100lb Bench Increase

[DaLinkWent]

Happy to say I hit the 400lb bench clean on Saturday but how likely do you think it is that I can reach 500 lbs by the end of the year? I have been making some huge gains as of late. Month ago I was in the 315 range

 

[jcp2]

Happy to say I hit the 400lb bench clean on Saturday but how likely do you think it is that I can reach 500 lbs by the end of the year? I have been making some huge gains as of late. Month ago I was in the 315 range

Raw, without gear, not happening most likely. Raw with gear, odds are better, but seriously doubt it. Shirted, you could probably do it.

 

[joltan]

how the fuck did you get your bench up 85 pounds in a month? insane

 

[dznutzxxx]

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[blackbeard]

with enough gear and food of course you could go from 400-500 in a year for a 1RM.

i can see adding 85lb in one month, if you were already very strong, then stopped training and lost a lot of strength......muscle memory could get u that 85 lbs back in a month..for a 1RM anyways. Esp if youre juiced.

th higher up in weight you get the harder it is to increase your lifts juice or no juice..much harder to go from 4-500 bench than it is to go from 315 to 400..

although adding 85lbs in one month to your bench is pretty good juice or not...i see no point (for me) in trying to max out ym raw bench as long as my shirted bench is going up..i think of Andy Fiedler who benched 600raw at an expo at the arnolds yeah the guy is strong as hell but sooner or later thats going to catch up with him

 

[Mudge]

I can't really do heavy benching for more than a week out of a month it looks like, so I do close grips pretty much exclusively until my shirt rolls in.

How you went from 315 to 405 in 4 weeks I dont know, but asking for 500 within a year of that seems crazy. Strength increase is one thing, but pain from lifting and injuries are another. Keep it safe IMO, be smart with what you ask for. I think a raw 500 should not be a frequent thing, at least for my own body.

 

[blackbeard]

I can't really do heavy benching for more than a week out of a month it looks like, so I do close grips pretty much exclusively until my shirt rolls in.

what kinda shirt you getting?

 

[Mudge]

Titan Fury size 54, ordered it on sunday.

 

[blackbeard]

Titan Fury size 54, ordered it on sunday.

cool good luck with it

 

[DaLinkWent]

Not wuite sure how the heck it happened. Felt fantatsic the day I did it. Diet honestly is what pushes it over the top. Lot of chicken, tuna, steak, eggs etc and making sure I'm eating a good 6-8 meals a day and making sure each meal has plenty of protein.

Training: I think the thing that has really helped has been weighted dips. In my eyes they are not utilized by enough people because I've seen tremenedous increases in bench and a lot has to do with a good tricep workout

I'd have to guess it was a combo of a good day, diet and training.

Thanks mates. Guess I'll ride this out as far as I can

 

[pullinbig]

Titan Fury size 54, ordered it on sunday.

54? thats gonna be tight on you big ass. =0)

 

[Bimmer]

damn, I went from 315 to 345 in 3 weeks... I thought that was good. But congrats on the lift, 500 is possible but not at all easy. Gains slow down, especially when numbers climb that high. Whats your weight BTW?

 

[DaLinkWent]

238lbs . . .

Thanks mate but thinking back it might have been closer to 6 weeks than 4 but I'm still happy with it

 

[Mudge]

Yep, with drol in the mix I was seeing 10 pounds a week for a good while but things start to get tough for me after awhile. Otherwise I would have been looking at 500ish raw within a couple months after, it is rarely that easy unless you are one gifted mother f'er.

I tried the shirt on and with one person helping it gets on just fine, just a few minutes. The true test though will be actually using it of course, but everything looks lined up just fine.

 

[DaLinkWent]

Yep, with drol in the mix I was seeing 10 pounds a week for a good while but things start to get tough for me after awhile. Otherwise I would have been looking at 500ish raw within a couple months after, it is rarely that easy unless you are one gifted mother f'er.

I tried the shirt on and with one person helping it gets on just fine, just a few minutes. The true test though will be actually using it of course, but everything looks lined up just fine.

I've always been impressed with the intelligent of your posts mayt and was wondering what advice you have for someone who hasn't run a cycle yet?

 

[Mudge]

If you aren't cycling and are benching over 400, you've got much better genetics than I do.

I keep things simple, and low volume. Right now because of my shoulders I have been doing almost exclusively only close grip benches, it still gives me enough of a chest workout. Glen Chabot claimed to only do close grip benches every 2 weeks and no normal benching until close to meet time.

My bones and muscles start to hurt with high volume stuff if I am doing heavy weights, so I have to limit things. I try this and that until I find what I like, and occasinally I will tweak something based on what someone else does (I killed a lot of shoulder work thanks to PB). I am going to pick up one of the Metal Militia training DVDs to see how they deal with shoulders, and everything else.

I have a training log online I can PM you, its not very exciting but its about over a years worth of workouts.

 

[Bimmer]

you did this naturally? Very nice gains!

 

[blackbeard]

If you aren't cycling and are benching over 400, you've got much better genetics than I do.

I keep things simple, and low volume. Right now because of my shoulders I have been doing almost exclusively only close grip benches, it still gives me enough of a chest workout. Glen Chabot claimed to only do close grip benches every 2 weeks and no normal benching until close to meet time.

My bones and muscles start to hurt with high volume stuff if I am doing heavy weights, so I have to limit things. I try this and that until I find what I like, and occasinally I will tweak something based on what someone else does (I killed a lot of shoulder work thanks to PB). I am going to pick up one of the Metal Militia training DVDs to see how they deal with shoulders, and everything else.

I have a training log online I can PM you, its not very exciting but its about over a years worth of workouts.

its my understanding Militia guys dont do much shoulder work especailly when gearing up for a meet..in the offseason there is some direct shoulder wokr done but nothing major..

i hit my side delts for reps 10+ on DE bnch day..i se no point in trying to hoist dbells up after ive just done 15+ sets of various boards/pressing and my delts area more than fatigued

 

[Mudge]

My side lateral work is typically 15 slow reps, I dont do the heavy weights anymore. If I do 2 sets I will often be in physical pain for awhile so I usually only hit a single set now.

 

[blackbeard]

My side lateral work is typically 15 slow reps, I dont do the heavy weights anymore. If I do 2 sets I will often be in physical pain for awhile so I usually only hit a single set now.

i do about 3 sets of 10-15 but its not to failure..
since the tendonitis in my arm has been acting up the last few weeks/months i do my side delts on the machine this way i dont stress my forearm at all holding a dbell