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Thread: Why you DONT need to Bench Press

post 1587797111 09-13-2019, 06:59 AM
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We live in an era where YouTube has turned from DIY guides, reviews, and useful experience to bullchit clickbait for ad revenue.
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post 1587797161 09-13-2019, 07:00 AM
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Lol at Benching just for chest......Do you even compound lift?

also, just because your bench/form/weight is chit doesn't mean you should try to convince others the movement is crap. My bench is literal CHIT in comparison to other lifts and my stats, but I still do it and recognize the usefulness of the movement.

Should you ONLY do Bench for chest....no, but it should be incorporated weekly.
post 1587797751 09-13-2019, 07:19 AM
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First they came for the deadlift, and I did not speak out- because I didn’t deadlift

Then they came for the squat, and I did not speak out- because I didn’t squat

Then they came for the bench- and there was no one left to speak for me
post 1587797881 09-13-2019, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted By AshWar⏩
I did 100 x 14, u mirin?


Edit: We really gonna listen to this guy for lifting advice?










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post 1587797921 09-13-2019, 07:23 AM
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We still benching, brahs?
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post 1587798111 09-13-2019, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted By swolegma⏩
Lmao @ taking frank ****ing tufanos fitness advice. Dude is a delusional narcissist.
This, he was one of the people that got me on carnivore type eating but he's a complete ***got ded srs. Even the "carnivore community" excludes him
post 1587798151 09-13-2019, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted By bobbydigitaloa⏩
We still benching, brahs?
Got 330x3 the other day, and 295x6 last week, we making some fooking gains lately



Fuark but a video of a DYEL turbo manlet doing a bunch of chest isolation movements with questionable form has got me seriously rethinking whether I need to bench or not
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post 1587798331 09-13-2019, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted By faketaxidriver⏩


cliffs:
-don't do bench press and only do fly movements for maximum chest isolation and gains


thoughts?
lol @ him shrugging like fuk when he's using the machine fly

"Isolate your chest bro"
*Shrugs like crazy to engage the traps*
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post 1587798411 09-13-2019, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted By bobbydigitaloa⏩
We still benching, brahs?
Only in a smith machine.... With rubber bands




Heheheheh
post 1587798421 09-13-2019, 07:32 AM
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so provocative...so life changing


if jeff cavaliere says to bench, you bench
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly.
post 1587798631 09-13-2019, 07:37 AM
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Love the bench, some are built for it some aren't. That being said, reverse band incline BB is the GOAT
post 1587798701 09-13-2019, 07:38 AM
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You would think with all that nutrient dense meat he eats daily, he wouldn’t look like a flamboyant skeleton
post 1587798891 09-13-2019, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted By TonyNail⏩
Love the bench, some are built for it some aren't. That being said, reverse band incline BB is the GOAT
Aware. Repped for knowing the true GOAT
post 1587799011 09-13-2019, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted By Jax05⏩
so provocative...so life changing


if jeff cavaliere says to bench, you bench
Jeff Cavalier actually says some pretty retarded stuff tho too.

BRB dO tHis eXceRCiSe tO wOrk yOuR iNnEr ChEst
post 1587799091 09-13-2019, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted By bobbydigitaloa⏩
We still benching, brahs?
300x5 Wednesday, look ma I'm in high school now.
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post 1587799151 09-13-2019, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted By LegDayLol⏩
Looks like he needs to bench press some more
Yer like Year 9 PE Day ... huh LDL M8!!!?
post 1587799201 09-13-2019, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted By TappingTheZen⏩
You don't NEED any movement, but it doesn't mean it's not fukkin useful.
It's like Men's yoga - that's why!!!!!
post 1587814591 09-13-2019, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted By Cite⏩
You would think with all that nutrient dense meat he eats daily, he wouldn’t look like a flamboyant skeleton
he's looking big
post 1587815131 09-13-2019, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted By jk202⏩
Aware. Repped for knowing the true GOAT
When in doubt, add more rubber bands.

I need to give those a shot actually. My shoulders hate incline pressing with a BB or DB's, but the smith machine/reverse band combo looks intriguing.
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post 1587820611 09-13-2019, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted By jk202⏩
I didn't watch either video, but I'd have to disagree on relying on leg ext for growth. They generally overload the shortened range which is arguably the least important thing to focus on for main output. They're great for getting a bit more work on the quad in a stable environment after the hard stuff, but that's about it IMO.
You really think so? I think the beauty of them is letting you work in the shortened range, something squats can't do.
post 1587822381 09-13-2019, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted By BenMcLeodNZ⏩
You really think so? I think the beauty of them is letting you work in the shortened range, something squats can't do.
There's definitely merit to hitting the shortened range in the workout, but there's a pretty good argument to be made that the mid-lengthenEd range is your best opportunity for adding tissue and should be your focus for the meat and potatoes of the workout . Check out this quickish logic

post 1587823461 09-13-2019, 02:26 PM
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How enormous and powerful would your triceps need to be, before you want to “isolate” your chest. Surely nobody is fully content with their triceps? Same idiots then go on and do a load of triceps work
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post 1587823831 09-13-2019, 02:32 PM
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all these surgeries to look beta af and i haven't seen anyone look ****gier than him
post 1587824301 09-13-2019, 02:38 PM
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Since i hate to bench, this will help me prove and justify to myself that I don't need to bench said someone in this world

But not me
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post 1587826511 09-13-2019, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted By jk202⏩
There's definitely merit to hitting the shortened range in the workout, but there's a pretty good argument to be made that the mid-lengthenEd range is your best opportunity for adding tissue and should be your focus for the meat and potatoes of the workout . Check out this quickish logic
Interesting, thanks bro. I do most of that anyway just because they're the exercises I like.
post 1587826671 09-13-2019, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted By NoFeels⏩
How enormous and powerful would your triceps need to be, before you want to “isolate” your chest. Surely nobody is fully content with their triceps? Same idiots then go on and do a load of triceps work
If you do pec fly to utter failure, then literally run to the bench press while gulping as much air as you can and benching immediately at a slow speed, it isolates your chest, your chest gets totally fried while the triceps etc don't give a ****. If you want to try it, you need to load the bench to sub 50% 1RM if you truly fail on the pec fly first.
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Originally Posted By bobbydigitaloa⏩
We still benching, brahs?
I just copy whatever jk202's doing.
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Originally Posted By bobbydigitaloa⏩
We still benching, brahs?
Nah, I can barely do 3 plates these days.

I did hammer wide chest, one arm at a time for 3 x 30 rep sets with 4 plates a side, then hammer incline then hammer dip for the same reps/sets.

Haven't even touched DBs this month
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Originally Posted By BenMcLeodNZ⏩
If you do pec fly to utter failure, then literally run to the bench press while gulping as much air as you can and benching immediately at a slow speed, it isolates your chest, your chest gets totally fried while the triceps etc don't give a ****. If you want to try it, you need to load the bench to sub 50% 1RM if you truly fail on the pec fly first.
This is my point, why would anyone want to only work their chest, when there are exercises that work multiple muscles including the chest? If you do what you have proposed there, your triceps won’t be at all stimulated, so they you have to go and hit them with a ton of skullcrushers etc in order to ensure they are worked.
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Originally Posted By Papweboy007⏩
I just copy whatever jk202's doing.
Too many bro’s to quote on mobile but ty my men!!

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