My goal: 400 lbs bench by December

[spatts]

If you keep your elbows in, bench low, and use leg drive, you can probably hit 400 as soon as you "feel" it. In other words, if you benched like a powerlifter, you'd be WAY over 400, I'm sure.

 

[PolishHammer1977]

The 400 club is nice

 

[Latamier]

Easiest way is to run a cycle of Halotestin. Do about 35mg/day for about 5 weeks and you should be in the 400 club by the end of June.

 

[spatts]

OR...

Instead of using one main muscle to bench (his chest) he could recruit his lats, tris, shoulders, chest, traps, erectors, hamstrings, and calves to do the work. More workers, more productivity.

The BB bench is good for isolating the chest for hypertrophy. If you want a big bench, there are safer/smarter ways to do it.

 

[Egomaniac247]

Bro, just keep your head up and don't let your mind start having doubts.

I honestly remember a time when I thought "there's no way in hell "I'll bench 250lbs".

Then it was 275.

I remember 300lbs being a "no way in hell" to me.

Then one day I just "tried" 315 and it felt like 225. You know, I didn't even have a goal after 315, didn't have time to set it b/c one day I just went in, did 315 like a feather and was kinda like "what the fuck, throw 405 on there and let's see what happens".

Pow, nailed it. I swear I literally cut my workout short just to come home and brag/celebrate with people I knew.

The thing that put me over the top was carbs. EAT YOUR CARBS. Right now I am cutting up on clen/t3 and cut the carbs DRASTICALLY.....ckd....and now my bench is back down to like 315 bro. It doesn't bother me a bit b/c in my heart I will always know I got 405, so I KNOW I can do it

 

[JOKER47]

good luck your gonna need it

Aren't we the helpful one, lately........

 

[Prime Rib]

400 is definately nice, I am shooting for it myself ....

If you want 400, bench HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY. Heavy weight = more strength. Train your Tri's HEAVY. Skullcrush the piss out of them. Skullcrushers alone helped my max bench a TON. Bench heavy, skullcrushers, and weighted dips. 400 should be no problem by Xmas as long as your diet is right. Good luck bro..


Josh

 

[bigstve12]

i dont think you should be benching to the "neck area" as you said... i always thought it should be lower...correct me if im wrong...like below the nipples

 

[spatts]

I just measured. I bench 8 inches below my nipples.

 

[Parabellum]

The bar comes down to my chest about half an inch, almost a touch, near the neck area,

edit: hey do you think maby i should plant my feet on the floor for a more stable push, cause those foot pedals make me balence myself on the bench?

Are you talking about the Incline bench press here?

I'm shooting for the 400 lbs raw club also. I'm 30 lbs away.

I do rows, board presses (just added these), close grip, skull cruchers, dips (just added these), shoulder press (just added these), JM press, rack lockouts, raw bench, incline's press, decline press, dumbell extensions, dumbell cleans. I don't do everything at once some for a few weeks then change. I'm doing a westside style workout with a metalmilitia bench program minus the shirt.