I’m done with this gay ass lift. It’s been almost 2 years of me lifting and I’ve sustained more injuries from bench press than I have any other lift combined. I can deadlift almost 4 plates, OHP a plate, squat 3 plates, and still haven’t hit 2 plates in bench. But guess what? I don’t care anymore. This cycle of insanity now ends, where I get super motivated about my bench numbers, I sustain an injury, and then I can’t bench for 1-3 months. I then abandon all goals around bench, but get convinced by you homosexuals to come back to it because it’s apparently so essential to building your chest. Well guess what? That isn’t even true, because my chest looks pretty damn good even without high bench numbers.
Over the past almost 2 years, I’ve hurt my rotator cuff several times. I’ve hurt my wrists, I’ve hurt my pecs, and right now, I’m icing my forearm because somehow I fricked something up benching 185. I’m now convinced some of us just aren’t meant to have high bench numbers on a genetic level. Or maybe it’s just an overrated lift with no analog movement found in nature. At least the other big 3 are relatively natural movements, but you will never find yourself doing the bench press movement outside of the gym. So when one of you guys responds,
>”bad form!!”
Yeah, no shit it’s my form. But the point is no other lift form is this technical, where the smallest alteration can lead to debilitating injuries (save for maybe deadlifts, which even those are not quite as technical as bench).
So that’s it. I give up. I will never hit two plates and I will just have to live with that.
take the deficit weighted pushup pill
I have a 90lb vest I used for home workouts since covid. this is cool. thanks
lol filtered
Post your body now.
>inb4 he doesn't even reply lmao
I feel you man. It's a finicky lift. I hope you figure it out though. It puts more weight on the short head of your triceps than anything else so you're gonna want a little bit of time with it.
you deserved your injuries and everyone who does bench deserves everything he gets (which is nogains and injuries)
lmao cope dyel
>can't do lmao2pl8 after 2 years of lifting
im 6 months in and my pr is now 95 kg (209 lbs for amerimutts)
dyel #2 coping as well
have a nice day dumbbell shill
OP is probably at a more human-like bodyweight than obese old you. It's less impressive when you're a fat frick.
Manlets coping, have you ever heard any strong person talk about his bodyweight lift ratios? absolute strenght is literally all that matters.
>guy who can't even do 100kg talking about absolute strength
lmao
>im 6 months in
i see you have trouble with reading comprehension, feel free to share how big your bench press was in 6 months
Lol, what's with all the CSM posts?
It's a good series
>225 in two months
>20 pound increase over the next 7 months
Sounds pretty fishy anon, if the numbers are somehow real, then goodjob.
Lol, lmao even
I did a 195 1rm on my first day benching so the progress was always at around that pace
you'll see your progress slow down too as you hit heavier
I started the gym august 5 last year, hit a PR of 245 pounds in May. I hit 225 in october of last year.
>verification not required
nta you are a moron homosexual who should be punched hard in the face for posting anime images like that. It makes you more dyel than any other person in this thread.
I hit a 2pl8 bench in a couple of months, I weighed in at 175lbs that morning.
I did calisthenics for some months prior to that. 2pl8 isn't impressive anyway, 2.5pl8 and up is where begins. Not there yet.
that's what i thought too i saw guys with 300 and i was at 200 but they were just older and have been lifting longer now I am at 300 and you are well at 200
I've literally never hurt myself doing bench press but have hurt myself doing squats, deadlift and OHP
Use dumbbells instead
Do chest dips instead.
Well, at least you learned a lesson.........
.....eventually.
Same here. Never really hurt myself seriously but I lost so much time from the odd week now and then. Started doing dips and cable flyers, actually making decent gains due to higher volume since I don't have to micro-rehab every few weeks.
A shitty excercise only appropriate if your mom popped Thalidomide like Tic-tacs while gestating your T-Rex/hobbit physique.
>It’s been almost 2 years of me lifting and I’ve sustained more injuries from bench press than I have any other lift combined. I can deadlift almost 4 plates, OHP a plate, squat 3 plates, and still haven’t hit 2 plates in bench.
WTF why are your lifts so low after 2 years? Where you just not training consistently?
>Yeah, no shit it’s my form. But the point is no other lift form is this technical, where the smallest alteration can lead to debilitating injuries (save for maybe deadlifts, which even those are not quite as technical as bench).
You don't have to bench if you don't want to, you can just do dips or better still weighted pushups but bench form for safety isn't so technical. Just retract your scaps, get into an arch and only let your neck and upper traps touch the bench
Lol @ not hitting two plates. Are you in middle school?
Ignore the demoralizers, they intend on nothing but demeaning you any way they can. In the grand scheme of things 2 years isn't really that much, think about where you'll be after 5 years.
Wisdom.
1pl8 ohp took me less than a year of lifting.
2pl8 bench took almost two years, although to be fair I broke my wrist in a bike crash at the 1 year mark where I was getting pretty close
I injured my left shoulder doing bodyweight dips
Injured it again doing expander pull aparts (I think)
Some of us aren't meant to make it.
>and still haven’t hit 2 plates in bench
You're like me. Just do dips if bench can't cause any real stimulus.
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How did the bar get under the spotter bars and between the uprights?
I'm a long limbed 6'4 skinny gimp, if I can do 2pl8 in 4 months so can you.
>Did 5x5 bench adding 2.5kg every session
>2 sessions a week, Tue/Thurs
>Once it started feeling heavy (85kg~) I changed to 3x5
>If I nearly failed the last set I will use "One rep max calculator" to figure out my 10 rep max for the next 2.5kg weight add-on and spend the next session doing 3x10 inplace of 5x5 at 10 rep max weight (volume work like this helps because it lets the underperforming muscle groups catch up, also greasing the groove: helps injury avoidance and recovery)
>Tuesdays I did weighted dips for 5 reps minimum for 2-3 sets as accessory
>Thursday I did non-weighted dips for 10 reps minimum as accessory
>Also squatting heavy 5x5/3x5 Mon/Wed/Fri (This boosts growth hormones as so probably helped.)
>Side note: I also paired my bench days with 5x5 pendlay rows as the pump from rows allowed me to build a stable and strong shelf to bench from.)
>Learn about bench leg drive
>At around 90kgx5 reps attempt a 1RM at 2pl8, I was able to pump out 3 at this point.
>Calories surplus will help
>2 grams of protein per kg you weight daily is essential
Another bench press troony ropes, this is a great day
Just ohp instead, same muscles just more shoulder. Bench press is a fake modern invention
It’s an awful lift in general. Horrible for your shoulders.
Post chest, same gay
Only train incline. Bench press is worthless