Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Has Your Bench Press Hit A Plateau???

Add 50 pounds to your bench press...


Here's HOW!

If you want to be able to do this you need to set up a structure, meaning you actually have to work out on a schedule. But the most inportant thing is to TRAIN HEAVY with the right form. Too many guys at the gym push heavy weight but with poor form. Lets face it you wont be adding 50 pounds to your bench in a few days, but in a few short months this goal is attainable. "I hear it all the time how someone wants to get stronger, yet they end up training like my grandmother," says Jim Wendler, a London, Ohio, trainer and former champion power-lifter with a 675-pound bench press. "You have to lift heavy weights to increase strength." That means using loads that are between 85% and 100% of your one-repetition maximum (1RM)--the most weight you can handle for one rep. Each time you bench, build up to your 1RM with this progression (after your warm-up):

SET     % OF 1RM     NUMBER OF REPS

1 50% five reps
2 60% five reps
3 70% three reps
4 80% one rep
5-7 90% two to three reps

Estimate an increase in your 1RM by two-and-a-half to five pounds each week, and adjust the weights you use on all the sets accordingly until you hit the desired weight you want to add. In this case adding 50 pounds to your bench can be reached between 10-20 weeks. Results may vary based on your training skill, post work-out recovery nutrition, overall eating frequency through out the day, and the ability to recover quickly, how much you rest, etc. Lets face it there's a lot more behind the scenes than what we do in the gym. Most teens I consult think it's only about what you do in the gym that's important, but the truth is the opposite...

Find out the secrets that have people busting through their plateaus, and gaining more muscle than ever before. Click HERE to Discover the Secrets!

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