CG Bench stronger than...

[eat big]

my military shoulder presses. is this normal? or heard of at all? maybe its just bc my tri's are one of my strongest features while my shoulders arent. anyone else like this? oh btw my military press is about 15lbs behing my CG Bench press

 

[Illuminati]

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[Illuminati]

my military shoulder presses. is this normal? or heard of at all? maybe its just bc my tri's are one of my strongest features while my shoulders arent. anyone else like this? oh btw my military press is about 15lbs behing my CG Bench press

if it helps you...my CG is a lot stronger than my military press. my difference is about 60lbs

 

[zxe003]

I'm not sure of the mechanical correlation between the two lifts but come to think of it, my CG bench is about the same as my military. The only variable is reppage. I can hit 225 on CG bench for between 6 and 8 reps. And then I can military 225 for 6-10 depending on my energy level for the day. I would assume for you, it would mean that your tri's are just strong. When you military press, there is more of a dependency on anterior and some medial delt utilization as you should not really be locking out. With CG bench you eliminate a huge portion of delt and pec utilization and rely more soley on your tri's. By comparison, your tri's are obviously more powerful. My tri's are fairly strong, but I have done a lot of work within the last 6 months to bring up my shoulder strength, so I think I have more of a balance because of this.

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

im waaay stronger on cg bench than military press- 2x as strong. matter of fact, my close grip bench is better than my normal bench right now, but im still trying to get a solid muscle base going.

 

[HP_816]

this depends. if we're talking seated then yeah i can probably use the same weight as cg bench or maybe more. but if it's standing im a good 40 pounds behind.

 

[wnt2bBeast]

I dont know my exact 1RM on CG or Mp's but i can tell you my CG is way higher..ive done over 315 for reps on CG (quite some time ago) ihave yet to try 315 military press lol..would be cool though!!!

 

[cwick0]

I dont know my exact 1RM on CG or Mp's but i can tell you my CG is way higher..ive done over 315 for reps on CG (quite some time ago) ihave yet to try 315 military press lol..would be cool though!!!

lol. It isnt going to be much longer and i am gonna try 315 on military, i usually rep 275 for 10-12. However, my close-grip is much higher, rep 315 for 10 and have done 365 for 5. So, on an average day there is about a 50lb difference between military and close.

 

[eat big]

damn thanks a lot guys this thread blew up since i posted it a few hours ago. i just thought it seemed weird that my tr's were stronger than my delts, even though tri's and delts are both 3 muscle groups each. its good to hear that im not the only one, in fact it seems like almost everyone else has a stronger Cg Bench than military, i just find that interesting consideringi thought i had weak shoulders, guess ive brough them up now. thanks a lot, ill try to spread the karam around untill i cant.

eat big

 

[wnt2bBeast]

lol. It isnt going to be much longer and i am gonna try 315 on military, i usually rep 275 for 10-12. However, my close-grip is much higher, rep 315 for 10 and have done 365 for 5. So, on an average day there is about a 50lb difference between military and close.

you got huge delts dont you? between your crazy bench and 275 mp for huge reps they gotta be like cantalopes!!!