

[50cent1202]

@Algon28 Yeah i agree you gotta go down and touch your chest with the bar. And depends how much that sixteen year old weights

[50cent1202]

@TheKingOfSting32 You gotta take their weight into consideration too

[bombsquad321]

lol thats funny dude you sound like a lil jealous bitch bro. Are you a nerd or somethin? Im 16 now and i bench 315 so lol come tell me its bullshit to my face. I am 6'3 and 212 pounds though so.

[TheKingOfSting32]

@bombsquad321 LOL I'd love to say it to your face, I'm taller & heavier than you, oh & older so would gladly knock your ass out you little nerd!

[bombsquad321]

i really doubt it you a lil bitch and you know it. And if your a fucking adult then your a lil pussy piece of shit cuz what kind of fag has to say hes ganna beat a 16 year olds ass. Bitch id fuck your world up and you know it. Get outta lala land and take my foot out yuh ass.

[redd1g]

i doubt that very much im 17 6ft 1 and 214 pounds and my one rep max is 220 lbs

[50cent1202]

@redd1g Hahaha dude I'm 17 too and i weight 113lbs and i max out at 180.

[BryanThornetssxxx]

@50cent1202 u week

[BryanThornetssxxx]

@BryanThornetssxxx i weigh 120 and can bench press 210

[50cent1202]

@BryanThornetssxxx Put a video of you putting up 210 on here

[BryanThornetssxxx]

@50cent1202 alright i will tomorrow

[jcube34]

haha ya dude i know what you mean. 16 year old benching bullshit. i just turned 18 and been lifting ever since 7th grade and i bench 270. ha i bet there are only like 10 16 year old kids that can bench that much in the U.S

[dragery]

@jcube34 im 16 i bench 315 >.> even my xbl gt says so :P

[MrMuffins1000]

@jcube34 lmfao ur retarded, im 16 and i bench 295 and my friend benchs 340 and hes also 16, go to a fucking powerlifting meet, almost every kid there is doing more then ur max

[AurumenK]

@MrMuffins1000 yeesh that makes me feel like a joke I can only deadlift lift like... 270 and I'm 25, I keep gaining weight but I can bench 100 now which I couldn't do before... and JS8700 can gtfo. BS.

[nilssonnick]

Oh, I would never claim to "normal" bench 400. This band technique is something that's also used by powerlifters to train the top portion of the bench. You get assistance at the bottom but as you press up, you take up more and more of the resistance. Bands are also used from below to train explosively. Very effective stuff but definitely not basic "normal" training. What fun is normal! :)

[VJuniorDzV]

why don't you just use less weight like normal people. I see that form as a way to try and brag about benching 400, of course with the assistance of bands lol.