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Sep 17 2014 09:31am
Why am I so weak?

I did 200 pounds, 5 reps twice so far.

This any good? I have neglected benching for most of my gym going career lol.
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Sep 17 2014 09:33am
Well that all depends on how much you weigh..
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Sep 17 2014 09:34am
I can OHP 155 for reps, squat 315 for reps, deadlift 405 but 225lb bench press is hard as fawk lol
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Sep 17 2014 09:37am
Bench more / week
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Sep 17 2014 09:44am
Quote (HyphyIll @ Sep 17 2014 03:37pm)
Bench more / week


I'll try, friend.

Up to 4 sets of 5 reps at 200 lol.

My chest is pretty pathetic.
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Sep 17 2014 09:46am
Quote (Kamahl16 @ 17 Sep 2014 08:44)
I'll try, friend.

Up to 4 sets of 5 reps at 200 lol.

My chest is pretty pathetic.


Bench 2-3 times a week and split up the volume so you don't kill yourself
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Sep 17 2014 09:49am
Quote (HyphyIll @ Sep 17 2014 03:46pm)
Bench 2-3 times a week and split up the volume so you don't kill yourself


Gonna have to.

I guess the pull ups I've been doing have helped because I used to be barely able to get a rep in at 200 and now I can do it five times (comfortably, I can probably push myself closer to 7 or 8) without having benched for months.
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Sep 17 2014 12:38pm
Quote (Kamahl16 @ 17 Sep 2014 08:49)
Gonna have to.

I guess the pull ups I've been doing have helped because I used to be barely able to get a rep in at 200 and now I can do it five times (comfortably, I can probably push myself closer to 7 or 8) without having benched for months.


Makes sense, considering bench heavily involves lats
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Sep 17 2014 02:59pm
I went from 155 to 205 in bench in 4 months. All pushups. So what Im saying is do more pushups.
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Sep 17 2014 04:44pm
Keep your body guessing.Incline/decline/flat bench, mix in dumbbell presses for stability.

Lockout exercises etc.

4 sets if 5 on each exercise works well

I jumped from a 260 max to 345 in about 8 weeks (weighing 190).


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