Building a Badass Bench Press with Anders Varner, Doug Larson and Travis Mash — Barbell Shrugged #397Building a Badass Bench Press with Anders Varner, Doug Larson and Travis Mash — Barbell Shrugged #397
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The Bench Press is a hallmark of the power lifts. Everyone wants to know how much you bench. In the One Ton Challenge, if you are going to make it into the One Ton Club, you will need a big bench. In this episode of Barbell Shrugged, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Coach Travis Mash outline the technique, mobility, and training to increase your bench and get in to the One Yon Club.
Minute Breakdown:
0-10 - How to increase your bench press
11-20 - Improving your arch for a bigger bench
21-30 - Improving mobility in the shoulders and chest
31-40 - Over extending your shoulders at the top of the bench
41-50 - Writing a program for increasing your bench
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| 0:00.0 | The One-Tone Challenge training plan is here. |
| 0:03.4 | Shrug family, Travis Mash, the best weightlifting coach in the country, coming off winning |
| 0:09.4 | a best male and best female lifter at USA Weightlifting Nationals, Team USA head coach, and three |
| 0:17.3 | times strongest man in the world, is here to help you PR your snatch, clean, jerk, squat, |
| 0:25.3 | deadlift, and bench press, and getting you into the One-Tone Club. |
| 0:30.0 | The One-Tone training plan is 12 months, broken into 8 week cycles for gaining strength across |
| 0:35.6 | all 6 lifts, while focusing on each lift for 8 week cycles. |
| 0:41.3 | It finishes with a 4 week peak cycle, before completing all 6 lifts and entering into the |
| 0:47.7 | One-Tone Club. |
| 0:49.7 | This program starts with an 8 week squat cycle that will be the foundation for building |
| 0:54.2 | strength, technique, and power that translates into PRs. |
| 0:59.3 | On the One-Tone Total exceeding 2,000 pounds, 1200 for you ladies, and into the One-Tone Club. |
| 1:07.4 | Ready to get started? |
| 1:09.0 | Head over to the OneToneChallenge.com forward slash join to start your journey into the One-Tone |
| 1:16.0 | Club today. |
| 1:17.5 | The cart is open today through Friday, May 31st. |
| 1:22.0 | So get over to the OneToneChallenge.com forward slash join today. |
| 1:28.0 | It's for the One-Tone Challenge, and because we'll be hosting the One-Tone Challenge |
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| 1:47.2 | sugar to help your body recover after intense physical activity or exercise. |
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