Flat Bench Press and ME day...

[b fold the truth]

What are your thoughts about doing the flat bench press on Maximum Effort day? With a shirt maybe? For a variation one week?

Thoughts?

Ideas?

B True

 

[ZZuluZ]

Why not?

-Zulu

 

[Deciever]

my first ME exercise of my westside cycle was flat bench with mini bands. Dont see why you wouldnt be able to do it for a week or two

 

[jimmydean]

B Fold,

Are you getting ready for a contest anytime soon and do you use flex bands in your training?

 

[CytoMel]

When first started westside training about 10 months ago I used flat bench presses and they worked very well. I would prefer to do a flat bench with chains now. The only flat ME bench do now is a close grip max occasionally done on DE day.

 

[b fold the truth]

My next contest (strongman) will be May 18. The only pressing movement that they will have will be a 240lb log clean and press for max reps in 90 seconds. Or is it 75...can't remember.

I do all of my max effort work on one day...lower and upper. You can look at my post of my workout and see that I used my log press as a maximum effort exercise...even thought I did not do a maximum effort rep. I also included some dbell cleans and tate presses too.

I was just thinking that one could do a shirted max in with their cycle every month or so...just to keep a check on their shirted form while training for a contest.

Do you think that it might overload the volume put on that week's bench work?

B True

 

[Exodus]

i dont think it will hurt you at all big man......... but remember..........

bench and log press are 2 complete differnt feels........... i would try them maybe once a month......... i know your itching to push up some big numbers on bench.......... i say go for it........... there isnt any of us that could pick that log up anyways

X

 

[jimmydean]

If it's flat bench you want to do on ME day, I would recommend using reverse bands with no shirt.

 

[I'D RATHER BE DEADLIFTING]

I'm going to shirt up for ME day at the end of the month.

Reason being is I only used my shirt once, that was my meet. So I don't hve another meet until mid-summer or so. I want to get some more practice in the shirt.