Going for a new Bench PR - trying to find the weakness

[tmor6]

I'm trying to hit a new PR on the bench. Current PR is 405, that was about 5 months ago (228 pounds body weight, I'm now down to 214 - which is great as I am trying to get leaner). Anyway, I'm trying to determine what it is I really need to concentrate on in order to see an increase in the PR - besides just benching, obviously.

I use a very wide grip, nice controlled decent, the bar touches my chest and "easily" moves up about 3 inches (no bounce), and that's where I tend to stall. I'm trying to determine if this is more of a shoulder, tricep, or chest issue. I have seen threads in the past, but none of them where pushing 300+ if I recall correctly (though I don't know if that matters).

Any thoughts on this?

[DontTakeEmOff31]

You move more weight than I do so take this with a grain of salt but that was the exact same spot I used to stall on all the time (3 inches off the chest, no bounce).

I found that when I really (I mean REALLY) learned to push with my legs correctly that stall went away. Now usually if I miss its because I wasn't set up correctly with my legs and wasn't able to push as well as I should have.

[Cards]

At 6'1 I would think that 3 inch off the chest is still shoulders. Maybe some incline press, paused press, setting pins right where you stall, etc.

[tmor6]

I found that when I really (I mean REALLY) learned to push with my legs correctly that stall went away. Now usually if I miss its because I wasn't set up correctly with my legs and wasn't able to push as well as I should have.

hmm...I'll give this a shot. I usually don't use a powerlifting stance - I tend not to incorporate my legs at all. I have used a powerlifting stance before, I'll see if this helps.

At 6'1 I would think that 3 inch off the chest is still shoulders. Maybe some incline press, paused press, setting pins right where you stall, etc.

This would make sense - my incline press feels like it lags behind my flat/decline. Thanks for the input, guys.