My bench is shitty and inconsistent

My bench is shitty and inconsistent.

I always feel off balance. I don't quite get what "using your legs" means. I try to keep my arch but it always fails.

It's the hardest lift by far for me.

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Also I never feel it in my chest, just my arms and shoulders.

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not retracting and pulling your shoulder blades together

you just push the ground with your legs , and don't go too retarded with the arch. Firstly learn some basic muscle mind connection , think of using the part of your body that should be doing the exercise , for additional help do some light sets for that muscle to pre-activate it which boosts mind muscle connection even more.

and this

I'm not bullshitting when I say I'm trying my hardest to do this stuff. The whole time I'm thinking "okay push with my legs, chest up, shoulders tucked in... " and so on, but I STILL end up dipping too low, or losing my balance.

It's embarrassing.

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Practice user. That’s it, lower the weight and practice

how in the fuck can you lose your balance while benching? are you doing powerlifting arching lol?

Yeah you're right.

It's discouraging when your deadlift is miles ahead, and your overhead and squat are getting there. Meanwhile your bench is still in untrained territory.

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what are your stats ?

150/115/210/330 (x5)

i'm 5'11 250

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whoops mixed up overhead and bench

115/150

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If you actually want advice you should try and post a form check

THE ONE EXERCISE YOU NEED TO DO DAILY (NON-NEGOTIABLE)
It's facepulls btw

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you're fat

well yeah, but that's not the point of the thread

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this thread

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Same here OP. My shoulder blades and back muscles feel uneven, my right side of my body is a little smaller, my right wrist was broken so the bar doesn't feel comfortable when I get to press 1 plate and I have long arms. And the last time, I hurt my pec and rhomboid or some muscle that's over or under it so now I had to skip chest exercises for a week.
But I console myself by being happy that I finally reached a 1 pl8 bench press. And wearing padded gloves really helped me out. And I stopped bringing the bar down to my sternum because my elbows were way past 90°

Lose the ego, drop the weight and practice getting your form right

Fuckkkkkkkkk bro, please tell me you have more.

I won't let you down Jeff senpai. Honestly you'd be a fool not to do these. My back has never felt better or been stronger. Facepulls + pl8 raises are also the perfect compliment to shrugs for sick trap gains.

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try widening your legs a bit. think of your body as a structure that cannot move. its support points are your feet, butt, and shoulder blades pinched together. use your legs to support them not drive them.
you might just have narrow and/or slippery benches. try getting a mat, a shirt with rubber shoulders, or stretching resistance bands lengthwise along the bench to keep yourself from sliding around
that is the problem i had, my leg drive was pushing my shoulders back on a narrow slippery bench and putting all the weight on my shoulders like you said. i tore both my rotator cuffs up that way. that was only at 165 5x5 and ive been out of the gym for 3 months now
gl

btw op i did this at 140lbs get strong dude

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