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T nation bench press. People are stupid and a bench too often cuz it s really fun are obsessed b have terrible muscle imbalances or c are just spazmods. No wonder you can t bench more than once a week this way. Weight lifting can cause injury.
If not just click the picture below. Now a regular grip bench press feels uncomfortable. December 14 2015 5 25pm 3.
It never ceases to amaze me the number of exercises some people do for chest inclines declines flyes cables dumbbells dips pec deck and machine presses done once a week. Critics frequently try to knock it down calling it over rated injurious or the dreaded not functional but the bench press isn t going anywhere. A bench deload should be 60 of your max for only 3 sets of 5 reps per set.
Bench press doesn t tear pecs people tear pecs. In my opinion it s the most technical of the three powerlifts and requires excruciating attention to detail if you want to get really good at it. The following program is merely one option.
As mentioned you can run the bench press 5 3 program with nearly any split or combination of assistance exercises. Never did em never will. If you can t quite get overhead incline presses are a great alternative.
The lost art of the bench press. Tuesday lower squat focus. The 5 3 bench press program.