Thread: Lame Bench Press/Shoulders

Let's see your work-out!

Have you gained any weight?

Negligible... maybe 10pds... i'm 5'11'' 177

and your work-out....?

Chest - Incline 4X10 -12, Flat , 4X10 Decline, 4x10, Flyes, 3X10
Shoulders, Military Press, 4X8-10, Shrugs, 4X6-8, Rows 4X10

how often (if at all) do u switch up your workouts?

varies, every 6 months or so.

You could have muscle imbalance in your shoulders. You have to train each head, anterior, lateral, and posterior, as well as the rotator cuff. If one head is weak, it causes your whole shoulder to suffer and could lead to injuries.

what would work the rotator cuff?

Originally posted by klp727
Chest - Incline 4X10 -12, Flat , 4X10 Decline, 4x10, Flyes, 3X10
Shoulders, Military Press, 4X8-10, Shrugs, 4X6-8, Rows 4X10

First of all how often do you do this work-out? Once per week?

Secondly, do you do flat, incline & decline every work-out?

Thirdly, are these 15 sets 'working sets'? or do they include warm-ups?

Lastly, do you always stay in the 10-12 rep range?

yes, i do this once per week, and all three angles of benches for each workout. the 15 sets do include warm up sets. sometimes, when going heavy i'll go down to 4 reps... problem is i can never "get used" to the increased weight.. i get stuck at 4 reps forever....

okay, on your chest day, drop the inclines and flyes.

after your warm-up do 5-6 'working sets' using enough weight that you hit failure between 4-6 reps.

do not pyramid, stop the work-out after your working sets.

If you want to gain size/strength you need to use heavy weight, otherwise your muscles have no reason to grow, they need to be overloaded.

keep the work-out simple, use no more than 2 'compound' exercises (bench press, not flyes).

Now how about diet? What are you eating? How many times per day? How much protein are you consuming? How many calories?
No matter how much or well you train if your nutrition is inadequate/poor you will not gain size and strength.