Many moons ago I forsaken ed the barbell bench press. I no longer required its benefits and I despise the consequences. A little over four years ago I peaked my bench press around 335lb. Nothing glorious about the amount but for me, a guy with long spider arms, it was a PR breaker. The only downside was the annoying injuries that came with it. No injury was serious but it did force me to abruptly discontinue benching.
My stats for this peak weight:
6'3"
215lb
15% BF
Well, today I just put up 315lb again without any problems. I probably could have repped with the weight if I didn't burn myself out with multiple sets of lighter weights. It felt great and I am back in business. Just 3-4 months ago I was actually struggling with 225lb. I'm not at 335lb but I really don't care, I'm close enough.
My current stats:
almost 6'3" (spinal injury...lost some height)
203lb
13.5% BF
Now, how I got to this point involved a lot of factors. Just to name the primary factor, I do pushups with different hand positions on a daily basis. I average around 60 pushups daily. The pushup is arguably on of the best upper body exercises ever. So I put this primary exercise to work for me. You can check out the loads of pushups I have done and my training to this point on my forum
I have now revisited the bench and will add it by to my devilish exercise toolbox. I have no goal with it anymore, perhaps to be able to rep 315lb like I rep 225lb.
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