Hold the bar in the base of your palm with a full grip and.
Best way to do bench press sets.
So how can you best do this.
Although your foot placement isn t as crucial on the bench as it is for the deadlift or squat it s still.
Keep the same weight on the bar.
We don t want you to get severe shoulder pain a few years down the road.
Perform as many reps as possible.
When you can perform 5 sets of 10 reps grab heavier dumbbells.
This is a little bit of a controversial topic especially among bodybuilders.
Bench press back off sets.
Put your pinky on the ring marks of your bar.
Split your weekly bench sets into multiple sessions.
Grab the bar tightly.
One easy way to do this is to start with 3 sets of 15 push ups.
So bench with your elbows tucked near your sides and your back arched.
If you are using a regular olympic weight bench i would start with something really light which might be the olympic bar 45lbs or something like 135 which would be the olympic bar and 145 pound dumbbell on each side of the bar.
Well first of all you can start benching more often by splitting up your weekly bench sets into multiple sessions.
Lift your chest and squeeze your shoulder blades.
Take a big breath and unrack.
This takes a lot of pressure off your shoulders and gets your triceps more involved making for safer and stronger bench pressing.
So rather than performing 6 sets of bench press on chest day once a week split this up into 2 or 3 days per week.
Stop each set when you feel like you might fail on the next rep or when your form starts to slip.
Now perform two sets for as many reps as possible.