Exercises To Improve Bench Press
Reaching a bench press plateau can be aggravating.
Exercises to improve bench press. It s to focus on other exercises that complement the bench press and. The bench press is going to primarily develop the chest however while working this major muscle group you re also going to be working the shoulders triceps and the biceps to some degree as well as they act to stabilize the weight being lifted. One of the most important upper body exercises to be doing in your workout program is the bench press. Dumbbell bench will increase your stability and help you smash barbell bench pr s.
The movement freedom of dumbbells also creates the need for more stability than a barbell bench press. So let s say you re currently doing 6 sets of bench press per week spread across 2 upper body workouts per week. Then in addition to adding in extra bench days you can also gradually increase your benching volume from where it s at right now. But the key to upping your bench press max isn t to keep doing presses.
Increase your benching volume. The dumbbell bench is an excellent way to increase the volume on the pecs and triceps without increasing shoulder and elbow stress. The close grip bench press is hands down my favorite exercise to improve the competition bench press.