How To Get Bench Max Up
Gym bro or no the bench press is a true hallmark of strength.
How to get bench max up. This article was originally featured in australian men s fitness magazine. Im not looking for tone i just want my max to go up. The best way to warm up for a max lift is to do the same exercise with submax weights.
But to add plates you ll need to do more than just well bench. But the key to upping your bench press max isn t to keep doing presses. You never want to max out alone.
I ll start with the obvious. This sounds obvious but many people make this mistake. Also change up your rep counts and number of sets every so often.
This will help for two reasons. So while push ups are a perfectly fine exercise to warm up your shoulder joints if the goal is a pr on the bench press it s better to warm up for it with lighter weight bench presses. How to crank up your chest without lifting weights.
Ive heard many rumors on the best way to get your bench max up whats the best i do 3 sets of 10 but ive heard 5 sets of 5 is better. Let s say you want to max out on 450 pounds for one rep. Always grab a spotter to help you navigate the max out.
Do 3 sets with the same number of reps. Max out after you ve performed your normal sets at the end of your bench press routine. Other pec exercises include pec deck workouts dumbbell flyes incline bench presses and decline bench presses among others.