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Benching

Genics said:
So it is a milestone, dunno why people were saying 100kg is fuck all and meaningless
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It's a milestone for an autistic kid to leave the house as well
This was the most humorous analogy I could think of, I'm sure there are better ones
 
First bench milestone I remember hitting was 120kg, then 140, 180, 200, next will be 220 then 227.5 (500lb)
 
Yeh I remember mates in the under 15s rugby were stoked when I benched 1 plate a side! Lol.
I think I did two plates (100kg) when I was 18 or 19. I was chuffed.
As you all no doubt saw my vid, lol, I got it up to 165kg for 1 rep while doing the smolov jnr program.


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I remember when I first benched the bar
And when I first tried to bench and got pinned by the bar XD
I was so pleased when I was able to move up from the dumbbells. In a "thank god someone didn't euthanase me" sort of way
 
I think bench is a fucked exercise. You get to lay down to do it. Why not just stay in bed? I'm imagining that I was a better bencher already.
 
You could do an incline bench standing up if you clean it and have something to lay/fall back against... But that's just silly
 
The bench press is a good exercise, it's just that some or most boot lickers think it's the upper body squat and treat it occordingly.

Nekminit rooted shoulder.
 
jj80 said:
Is the close grip bench a shoulder exercise primarily? Clint gives his reasons.
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I disagree. Just because a fifth? a quarter? of the movement is primarily shoulders doesn't make it a shoulder exercise. Yes maybe most people miss the fact about shoulders, but are we supposed to ignore the 4/5 of the movement that is primarily about triceps? Come off it.
I do agree with the dude's major points regarding the benefits of the accessory exercises he discusses though.
 
Bazza20 said:
Shit don't say that.

When I said that I had people telling me close grip is so completely different to "normal" bench that it can in no way be swapped for each other.
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The difference is the distance the bar travels, in the powerlifting world that's important, in the strength building/ body building world the bench press must be treated differently.

the Same muscles are moving the bar, figure out which is healthier for the joints.
 
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