howshould i go about my bench

[d-stemp]

what should i do if i am going to max? like what kind of sets should i do before i take one?

 

[Liftbig]

warmup thoroughly. when i bench i do some light rotator work, maybe some light db presses. stuff to pump a little blood in the upper body. then say i was going to work up to a 405 on the bench i would do something like

bar x bazillion reps
95 x 10
135 x5
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x1
315 x 1
365 x 1
405 x1

so basically my jumps are quarter(25), plate(45), quarter, plate, and so on.

if your only working up to say 275 you might make smaller jumps something like

bar x bazillion
95 x 10
135x5
185x3
205x1
225x1
245x1
275x1

 

[MULE1]

HAHAHAHA Bazillion...Telk big Mike I said hey

 

[Liftbig]

lol, i knew someone would get it

 

[thebrute]

oh i see that all the time on your training journal. i should try that myself.