Really loving your stuff lately man. As someone who has never had a bench that I feel is on par with my peers, and someone who is now cultivating multiple instances of “shoulders being banged up” maybe there’s some real takeaways here. A post-worlds experiment may be afoot. Thanks for the content my man!

Honestly your content has been so helpful, and imo the best explanations of technique and programming on KZfaq.

Thank god I found you! I have always felt more explosive when I sink. However, my coach has been trying to get me to soft touch. It never felt right and it didn’t make sense to me. Soft touch requires me to use 100% of my muscles to stop and support the weight which would take away energy from the press. On the flip side, sinking allows me to use my body to stop the descent of the bar. Thus saving energy for the press.

Any content would be great! Cant wait to see the training recap! And good luck on nationals!

Thanks for all this FUCKING GOOD content, pretty rare on KZfaq. This is something so great to see here even as a powerlifting coach.

Wish I could afford a trainer like this guy. Amazing technical knowledge of lifting. He channel should have way more subscribers

Most underrated Channel! Keep it up love the content

And then there's the forever statistical anomaly John Haack using a relatively close-moderate grip and a small-moderate arch and still somehow doing the soft touch and being one of the best benchers in the world.

Definitelly top tier channel when it comes to exhausting the topic with the form that even novice lifters will understand - I wish more people watch the videos cause its definitelly worth the time

Favourite content creator as of rn 💪

Great video!! Can't wait for the training recap and to see what you do at nationals!!

Has anybody ever told you that you look just like the guy from Brazos Valley Barbell? I'm just kidding. Brazos Valley Barbell content was recommended to me before I ever saw this other channel of yours. Great content, boss. I learned a lot from your vids.

Love the videos man! Great performance at mega nats!

Really appreciate these detailed videos

When you master the sink, you can give the bar a little chest bump coming out the bottom to help with the hardest part of the rep

this is the video that finally turns me into your subscriber!

Love content ...I am a sinker and pause press...dead stop.

Awesome content. Thank you so much

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I do pause reps (sinking) which help significantly with handling weight and form.

Great school of thought! Also good luck for the nationals

With the coming bench press rule changes in the IPF, sinking touch is starting to look a lot more appealing to me. Since I'm going to have to limit both my arch height and grip width, might as well see what I can get out of it!

Another point worth mentioning.....sinking the bar is a much more explosive movement and likely suits those better who are very fast twitch muscle dominant. We are all born with a set ratio of fast twitch to slow twitch. Those who are more slow twitch dominant might favor soft touch but the more explosive lifters (fast twitch people) will almost always do better with the more explosive variation of bench....the sinking bench press.

teach us how to use body to pop the bar

Love your videos. Just realized you kinda sound like Cailer Woolam-- y’all related?

great video. @12:41 I see that you have a hypermobile elbow joint. I wonder how that affects your lifts.

Great channel. Thanks brother. Reverse bench grip you wisdom on it. Please

When i sink i perform better, except on singles. So i tried to soft pause everything, my bench went up but its true that it really beats you up, specially if you try long pauses.

Thank you for making me question my whole life in the gym

You know any books about powerlifting you recommend?

Ran out of knowledge? Oh... Raw Nationals. Gotcha.

I've been looking to clarify my thoughts on this topic for a while, excellent video! If I may ask, is not having enough weight on the bar to effectively sink it into your chest a thing? I'm a, honestly, weak lifter looking to adopt this style of benching, and I seem to be weaker with it, could it be a matter of strenght? I'm likely going to train a softer touch bench fo the most part anyway because of the things it teaches you, as you mentioned. Thanks!

In comp do you find that soft touch benchers get a quicker press command. Also how much of a concern is getting called for heaving? I know heaving is usually only called if the bar sinks significantly after the pause but was wondering if it’s a big concern. Currently a soft touch bencher btw but willing to experiment after my comp in July.

Great video David! I have question, do you think that hack squat is good substitute belt squat or are there better substitutes?

I sink cause I'm impatient.

Colin Weng uses ridiculous sink. Ugly but effective. He's got some crazy lifts.

12:12 at 6’2 100kg with 32’ arms I be taking L’s with that grip so yah boy gots to sink that bench 13:37 Elastic chest bones gang

i think if you have a close grip internal rotation of the shoulders and losing the bar in front is not necessarily bad.A very good example is jeremy hoornstra and a lot of josh bryant athletes. You get insane pop of the chest that way.I dont know if its best for new lifters but i think some people can benefit.And in general i feel sinking is better suited for close-medium grip benchers, for wide grip if you dont have good shoulders it may put too much stress with the extra rom(that what happens with me at least)

I'm relatively new to powerlifitng (2 months in) and i have a friend who is a powerlifting coach (not my coach) bc i want to get to 1100 by myself. But anyways, I am a 75kg lifter, and I've been messing around with various techniques on deadlift and bench, seeing what feels right for my body, and i feel like sink pressing really does feel nice. So, I brought it up to him, curious of what he thought, and he thinks its a technique that should be mainly reserved for bigger body lifters, like people with more weight, who could use their body more against the weight. Do you think sink pressing has a place for me in my weight class?? I just watched the IPF worlds recap for 75kg, and i feel like some of the top dogs do use sink press but its so variable its hard to discern it from a soft touch. I think Johannson is purely soft touch, while Atwood uses a slight sink, and Monigatti seems to use a noticable sink press. I know some ppl will just say "dont worry about it, just lift" but idk. With everything i get into, i always obsess over optimum tech (whether it be mouse sensitivity for gaming, or foot setup for skateboarding, tricks or foot width in snowboarding).

No more big archer allowed 😂😢

As always missing the point. Julius don't get a big pop because of his big belly, it is because of his hip movement. If you ever touched body fat, you should know if has zero elastic properties.