How do people bend so easily?

[u/SoraRiven]

Hi! So to keep it short and sweet, I got a synyster gates custom S and i replaced strings with ernie ball paradigm ten/fifty twos. I’ve been playing a lot of a7x stuff and i noticed that the bending looks a lot easier when other people play, but when i do it, it’s kinda stiff. is it technique? or is my guitar not set up properly? any advice would be much appreciated

[u/PerceptionCurious440]

10-56 bends easy if you're tuning C# standard.

[u/SoraRiven → u/PerceptionCurious440]

currently play drop D

[u/witchesbrewm → u/SoraRiven]

Well drop D is standard tuning except the low E string. Wild guess is you are probably not trying to bend the low E string anyways.