Hey man good lift. What are you some tips you can give to a guy who sucks at leg drive and is mainly doing larsen? My squat max is 180x1 cant deadlift due to problems and my ohp max is 80x2. my bench is 120x1 but i just can't seem to progress? Thanks!
@@TheNameIsFreddy Hi and thank you for the compliment!:) If your goal is to get bigger and stronger, doing Larsen instead of using leg drive is perfectly fine I’d say. I do Larsen as well sometimes to get more focus on pecs. If your goal is to compete or simply that you want to get better with leg drive, I’d say that you should work on that with lower weight and focus on the technique. I’d love to help you out, but it is difficult if I don’t see your current technique and what area to focus on. Do you have any videos of your bench press with leg drive that I can see? :) Regardless of if you want to get better at leg drive or if you want to continue with Larsen, I’d say that it is usually good to work on a weight that you can do around 5reps with slow eccentric movements. Another good thing for getting bigger and stronger is to make a short pause when the bar touch the chest :) Hope that helped! Good luck!:)
@@ironswede91 I appreciate that you took your time and responded with so much text. I sadly don't have a video but i can try to get one in the future. Basically my larsen is as good as my bench or really close. I'd lower to get stronger but I dont really care about competing. My goal is just 140kg bench. My best is 100x8 with legdrive and 100x7 without. So the difference is barely any.
@@TheNameIsFreddy A video would be helpful! For me, I achieve good leg drive by doing the following steps. Maybe you can incorporate some of these into your setup: 1. Find a good place for your feet, as far back as feels comfortable with your heels still on the ground. (Don’t push your feet too far back.) 2. Create a lot of tension in your lats and delts so that your spine and lower back aren’t touching the bench. 3. Lift your butt as high as possible. I also stand on my toes to get higher. At the same time, take a deep breath and brace your core. 4. Unrack the bar and lift it above you. 5. Lower your heels and slowly lower your butt until it touches the bench (but still with no real pressure on the bench). This gives me a lot of tension from my legs all the way to my pecs. A good way to check if you have tension in your legs after step 5 is to have a friend gently wiggle your knees. They shouldn’t move much. Another tip that helped me with leg drive is to place your feet a little wider and angle your toes slightly outward. Good luck!:)
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Tack!:) ja det kändes skönt att äntligen öka från 160kg, som jag varit fast på ett tag :)
Hey man good lift. What are you some tips you can give to a guy who sucks at leg drive and is mainly doing larsen?
My squat max is 180x1
cant deadlift due to problems
and my ohp max is 80x2.
my bench is 120x1 but i just can't seem to progress? Thanks!
@@TheNameIsFreddy Hi and thank you for the compliment!:)
If your goal is to get bigger and stronger, doing Larsen instead of using leg drive is perfectly fine I’d say.
I do Larsen as well sometimes to get more focus on pecs.
If your goal is to compete or simply that you want to get better with leg drive, I’d say that you should work on that with lower weight and focus on the technique.
I’d love to help you out, but it is difficult if I don’t see your current technique and what area to focus on.
Do you have any videos of your bench press with leg drive that I can see? :)
Regardless of if you want to get better at leg drive or if you want to continue with Larsen, I’d say that it is usually good to work on a weight that you can do around 5reps with slow eccentric movements.
Another good thing for getting bigger and stronger is to make a short pause when the bar touch the chest :)
Hope that helped! Good luck!:)
@@ironswede91 I appreciate that you took your time and responded with so much text.
I sadly don't have a video but i can try to get one in the future. Basically my larsen is as good as my bench or really close.
I'd lower to get stronger but I dont really care about competing. My goal is just 140kg bench.
My best is 100x8 with legdrive and 100x7 without. So the difference is barely any.
@@TheNameIsFreddy A video would be helpful!
For me, I achieve good leg drive by doing the following steps. Maybe you can incorporate some of these into your setup:
1. Find a good place for your feet, as far back as feels comfortable with your heels still on the ground. (Don’t push your feet too far back.)
2. Create a lot of tension in your lats and delts so that your spine and lower back aren’t touching the bench.
3. Lift your butt as high as possible. I also stand on my toes to get higher. At the same time, take a deep breath and brace your core.
4. Unrack the bar and lift it above you.
5. Lower your heels and slowly lower your butt until it touches the bench (but still with no real pressure on the bench). This gives me a lot of tension from my legs all the way to my pecs.
A good way to check if you have tension in your legs after step 5 is to have a friend gently wiggle your knees. They shouldn’t move much.
Another tip that helped me with leg drive is to place your feet a little wider and angle your toes slightly outward.
Good luck!:)