For the last month my bench hasn't gone up that much. I may only be able to do like 2-3 more reps wirh 5 lbs, but that's about it. I dont thibk nutrition is the problem since im slowly gaining 0.5 - 1 lb a week. I think my problem is that i have really weak shoulders and tris, since i barely began training shoulders directly about a month ago.
Should i swith my program to increase bench and strength? (Been following coolcicadas PPL for a month now)
Or could it be that im burning my muscles by lifting weights for like 1h 45min to 2 hours?
Any advice would help
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Thread: Help fixing lagging bench press
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08-10-2017, 04:44 PM #1
Help fixing lagging bench press
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08-10-2017, 05:18 PM #2
What is your bench? Mine isn't that great and I'm 170lbs
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08-10-2017, 05:22 PM #3
I would increase your frequency. If you are benching once a week, that is great for lifting looking to add ounces to their frame each year. about 1.5 days after your bench session, you stop growing, and are only recovering after that, so you are growing like a week a month tops.
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08-10-2017, 05:32 PM #4
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08-10-2017, 06:19 PM #5
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Choose a novice program
Start lighter than you think
Stick to it AS WRITTEN
Progress
Done...FMH crew - Couch.
'pick a program from the stickies' = biggest cop out post.
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08-10-2017, 09:55 PM #6
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08-10-2017, 10:23 PM #7
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OP stop overthinking it. You don't need direct shoulder work. You're still small and weak...I don't mean that as a stab at you. I mean it to say that you've still got a LONG damn way until you will benefit from nitpicking your lifts and adding in a bunch of isolation BS. I didn't do ANY shoulder isolation work and benched a national record before injury. You don't need that garbage.
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08-11-2017, 02:39 AM #8
WHat has your progression been like? What were you lifting 2 months ago? How much have you been increasing the weight per session? Is that rate slowing or stopping completely?
You're at such a low bodyweight and bench at the moment that I don't think you really need to start switching it up at all.
ALso, you're not even doing that badly relative to your bodyweight. At 6x105, your 1RM is roughly equal to your bodyweight. That's good going. You're doing fine. That's actually better than my bench relative to bodyweight (my 1RM is 1.5x yours but it's only 90-95%% of my bodyweight)
Just keep doing what you're doing as long as you're progressing. It's natural for your progression to slow down a bit as the weight starts to increase.
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08-11-2017, 05:21 AM #9
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08-11-2017, 06:50 AM #10No brain, no gain.
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08-11-2017, 09:27 AM #11
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08-11-2017, 10:36 AM #12
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08-11-2017, 12:22 PM #13
Look at your form. Powerlifting to win on you tube really nails the bench press.
Generally bench 3 times per two weeks is enough. Most programmes rotate bench and press.
Have the same problem with my monkey arms n 6"wrists. But hitting 100kg for one rep, mainly due to form improving. Just takes time though, be patient. Greyskull has nice progression using fractional plates.Si vis pacem, para barbellum
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08-11-2017, 01:30 PM #14
I'm on the same boat, my bench press is a shame at 165 bodyweight I can only do about 140Lbs in 4 sets of 7 reps each. I got some progress reading and watching data about proper technique for BP but is pretty hard to get more weight on the bar.
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08-11-2017, 02:01 PM #15
Enough of this.
Teen misc >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>No brain, no gain.
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