Longer arms not good for bench press?

[geesler]

Re: Longer arms not good for bench press?

lol- was kidding above

How well are you warming up when you do bench?
Do you progress often of stay at the same weights for long stretches?
Do you ever go real heavy for just 3 or so?

[NATE]

Re: Longer arms not good for bench press?

Should I be keeping my rep range lower???

If you want to see what your 1 rep max is, yes you are. Everybody will have a different approach to gettting to their 1 rep, here is mine.

light sets:
135 for 12 x2 ( this is just for warming up, sometimes i do 3 sets)

Moderatly heavy ( to get deeper penetration and let your joints feel the weight)
185 x5 x1

Slightly heavier ( same reason)
225x 3-6 reps

then i go to my last 1 rep max and start from there, only hitting one rep and going from there.

Thats just what i do, i'm sure you'll get quite a few different opinions.

[DJDIGGLER]

Re: Longer arms not good for bench press?

I don't really do warmups because it seems to lower the amount of weight I can handle. Unless I'm trying for my 1 rep max which I'll put up 115lbs like 10 times to warmup, then I'll go for my max. But for regular workouts I never warmup.

I don't progress often anymore, and if I fall below 5 reps I lower the weight a little bit.

[HungarianBeast]

Re: Longer arms not good for bench press?

I don't really do warmups because it seems to lower the amount of weight I can handle. Unless I'm trying for my 1 rep max which I'll put up 115lbs like 10 times to warmup, then I'll go for my max. But for regular workouts I never warmup.

I don't progress often anymore, and if I fall below 5 reps I lower the weight a little bit.

I can not push as much weight if I DON'T warm up. My warm up is something like:
135 x 5 reps
225 x 3 reps
315 x 1 rep

Then I do max or the appropriate weight for doubles or triples. I use this approach with all my heavy lifts (deads, squats, etc...)

[Phreak]

Re: Longer arms not good for bench press?

if there is any exercise i NEED to warm up on it's flat bench. i always do 2 sets of 135 for 15 and then a set of 185 for 12... i also do shoulder rotations for my rotator cuffs with a 5lb. plate in between those sets combined with LOTS of stretching. the more fluid i get going the stronger i am, plus i am greatly reducing my chance of injury, which is pretty high on flat bench if am cold.

especially when i am "on", and i have fluid in my joints... it's too easy to not warm up because my joints feel so good.