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posted by zickyv

Can doing to much bench press be bad For ex if u do bench every day

posted by estray

Dont bench everyday, you'll get nowhere.

posted by Master Of Puppets

Yeah I was thinkin the same thing. 1-2 times a week is enough.

MOP

posted by Dex

bet youre in high school...

i only work a bodypart once a week unless im on...then i work a bodypart twice if i feel i need to work on it.

posted by zickyv

ok so i should only do it about 1-2 a week how many reps should i be doin

posted by Master Of Puppets

I would say it depends on your goals...

MOP

posted by zickyv

im not really sure

posted by brsett

To build muscle or strength, the range is typically 4 - 10. With the lower end of that being more for strength, and the upper end being more for muscle building -- perhaps beginning to get into muscle endurance. Alot of it depends on you personally, and your regime. Alot of people find 6 - 8 reps to be the sweetspot for muscle growth.

Several people (including myself) press 2-3 times a week. But we do full body workouts, which you may not be interested in.

I would guess that most beginners do what I did, which is take a weight they can lift 6 times and use that until they could do 10 *strict* reps. Then increase the weight, which will drop the number of reps back down to 4-6.

posted by zickyv

i can bench 215 bout 8 times so where do you think i should go from there

posted by Dex

225 until you can do it 8 times

posted by estray

Exactly.

posted by zickyv

thank u very much for the advice i'll get back 2 u guys

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