Can confirm, he does have the best flow in the game. - Jake

He looks younger like that though.

Fuck his beautiful head of hair, my shit thinned out a long time ago.

Freaking awesome video I've been looking for this for the last week

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10000%

I to dislike retracting my scalper.

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@@Suppergosh lmao

You forgot Kiril sarychev

@@Suppergosh bruh moment.

Lol. Not really. Look at jon cayco.

Don't go wider?

Idk i have to see what your doing wrong but if u do close grip bench do alot of tricep volume

Low enough you dont have to “unretract” your scapulas, high enough where the ROM to unrack is just a tiny bit more than enough to get it off

Lol! If his elbows were to be perpendicular to his shoulders, he would have to narrow his grip, thus increasing the range of motion. Kinda like what Marc rippetoe teaches.

@@garrycharmer He said the elbow and wrist should be perpendicular to the bar.

😂 he’s almost at 45 degrees and is calling it perpendicular. Ah no.

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I couldnt tell you the science but i know you should be exhaling on the upward lift of the deadlift and squat so idk why itd be different for bench

@@ElijahZaporteza You shouldnt exhale on squats and deadlft.

The upward airflow helps lift the bar 👍🏼 can’t believe you couldn’t figure this out.

Deadlift for sure

when you deadlift and bench press heavy weight, your arms have no choice but to grow

Lol, people who think deadlifts and squats grow biceps.

Fair statement.

@@thatfitfriend Taylor is excellent at explaining his style. Wish more did so.

@@taipeitaiwan10 Agreed, fun to learn from, too! And he's an incredibly nice guy.

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@@Barbend conventional first please. Thanks for the informative videos and best of luck for future endeavors of Jake Atwood. Hardwork pays off.

@@donjohn2239 Hahaha, if I could only be so lucky to have some of the Atwood bloodline strength. - Jake

first from the center

Nope! - Jake

Can you elaborate? The thing is, I've read some Russian sources on the topic and the advice was "to use more triceps then the chest, so you can put out additional force by your hands and save your shoulders". The books were about achieving 150 and 200 kg checkpoints, btw. Your comment is somehow reminiscent for me.

@@maxpreobrazhensky7124 if you look at almost everyone who benches 500 600 700 pounds they have a grip similar to mine. The shoulders really cannot take that much pressure. Narrower grip moves the weight into the triceps and back, away from the shoulders. I partially tore a rotator when I listened to someone who told me I should have a wider grip. I tried it and RIP went the rotator. I rehabbed it using my slingshot and strengthening the muscles around it but if you have ever used a slingshot / bench daddy they are designed to pull your elbows in and also the width or your grip. Cruise through youtube and look at some of the bigger benchers where their hands are. My shoulders are pretty wide, my chest is 5 feet around almost, and my grip is thumbs just barely touch the smooth.

@@kolecarterbenches Not that I want to say your grip isn't optimal for you, but two lifters that sprung to mind, super heavy weight world record holder Kiril Sarychev and Larry Weels, both bench press with (I'd say index or middle) fingers on the rings, so about as wide as Taylor does here. It's true that the bigger lifters do have quite some range of motion, even with really heavy weights because they place their hands relatively narrow on the bar compared to their body size, esp. shoulder width. I only really see the very light lifters bench with super wide grip and barely any RoM.

@@hititwithit Take a look at Spoto, Strickland, Maddox, Henderson, Hoonstra, and most of the BIG benchers. When you talk about Wheels and Kiril. THey are BIG guys with WIDE shoulders. Taylor is a fraction of their size. Majority of the BIG benchers have a narrower grip. There are exceptions, but comparative to size their grip is not that wide. A lot of it depends also on the type of bencher you are. Tricep benchers have a narrow grip. Lets stand Taylor up in front of Kiril. Both have the same width grip, but there is a HUGE difference in size of the body frame. Just saying.

Honest question. I've noticed in almost any bench video I see, you're in the comments telling everyone home much you bench. Why is that? I'm not trying to hate on you, I'm genuinely curious.

kg = kilogram = about 2.2 pounds

Umm no it’s not. Do you know what decline is? It’s when the bench is in a decline rather that the flat bench in this video.

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Wtf did you not watch the video?

formigalformigal are you slow?

One of the most pathetic comments I’ve read

Let me guess, you would bench way more than him but YoU hAVe loNgER aRmS

Back flat on the bench is awful for the shoulders you have to arch even if you dont pl

Everyone even if you don’t powerlift should lift with a natural upper back arch that can be created with the scapula retraction. That will make the lift stronger, more stable and a lot safer.

This is 100% wrong. Don’t be spreading this bs misinformation!

Dumb