Bench Press - Cast Iron Strength

08 Jun

The 5 biggest mistakes Powerlifters make come meet day

June 8, 2016
Posted by Marc Keys
Bench Press, Cutting Weight, Deadlift, first powerlifting compeition, GBPF, getting ready for a powerlifting comp, How to cut weight for powerlifting comp, how to prepare for a meet, IPF, making weight., Powerlifting compeition, Powerlifting Meet, Powerlifting Meet Nutrition, squat
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I've done a lot of competitions in my time but I was out of competitive lifting for a couple of years between 2013-2015 due to a combination of injury and training back up to...

31 May

Bench, Bench Press, Bench Press Programmes

Solving Poor Lock out in the Bench Press – Part one getting swole.

May 31, 2016
Posted by Marc Keys
Bench Press, close grip bench press, getting a better bench press, how to get better lock out, Lock out, Powerlifting
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Most people find that when they fail in the bench press that they will fail about half ways up or just towards lock out as the load goes from the chest and lats transferring...

18 Apr

Fitness, Novice, Powerlfiting, Powerlifting, Programme

Learning when to push through and when to pull back as a self coached lifter.

April 18, 2016
Posted by Marc Keys
Adapting a programme, Bench Press, Deadlift, Getting Stronger, making a programme easier, making a programme harder, Powerlifting, Programming, squat, strength, Strength Training
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I’m what you might refer to as a self made man in the gym pretty much for 90% of my 12 year lifting life I have written my own programmes and devised my own...

20 Oct

Powerlifting Technique

Back to Basics – Bettering your bench press

October 20, 2015
Posted by Marc Keys
Bench Press, Correct Bench Press, Good bench press technique, How to Bench, Novice Bench
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Bench press is in pretty much every programme ever written it’s definitely my favourite upper body pressing exercise nothing really involves the whole upper body or allows you to push such high force outputs...

14 May

9 Week Bench Blast, Bench Press Programmes, Uncategorized

The 9 Week Bench Blast – Smash your bench press plateau.

May 14, 2015
Posted by Marc Keys
Bench Press, Calculators, Cast Iron Strength 9 Week Bench Blast, Programmes
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The Cast Iron Strength bench blast is a 9 week volume based programme that uses Perplin's chart and the intensity by number of lifts devised by Hristo Hristov in 2005. Before we go into...

06 Jun

Bench Press

Bench Press – Stop Hating, start gaining!

June 6, 2014
Posted by Marc Keys
Bench Press

TL;DR Version - The exercise is not to blame it's usually how you do it. Injury rates in the shoulder are common in weight training bench press or not. Arch your back! Keep the bar straight and your...

08 Jan

Uncategorized

Ed Hall 260 (572 lb) Bench Press.

January 8, 2014
Posted by Marc Keys
Bench Press, Ed Hall, Lifting Video, Strongman, Training, UK Strongest Man, World Strongest Man, WSM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gBSeyMVG28

28 May

Bench Press, Exercise Advice, Technique, Uncategorized

Three things most people get wrong on bench press

July 3, 2013
Posted by Marc Keys
Bench Press

1 - Not paying attention to their grip width.It's one of the first things you do when you bench press you lie down and then grip the bar but when was the last time...