How To Bench Press: StrongLifts Shows Proper Bench Form
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Hey there - this is Mehdi from StrongLifts.com. Several guys asked for a Bench Press video so I made a quick one where you can see me working towards an easy 225lb.
My quick story if you're not familiar with me: I wasn't built to be big or strong. I also have zero athletic background and never did any kind of sports before I started to lift weights. Until my mid-teens most of my life I spent watching TV and playing videogames, living the coach potato lifestyle. In fact, I used to be the skinny-fat ectomorph type, born with lousy "hardgainer" genetics (my thumb overlaps my middlefinger when I grab my wrists) and eating junk most of the time.
Everything changed the day I lost at armwrestling to all my friends, and then a girl. I discovered I couldn't even do a single pushup while that same girl could. The humiliation and embarassement motivated me to start working out to gain strength, build muscle and lose my belly fat forever. I was sick and tired of being the skinny-fat weakling.
Today, through persistent hard-work and determination, I've been able to gain 43lb of almost all muscle while losing my belly fat once and for all. Most important: I did this WITHOUT ever using drugs or steroids. I also increased my Squat to 419lb (2.5x my body-weight) and my Deadlift to 500lb (triple body-weight). The Bench Press is the toughest exercise for me because I have these crazy long orangutan arms and skinny wrists, and yet I've still managed to increase it to 253lb body-weight which is about 1.5x my body-weight.
If I can do it, so can you. Stay strong,
Mehdi
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P.P.S. Watch also this cool video where I show you exactly how to master proper Squat form. link:
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Watch also the video of me doing Deadlifts with proper form:
• How To Deadlift: Mehdi From StrongLif...
