Bench press!!

[trepan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close trepan]

Pretty stoked, I pushed up 235lbs today! That's 10lbs over my old record! My goal was to get to 250 by mid June. - Not bad for 180lb old man! hehe

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

Welll done.

[Nachos87 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nachos87]

Hey man, congrats.

How many reps?

[trepan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close trepan]

Hey man, congrats.

How many reps?

yeah, well... just one rep... it still counts!

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

Strength is traditionally measured with 1 full range rep.

[trepan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close trepan]

Strength is traditionally measured with 1 full range rep.

I always make sure I come all the way down to the chest(without bouncing) and up and lock out.

[CUSP82 Administrator Admin of the Month Dec 2014PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close CUSP82]

Try doing some incline benches; great for the upper pecs! And keep working!

[BTBrian Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BTBrian]

Way to go!

[aBone2pick Senior Member Member of the Month July 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close aBone2pick]

Nice! I'm working on my bench,. Just hit 5 reps of 180. Never tried more.

[fordzilla Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fordzilla]

I used to bench 250 but now nothing at all my shoulder is damaged

but I still do dumbell curls

How much ya'll curl?

I stick with the 40s for stamina and the 70s for bulking out when I am working out

[CaptAbe Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CaptAbe]

Nice, congratz!!

[kickinthemebs Senior Member Member of the Month Feb 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close kickinthemebs]

Nice one,good weight to be lifting.

[Itsdaj23 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Itsdaj23]

Trepan, that's great man keep up the hard work. I suggest you stop locking out at the top of your benching, it takes the stress off of your chest and places it on your triceps. The only time I ever lock out is on the last rep or to rest for one more rep.
Whatever you do do NOT neglect your back in your quest for a bigger bench, it is mandatory as you put up more weight. Congrats on your new 1RM.

[akaTrex Senior Member Member of the Month Jan 2016 Find all posts View Profile Close akaTrex]

Try some Dumbbell Presses.

They will build up your stabilizer muscles and help you're Bench!

[trepan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close trepan]

Try some Dumbbell Presses.

They will build up your stabilizer muscles and help you're Bench!

Yeah,... incline dumbell, cable crossovers and flat bench are my 3 main chest routines.... I sprinkle in some other stuff when I feel the need to mix it up. So far, it's giving me very good results!!