Benching problems?

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posted by R_Alan1

I'm 21 6'2" about 175lbs and like 12% body fat. I've had a good amount of experience lifting, but I've really never been able to bench a lot of weight even though my chest is relatively strong. I always thought it was a mental stigma but the other day my friend said my triceps might be overpowering my chest when i'm benching and that I should tire them out a little before I bench. I tried it and it seemed to work but I figured I'd see what everyone else thinks. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.

posted by A.B

dont measure your strangth by just your bench press... a lot of people do that as a ego type trip in the gym... i'll try to dig up a good site for proper form for excercises... some people are just not able to do bench press with a lot of weight... try dumbells

posted by Dex

also, youre 6'2" and have longer arms. how wide is your grip on bench?

posted by canibalistic_js

If you want to get stronger your entire body has to get stronger so I say introduce these into your regime and see in a month how much stronger accross the board you get.

Squats, bench, deadlifts, standing bb rows, and mil press

I wanted my arms to grow and gp told me to do legs. this was about a year ago

posted by Dex

i love doing my legs now. i see alot bigger gains

posted by R_Alan1

yea i don't lift legs...however, i heard that lifting legs increases your natural test production and therefore gives you better gains, is there any truth in that?

posted by Dex

yep, test and gh

posted by tpc1377

try dumbells like the other guy said, for me I made a lot of progress using the smith machine

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