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?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Because you are dyel if you don't bench even if you have massive pecs

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    What is the best chest exercise for functional strength?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Dips and OHP

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        what is functional about dips lmao when would you ever be pushing downwards aside from when youre DOING DIPS

        What is the best chest exercise for functional strength?

        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

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >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, Black person

          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.

          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

          >if bench press has 0 carryover to athletic endeavors
          Is that why the NFL uses it as a fitness benchmark?

          What is the best chest exercise for functional strength?

          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.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i have literally not bothered for around 8 years. frick off newbie

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    pushing people dumbass

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I’m what? Football? Everyone skips the bench in the combine, that shit is on its way out lmao

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >if bench press has 0 carryover to athletic endeavors
    Is that why the NFL uses it as a fitness benchmark?

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    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

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >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, Black person

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    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.

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Please stop benching. That way I can hog all the chest gains.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      So you can have big breasts like your favorite marvel superhero? gay

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Yes. Big breasts for all the girls to stare at.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Read your post

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            My fingers didn’t stutter. Women love a man’s chest…simple as.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >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.

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >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?

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