Can anyone explain me how the fuck powerlifters suck at benching?

Pausing is hard

Bar genetic freaks, bench is the hardest lift to progress on (relatively speaking).
It's also the one will a lower maximum potential (by far), so since powerlifters are ranked by total it completely makes sense to prioritize a high squat and deadlift, than a higher bench.

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Legs are naturally stronger than arms, even when equally trained. That's all there is to it.

What a dumb thread.

>>42753229
Not the OP, but I have benched 180kg, the best powerlifter in my gym (granted he is a lower wightclass than me) caps out at like 150. He has me beat on squats and DL by a bit, but he's 30kg behind me on the bench press. That's not normal.

>>42753250
>guy lower weight class
>not normal that a bodyweight related lift is affected by it

>>42753263
Except I'm not a powerlifter. In fact, every powerlifter I've met has mediocre bench.

>>42753205
>>42753229
im a dyel faggot who does brosplit and trains chest once a week. Im repping 2pl8s on bench while powerlifter guys who train "for strength" are way heavier than me and benching 185 is a struggle for them

>>42753357

>What is paused bench

>>42753357
You're probably not doing a rep that would get you white lights.

>>42753357
that doesn't invalidate my post ( >>42753205 ), and also you probably wouldn't get a valid lift in competition

Most focus on squat and deadlifts to build their total faster. Bench almost always falls by the wayside until they get comfortable with their other numbers