I have stalled and I need some advice...

[Tweakle]

I love wendler's advice

cliff's notes on improving the bench (imo) - triples, try to move the bar as fast as possible on every rep, learn to arch & use leg drive.

 

[The Shadow]

Agreed....make a slight change is the set/rep scheme AND add some close grip bences on tri day and possible a 4 or 5 board press as well

 

[Lee]

try changing the supplemental lifts. do you do skulls, flies, tricep kicks, db presses? just change things up to hit the muscles differently.

 

[Sassy69]

I love this board! Granted I am not doign the strength lifts anymore, but the regimen I'm following is very basic and its great to see the components of a program scrutinized to get to the next level - always learnign stuff.

And you gotta love Shades' videos too...! Damn amazing and God help you kid... if I were 20 yrs younger, I'd be asking you for a spot

 

[carlsuen]

u still could.. hehe..

 

[Shades McCool]

Man thanks guys for all the comments. I am really excited about the changes I am going to be making. I think I am going to take T's advices and change my heavy day's repping scheme. Along with the fact that I will be adding hang cleans permanently along with jerks, I think I could get into the kind of shape I want to be in.

BTW if some of your remember I wanted to get more explosive for flag football(it is all that I have left as a medical student), well I have. I have been pretty much dominating as a receiver and a DB. I had a nice pick 6 tonight. I know it's intramural flag football but it is nice to have an extra gear most people don't have.

 

[Shades McCool]

Well I set a new PR in deadlift today 425x5. I also did a lot of push pressing in the front. I think that when I start my routine I might reset squats and deads two weeks for almost a deload type experiment. Maybe I won't.

 

[fortunatesun]

If you're going to triples, and you feel like you need more volume you can work in a couple sets of those close grip benches as a back-off. Frees up your schedule a bit also.

 

[Shades McCool]

Yeah I see what you are saying. Close grip should help the bench out a good bit.

 

[Cynical Simian]

Just to throw out another suggestion for incorporating CG benching, you could use them as your medium day press.