Poor Bench Press?

[Barnebus Frey]

Sorry if this has been asked before, couldn't find anything in particular.

I suck majorly at the bench press compared to the other lifts (taking into account that BP should be lower than the others). My numbers (converted from kg):

19
5'6
136 lbs (started at 110 lbs... I was like the skinniest, weakest 19yo you'd ever seen)
Squat 215 lbs 3*5
Press 88 lbs 3*5
Deadlift 259 lbs * 5
Bench Press 110 lbs 3*5
Chinups usually around 14/10/9

Any reason why it would be so low in proportion to the others? I don't have a form video but I've taken some in the past and I believe it's reasonable. Have tried deloading and smaller increments (down to 1.25lb increments).

P.S. I know I need to eat more and my weight is still increasing, just not fast enough to stop the bench constantly stalling.

[Cody]

You should probably eat even more. I've gained 40 lbs (from 156-196 lbs) since January, and I'm still in single digit bodyfat. 5k-6k calories a day did the trick.

[Milo's Ghost]

Light body weight impacts the upper body lifts quite a bit. How long have you been on the program?

Also, post a form check video of your bench. Let the coaches rip it apart.

Also ... That seems like a lot of chins for a dude with lifts as light as yours. Something is off.

[BareSteel]

Food, technique, rest...that's really it man.

I suppose the possibility exists that you have a very unusual anthropomentry, but something like long arms would be A. noticeable and B. evident in your Press, too.

So in the interest of avoiding an over-analysis, keep working hard in the gym and in the kitchen.

[Barnebus Frey]

Light body weight impacts the upper body lifts quite a bit. How long have you been on the program?

Also, post a form check video of your bench. Let the coaches rip it apart.

Also ... That seems like a lot of chins for a dude with lifts as light as yours. Something is off.

The chins are legit. Not dead-hang but bouncing with full range of motion. First and last are dead-hang. I think the reason it seems off is probably because I'm 136 lbs so the lifts are expected to be lighter? I dunno

Been on the program too long but being way too busy stopped me eating properly for months at a time. Always hit the gym 3 times a week though... Just thought if eating was the problem, the lifts would all be proportionately low and it wouldn't just be a really bad bench.

[Barnebus Frey]

Food, technique, rest...that's really it man.

I suppose the possibility exists that you have a very unusual anthropomentry, but something like long arms would be A. noticeable and B. evident in your Press, too.

So in the interest of avoiding an over-analysis, keep working hard in the gym and in the kitchen.

Yeah I don't think it's long arms, in fact I struggle to reach the rack on the bench so I think I have short arms. And okay cool, just feels weird seeing teenagers come into the gym and start benching 135 lbs with ease for reps while I can get nowhere near that after training for months and gaining 25 lbs, trying deloads and micro-loading etc...

[Karl Schudt]

Lots of people have a lift that lags behind. Keep eating, keep training, and treasure every pound of your bench press, since you earned it.

now go earn some more.

[Tom Campitelli]

Lots of people have a lift that lags behind. Keep eating, keep training, and treasure every pound of your bench press, since you earned it.

now go earn some more.

Solid advice right here.

[Les Hahn]

Solid advice right here.

And sometimes the "weak" lift can become one of the strongest. AK, thinking back to my high school bro days, I also could not bench 135 right away. Eventually it came around though. Just keep eating and a form check might be in order too.