CCJ, in your opinion...

[BigBadBootyDaddy29]

I never trained WSB, but I am familiar with it for the most part.....Have you ever tried jump squats as your DE squat exercise? I always thought they might be helpful in a WSB routine......Also, snatch-grip deadlifts hit things not normally hit doing them with a normal, closer grip......You could also try behind-the-neck push jerks to assist your explosion off the chest in flat benching......Personally, I don't notice direct carry-over from overhead to bench while incorporating both of them, but if I do something like Incline Presses on Mon, and Overhead or Push Presses on Thurs for 2 months, when I concentrate again on flat benching, I always PR within 3 weeks, and keep dong so fo weeks and weeks..... I also sometimes stand in a power rack and overhead press and set the pins so that the bar taps the safties at the top of each rep, then on my last rep I drive the bar into the pins for maybe 5 seconds.....But what has worked for me is to scrap benching for a while and concentrate on shoulders, I always feel great when I get back on a bench, I bench raw, and knock on wood, everytime I center a program around overheads and can finish my cycle with around 315 for a single on a strict OHP, then do a training cycle geared towards benching, my max at the end of the cycle is always at least in the 435 range. So, from my own experience, I can't say enough about shoulder strength assisting the bench press, just when cycled, not doing say BP on mon and OP on thurs.

 

[louden_swain]

CCJ,

Do you ever perform explosive high pulls?

 

[coolcolj]

I sometimes do them from the hang, but not from the floor anymore, they build bad habits for the oly lifts. They tend to make you pull with your arms, bend your arms too early.
It is much harder to do a high pull correctly than a normal oly lift - people tend to muscle up the weight

So now I do stiff arm pulls, I use more weight and explode onto my toes with a shrug, the bar mometuem after the shrug does bend the arms a bit, but the arms don't do any pulling though.
The weight is somewhere in between a deadlift and powerclean.

Spatts - try Windmills, they have done wonders to my shoulder/cuff strength and stability

 

[bignate73]

all you need is.....

3-4 Sets, 10 Reps each
Delt Yanks

3-4 Sets, 10 Reps each
Rotating Trap Bombs

2 Sets Max 12-15 Reps
Clean Compression Rips

1-2 Power Sets 10 Reps each
Back End Tugs

 

[edgecrusher]

all you need is.....

3-4 Sets, 10 Reps each
Delt Yanks

3-4 Sets, 10 Reps each
Rotating Trap Bombs

2 Sets Max 12-15 Reps
Clean Compression Rips

1-2 Power Sets 10 Reps each
Back End Tugs

Don't forget the tuberosity shredders 3-4 sets of 500 should do the trick.

 

[spatts]

 

[Zander1983]

Thumbs up for explosive pushups to help your bench:

http://www.t-mag.com/articles/192push.html

 

[slinky]

I'm gonna throw my 2 cents in here.

I just think that most of the O-lifts will assist in your deads, mostly. Not unless your issue is with the lockout in the squat; then they'd help there, too.

Push presses may help your bench. While there is definite lower body action, they do hammer the triceps with a heavier load than a typical millitary press.

Hope this helps.