benchpress fail

[liftstrong101]

ever since i broke my wrist, my benchpress blows. my workout today looked something like this- 135x5, 140x4, 145x3, 150x2 155x1, 160x1. the left side is so uneven it just pisses me off. i rep 80lb dumbells for 3 sets of 5 in my right hand, and rep 50lb dumbells for 3 sets of 5 on my left its just so uneven. so whenever im bench pressing my left cant do ****, and my right side gets a crappy workout. it doesnt help that i broke both my left wrist and left shoulder within a year, so my left side is really uneven. sorry i just felt like i had to rant.(no emo)(yes kind of mad)

[erokjenkins]

who does that??? first, you dont use different weight in a press like that...just do 50's if thats all one side can handle...dont do one arm at a time...wtf...

[SorBor]

never broken a bone'

you mad?

[liftstrong101]

who does that??? first, you dont use different weight in a press like that...just do 50's if thats all one side can handle...dont do one arm at a time...wtf...

lol when youve broken 2 bones in the same arm in a year, you do that, if i use 2 50's one in each arm my right arm is getting a ****ty workout. i just thinks it sucks because they will never really ever be even lol.

[IEatPowerRacks]

How bout instead of lifting, let your f*cking wrist rest?

[IEatPowerRacks]

lol when youve broken 2 bones in the same arm in a year, you do that, if i use 2 50's one in each arm my right arm is getting a ****ty workout. i just thinks it sucks because they will never really ever be even lol.

This applies to pretty much all my lifts. lol.

[tomsun]

too bad. wish u fast recovery

[Adrenolin]

never broken a bone'

you mad?

I've broke my toes from dropping the bar while doing front squats.

I was mad.

[JC_Strongman]

Lol so you're gonna keep trainnig one arm so it progresses at the same rate as the failing hand you're complaining about. Strong logic. Drop your ego, use 50's until you can progress together. Unless you don't care about BBing or symmetry (sp), then go to town.

[Doug21]

OP it doesn't matter if your right arm doesn't get a good workout from it or not. you won't lose anything because you arent working out. u need to build up that left arm strength again and equal it out to your right.

you will really end up with two different sized arms pretty fast if you keep doing what you want

[GSparky]

you shouldnt use 2 different weights. that'll make you uneven. you should use the 50's for both until you can up weight with your hurt arm

[liftstrong101]

Lol so you're gonna keep trainnig one arm so it progresses at the same rate as the failing hand you're complaining about. Strong logic. Drop your ego, use 50's until you can progress together. Unless you don't care about BBing or symmetry (sp), then go to town.

well really i only lift for strength, so i guess it doesnt matter too much.

[JC_Strongman]

well really i only lift for strength, so i guess it doesnt matter too much.

Okay but then it still begs the question, why would you willingly jeopardize your performance with a regular BB (the measure of strength, as it is) when you could just accept what happened and try to fix it?

[GrahaMs69]

its your own fault for working one side harder...if you worked them both lighter and the same theyd improve the body i naturally symmetric like that