i saw this japanese dude bench 140kg at 50-ish body weight, how the fuck is that possible? also his grip is really wide, i used to do it that way but i ended up with an insane shoulder pump and not feeling my chest at all. funny thing is my overhead press is almost as heavy as my bench now... started doing bench with a relatively closer grip than before and ended up with epicondilitis.

ok

>>76417432
u look like riley reid

He's cheating by arching and reducing rom. It's legal but still cheating which is why he's still small.

>>76417424 (OP)
If you bounce the bar of your chest with a wide grip while arching your back you can lift 1.2x your max no biggie
If you arch your back abruptly the moment before the bar bounces off your chest with a wide grip you can bench 1.5x your max, it's basically a laying power snatch with your torso driving up the lift instead of your waist

>>76417875
Arching is not cheating you absolute dyel

>>76417988
lol ok

>>76417984
will i end up fucking up my elbows and rotator cuffs doing that shit or if i'm lifting below my PR im ok?