The Bench Press - The Arch Mark Rippetoe | June 26, 2015 How to Bench Press from the Starting Strength DVD (released 2010). Mark Rippetoe takes lifters of varying size and shape through the Starting Strength teaching progression for the bench press as detailed in Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training. This is part 3 of a series on learning how to bench press. In the next video, Rip coaches lifters through a set of 5. All Part 1 Part 2 Part 4