This man is performing a competition style benchpress
Pay attention to the arch in his back. Only the bottom of his butt, and tops of his shoulders and traps are in contact with the bench. He is using his legs to drive his shoulders into the bench even harder. The arch he is using utilizes the pecs to their fullest advantage. It also works with his wide grip to shorten the range of motion in getting the bar from his chest to the locked out position. One should "pinch" the shoulder blades together while setting up for the competition benchpress. This keeps more of the shoulder in actual contact with the bench, giving it something to push off with, which transfers more of one's effort into movement of the bar. Pinching the shoulder blades together while setting up also keeps one much tighter for the push.

The elbows should be "tucked" a bit more allowing the bar to touch low on the chest. From there the bar should travel up in as straight of line as possible.
Remember this is for the competition benchpress. The idea of a competition benchpress is NOT to build an optimum physique, but to do the most weight one possibly can for one repetition.

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