Reply With QuoteMy advice to you is to never exclude bench press from your training routine. It is a staple of any program. It is good to switch up between dumbells and barbell, but bro...you gotta have it in there.
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Close-Grip Bench
I stopped doing bench press for about 6 weeks or so just to switch it up...
I did Incline Db press for my main chest work as well as close-grip bench. I might great gains on both adding weight or reps every time.
I'm confused though because I went back to bench today with what I thought was going to be very light (225) and struggled to squeeze out 4 reps. A couple weeks ago I got 6 reps with 225 on the close grip; that's why I was disappointed today.
Keep in my mind i'm fresh off a week of no training at all.
My question is do you get a direct carryover to your bench when you do close-grip? Didn't work out for me... haha
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Good advice... I learned the hard way.
Originally Posted by GMO
Barbell bench has a lot of carryover to db press, but db press has almost zero carryover to the bar...
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Was I reading right that you did 6 reps with close grip then just 4 reps with regular bench press 6 weeks later? This is a pretty big difference...close grip is much harder.
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wider= more chest work out
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No doubt, theres usually a good 20-30 pound gap between my bench and my close-grip. Maybe I just need get the technique down for the bench again, and I'll quickly get back to where I was. Originally Posted by nononsensemuscle
It's normal to go back in weight a little bit when going back to the barbell from the dumbells, but I agree with you it's much weaker then it was 6 weeks ago.
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