Bench Press is NOT a shit exercise for aesthetics IF you ignore normie tier YT advice

[Deleted member 4209]

- higher reps work chest more. V high intensity (90+%) is tris. 5 rep sort of range is pointless imo cos will beat u up more unless ur total beginner.

- whatever amount of triceps work ur doing it is not enough.

- the grip width and touch point that makes ur forearm basically a straight line upwards, stretches pec most.

- use different bars to switch it up, some emphasise chest more than delts etc. in my experience a swiss bar gives best chest pump.

tldr don't be a power lift cel, train like a BBer and if u want strength just add a heavy single at the start. problem solved.

 

[Sexually Disabled]

Make sure to hold it for a couple of seconds at the bottom.

 

[Orc]

floor press only.

 

[Deleted member 4209]

floor press only.

meh. i cant do it with my home gym set up. used to do it in a puregym tho, but still think regular is better

 

[Jigen]

Rope if you’re not benching 350 pounds natty.

 

[MoggerGaston]

slight incline dumbell press mogs.

 

[BoneDensity]

Best bang for your buck upper body exercise. Instead of wasting time doing 3-4 different upper body exercises you can do 4 heavy sets of bench and get the same results for 1/4 of the time invested.