if bench press has 0 carryover to athletic endeavors, and there are better exercises like dips and flies for chest hypertrophy - why even bother?
if bench press has 0 carryover to athletic endeavors, and there are better exercises like dips and flies for chest hypertrophy - why even bother?
Because you are dyel if you don't bench even if you have massive pecs
What is the best chest exercise for functional strength?
Dips and OHP
what is functional about dips lmao when would you ever be pushing downwards aside from when youre DOING DIPS
bench will help you push people i guess
the pecs arent a very functional muscle, which is why strongmen/bodybuilders had tiny pecs until the bench press was invented
If you can bench 315+, you have enough strength behind a punch to destroy someone. Using hips and shoulder is a multiplier for that force output.
i have literally not bothered for around 8 years. fuck off newfag
pushing people dumbass
I’m what? Football? Everyone skips the bench in the combine, that shit is on its way out lmao
>if bench press has 0 carryover to athletic endeavors
Is that why the NFL uses it as a fitness benchmark?
It’s a staple compound lift and dips/flys aren’t enough stimulation for mid/upper pecs. It’s like saying you do leg presses or deadlifts so there’s no point in squats
>dips/dogs aren’t enough for upper middle pecs
They are
>no point in squats if you leg press and deadlift
There is no point in squats in that case. Myth busted, moron
Because dudes bigger than you will ever be did it and made it popular and now you will do it and continue the meme.
It's like how Optimum Nutrition continues to be insanely popular even though it's just not any better and often worse than a lot of whey out there. It's popular because it's popular, like the Kardashians. Bench is the Kardashians of lifting.
Please stop benching. That way I can hog all the chest gains.
So you can have big tits like your favorite marvel superhero? Fag
Yes. Big tits for all the girls to stare at.
Read your post
My fingers didn’t stutter. Women love a man’s chest…simple as.
>Improvements in execution velocity in the BP exercise with loads varying between 30 and 80% of 1RM translate to improvements of straight RA punching velocity.
>bench press
>0 carryover
why is it used in the NFL draft combine then? why is it a cornerstone lift of every hs and college football strength program?