How I Increased My Bench Press

[basskiller]

To be honest I don't want to come off as a know it all or sound like I think I'm all that. I don't have all the answers or claim to. All I know is me, and I'm nobody and happy that way.

I totally see it differently. You have years of experience that could possibly help others.

[bufbiker]

Absolutely AB. I was at work sitting in my truck watching it rain with three different crews waiting to see what I wanted to do. And like I said I knew there were things I probably left out so as I've thought of them I have gone back and added it. Breathing was one of those things I forgot. Also control of the bar from eccentric to concentric parts of the lift. You have to lower the bar under control, not in a free fall. For me, how I can handle the weight lowering the bar gives me more confidence for the push.

[Dawgpound_Hank]

I totally see it differently. You have years of experience that could possibly help others.

That's why I kept after the ol' fart to post up! Anybody pushing that weight at damn near 60 knows a lil' sumthin about sumthin haha!

[SpEnTBoY]

Awesome read buf

[Magnesium]

Awesome post man. #3 gets neglected often, except for the biceps one.

[Rocky83]

Awesome info!!! I have definitely incorporated alot of these aspects in my chest workouts. I also focus on incline more then flat.

[cog]

Certainly very impressive numbers at that age.Dont mess with that old dude.

[MrSaito]

Great information in this thread.

I'll add that I've found that your nervous system also needs training. I was stuck in a plateau and a buddy suggested overloading my nervous system.

My max was 335#'s for a long time so once a week I'd put 405#'s on the bar and with some help off the rack just bring the bar down as slowly as I could (4-5 second count) to my chest and then had a spotter help lift it back up. I'd rest of 30 seconds and do five sets of three.

Next time I was ready to shoot for a PR I hit 355#'s and eventually made my way up to 375#'s.

Incorporating OHP into my regular workouts has also been huge in getting me to the next level. I'm shooting for 405#'s this year.