I need help with my bench!

[nate]

yah i am 16 and 185lbs 6''2

my bench has plateaued at 180 max
i really need some help can anyone give me some pointers

 

[ANIM@L]

Guys like pullinbig will be more helpful than me.

You can try doing some DB bench presses for a while, yhat helped me to improve my bench.

Later.

 

[huskyguy]

Try super slow for a while-its a great way to increase strength.
On the blast up--don't blast up but try make it take it least 6 seconds to push the weight all the way up. Lower down at normal pace. You may not be able to lift very heavy while you are doing this but when you go back to your normal way of benching you should be stronger.

 

[Eze]

What's you work out look like?

Post a sample of your workouts:
arm
shoulder
leg
chest
back

How often are you training chest?

 

[Golden_Muscle]

No secret IMO. Just consistancy. Your doing good. Your only 16. If you can bench 205 in one year, your doing good.

Eat right, eat lots, and train hard.

 

[Mudge]

http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11158
http://www.t-mag.com/html/body_101bench.html

 

[pullinbig]

post you routine and tell us where you are weekest on the bench. in other words are you missing the lift at the bottom, mid way up or a the top (lockout). I had a 15year old kid a wrote a prgram for and he lifted with us for a week. he was 139 when he started with a 135 max bench. one year later he is 205 with a 225 bench (for reps!!!). 16 years old. he has long arms and legs but he is sticking with it. I saw his mother the other day and she said he was about to at eat them out of house and home. another success story for low volume heavy weight training. get back to us bro.

 

[bob marley]

yah i am 16 and 185lbs 6''2

my bench has plateaued at 180 max
i really need some help can anyone give me some pointers

Man i would kill to be you're height.

 

[w00t]

yea its tough for us long armed folk to bench! im 6'3"... i tend to arch my back to take some of the pressure off on the way down and also thats a lil less distance hehe... is that bad tho?

 

[pullinbig]

there are sevaeral little tricks to shorten the stroke if you benchin to see how much you can bench.

 

[Mudge]

yea its tough for us long armed folk to bench! im 6'3"... i tend to arch my back to take some of the pressure off on the way down and also thats a lil less distance hehe... is that bad tho?

Read the articles I posted links to, the answer is no, you are supposed to do that. When I benched using the "dead fish" technique it killed my back.

I'm 6'2" and have an 80 inch reach, so I know what its like.

 

[w00t]

Read the articles I posted links to, the answer is no, you are supposed to do that. When I benched using the "dead fish" technique it killed my back.

I'm 6'2" and have an 80 inch reach, so I know what its like.

those were some very imformative articles... thanks i will read them again next time before i bench (i benched yesterday) and i will put them into play and we will see what happens