Best bench press routines.
Bench press weight lifting program.
Weeks 3 4 transition period.
Next time you are under the bar try a slow bar speed and a fast bar speed.
If you have never trained with three reps per set before on your main lifts this is a weight that s so heavy it limits you to only three reps spend two weeks training with five reps per set to start getting acclimated.
This bench press program is broken up into 3 segments.
The training programs people show me generally resemble a random grab bag of every press or triceps extension type movement imaginable with very little actual bench pressing.
Weeks 1 2 rep work.
Set a timer for 30 minutes.
One easy way to do this is to start with 3 sets of 15 push ups.
The standard 5 x 5 program.
A faster bar speed is used to increase power and weight.
Slow bar speed is used to warm up the muscles and activate the tissue.
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Load a bar with a weight you can lift 10 times with stellar form don t go over 225 pounds.
Positioning bring your feet underneath your body raise your chest and think about touching the ceiling with your sternum tuck your shoulder blades back and down grip the bar tight to activate all of the muscles in your forearms and hands creating a strong link to your triceps.
Workout b bench press.
You will immediately notice that by using a faster bar speed you are able to press more weight.
For better strength and size gains in the weight room use the 5 reps by 5 sets protocol developed by bodybuilding pioneer reg park.
To avoid injury stress.
If you are using a regular olympic weight bench i would start with something really light which might be the olympic bar 45lbs or something like 135 which would be the olympic bar and 145 pound dumbbell on each side of the bar.
In this 30 day periodized program to help you bench press 315 pounds you ll be benching on mondays thursdays and saturdays using weight based off a 315 1rm multiplying your 1rm by the decimal e.
You will need to start out warming up your chest triceps and shoulders.
You will move to a 5 5 with heavier weights.
How the bench press program works.
You will try to perform 5 sets x 8 reps on the bench press increasing intensity weight during the second week.
If you want a better bench testing yourself with an all out effort once a week isn t going to get you there.
Do as many reps as you can until the timer goes off.