lvnp - thanks I didn't even know you had to start locked out although it's more comfortable for me to do so anyway, thanks that's definitely something i'll make sure to do.
I felt more solid I think I still should get my feet more under my hips and arch a little more, 1 day at a time though.
I was happy to do it solely because when I max on bench I usually cant go remotely heavy on chest for about 10 days so it was good to see my recovery is better, I think I was good for 425 maybe 435 today so I'm happy with that.
I think the end result is going to be pretty good when I put everything together its exciting thinking about it.
Capin - first of all 563 at 220 is beast mode if I saw someone do that in person my eyes would pop out of my head.
I think people who started lifting more in a bodybuilding fashion find it easy to meet half way because they tend to have well developed delts so they dont tend to gain much more switching at least not right away. Someone like Kai Greene or better yet Kevin Levrone can basically bench press cars with there delts.
I've tried working a belt in to the equation a couple of times, usually just a strongman vecro belt and I cant seem to figure it out so I kind of stray from it. I think it makes sense at least in terms of longevity though if I plan on benching in the 500's long term. How do you place it exactly, in the normal position on more mid back?
And thanks for the kind words on the vids I actually started making them just so I could see my form and because my friends would always ask me for exercise suggestions so it was easy just to have them on youtube to reference.