bench press question!! please answer?
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The starting resistance and ending resistance means that as you bench, the "weight" is getting heavier. Consider a rubber band: easy to stretch at the beginning but as you keep stretching it it gets harder. That's what happening here... when you start, the weight is easier to move than when you finish.
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bench press, push ups,etc.
885596
hey i know exactly what to do .. for shoulders, i suggest u get dunbells and hold them above eah shoulder with hands faing forwards.. then push upwards and slowly let back down .. if u do with the propper amount of wiehgt.. u will feel a strong burn .. this is rapidly building muscle.. for abs.. i suggest many declined crunches with a 25 pound plate on ur chest.. this builds a 6 pack very quickly.. for chest i recomend laying down on a flat surface that is very stable and grabbing dunbells and pressing them up forward.. the more u do and the more reps.. the more burn u will feel .. this increase chest and inner arm strenght ALOT.
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Push ups can be accomplished with many variations. Weights are not always neccessary to acheive big muscle mass. \n\nTHe idea is to emulate the same position as you would doing a bench press. You can do push ups with your feet raised on a chair or stairs. Then position your hands past your shoulders, then closer, and closer. You can use the backs two chairs and and do dips to get a broader stretch of the pecs. You can put your hands on paint cans or other objects and extend your chest farther down to the ground. You can have someone place a heavier object on your back for added weight. Whatever you do, make sure you do the exercise to failure. This means do them until you can't do them. Most of all, concentrate on the pecs as you work them. Flex on your extertion. \n\nDo a search online for pectoral exercises.
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try doing more reps at the "plateau" and eventually you will get over it. also try other exercises to strengthen the muscles you use in benching.
1095102
Absolutely.  In fact, it's hard to work the chest without working the shoulders.  Most chest exercises such a presses are compound exercises that involve multiple muscle groups.  A basic bench press will work the lats, triceps, chest and shoulders.\n\nIf your trying to design a split routine working your chest and shoulders on the same day is a logical solution.  People usually use split routines to give body parts a chance to heal while other are being worked.  With that goal in mind it would seem counter productive to work the shoulders while they were still recovering from your chest work out, or vice versa.\n\nSplit routines aren't necessary, though.  I'm using a full body routine now, but switch back and forth periodically to keep my body from adapting.
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listen i go to the gym and let me tell you theres a lot of answers to this question\n\nfirst its possible that some are using steroids like the first person said but if your gonna say that everyone who benches more than you uses steroids then thats totally ignorant on that guys part and uneducated\n\nsecond your right some of them do have horrible technique....i know a guy at the gym who has horrbile techinique and is just doing it for show....hes kinda my friend but he just packs on the plates and doesnt do the exercise correctly....you know the constant cheaters....bends his back in bench press and swings and throws the weights around\n\nbut lastly my answer is simple....SIZE DOES NOT EQUAL POWER AND STRENGTH.....you see power lifters in the olympics and there 2 times smaller than regular body builders.......body builders arent stong....they train for the competition and the stage....the show....but its for looks.......powerlifters have to lift heavy weights.....listen there are two types of hypertrophy.....sacromere and sacroplasmic i think(to learn more about this click the link below)\n\nsacromere is a smaller diameter in the muscle but a higher density.......on the other hand sacroplasmic gives a larger diameter but softer density\n\nmeaning that if you train for the pump(12 to 15 reps) your gonna get bigger but not very strong but if you train with lower reps(6 to 10....usually around 8 reps) then your gonna get big but not that big and your gonna get much stronger.....also if you train ultimate strength low reps like around 4 then your gonna get very stong but not big\n\nppl train differently for different reasons and sports....good luck and dont get discouraged about other ppl benching more
887279
Whoa slow down there, guy. That is waaaay too many reps. You need to get more weight; you should never be able to do more than three sets of fifteen reps.
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At 16 your on the right track. 190's a decent bench. Don't let others discourage you. You are really just starting to develop the ability to add size and strength to your physique. I can't say what is available to you as a source for your workouts. The wider assortment of weights and machines, the greater the opportunity to grow and get stronger. A solid bench for anyone is one and a half times their body weight. For seasoned lifters two, two and a half or more times their body weight. Listen, don't just stick with the straight bar benches. Get going with the dumbbell work also. Incline, decline and flat benching with dumbbells is a great way to increase muscle size and strength as it takes more usage of muscles to work the dumbbells. You will probably see greater gains faster with these. Also, don't neglect your shoulders, back and triceps work as they play a huge supporting role in your quest for a bigger and better bench. Good luck in your quest. Peace.
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Press Ups\nBench press\nOne of those bars you pull yourself up on .... \nWeights\nAlso a great one is doing a hand stand against a wall and doing push ups... you have to build this up as you have to hold all your body weight
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Bench Press and the inclined Bench Press!\n\nThat makes me feel and look the strongest and its one of the few excersizes where I dont have to do an absurd amount of repitions. ...if you want a whole nice looking upper body at once do an ab workout that day or the day before. It makes my whole upper body look good.
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I can't disagree with the answers given, but I'm a big fan of push ups and sit ups.  If done properly, *all* major muscle groups are used during push ups.  There is also the satisfaction of being able to do your exercises virtually anywhere.  Besides, what is more satisfying - bench pressing 200 pounds ten times or snapping off 50 perfect push ups?\n\nMike Honeycutt
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I'm a personal trainer with Gold's Gym. I'm having trouble believing you on this, bro, because I've never seen a bench machine go up to 400 lbs before. Usually they don't go above 250. But I don't want to call you a liar. So, the rule of thumb on those machines is that in true strength equivelancy, they are about 2/3 that of free weights. Thus: if you are indeed benching 420, you should be able to do about 275-280 with free weights. I know the 2/3 rule sounds low, but you'd be amazed how much difference it makes when you don't have to balance the weights, and can just explode into the handles.
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push ups, bench press, sit ups
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A someone else said, double team him. Second, don't be afraid to be a little physical, they may fold under these circumstances. USE YOUR BENCH, fresh legs can be a great advantage.
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well 1 prob wit that....what if u cant bench press shit.....
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i have a benchpress workout that can be used for other muscle groups, but when i first learned about it in highschool, my bench max went up 5 - 7 pounds a week for 10 months straight.  it involves 5 minutes on the bench, in which you do 7 sets.  you do this workout 6 days a week, with the seventh day being your rest day.  it's intense, but it's worth it.  email me if you wanna know more about it.  phtokhos@yahoo.com