Post by danchubb on Mar 26, 2013 13:50:56 GMT 10
Hey guys,
I've been running a program with a bit of an RTS flavour for a while and things are going quite well for my squat and deadlift. Unfortunately, my bench is going nowhere. I've always been a better responder in my lower body anyway - legs bigger and stronger, respond to different parameters better, etc. I'm pretty far from an elite bench (130x1 @~97), and am thinking about running an 8 or 12 week cycle aimed to focus or specialise on bringing it up. I've been doing 4 exercise slots at low rep/high intensity/high RPEs, and 2 at a sort of 4-5x5-8@8-9 kind of layout. Does anyone have any suggestions for templates to help bring this up a bit? Technique is almost certainly an issue, and overall upper body size is an issue too - I don't "look" like I should be able to bench a lot either haha.
Thanks for any help,
Dan
I've been running a program with a bit of an RTS flavour for a while and things are going quite well for my squat and deadlift. Unfortunately, my bench is going nowhere. I've always been a better responder in my lower body anyway - legs bigger and stronger, respond to different parameters better, etc. I'm pretty far from an elite bench (130x1 @~97), and am thinking about running an 8 or 12 week cycle aimed to focus or specialise on bringing it up. I've been doing 4 exercise slots at low rep/high intensity/high RPEs, and 2 at a sort of 4-5x5-8@8-9 kind of layout. Does anyone have any suggestions for templates to help bring this up a bit? Technique is almost certainly an issue, and overall upper body size is an issue too - I don't "look" like I should be able to bench a lot either haha.
Thanks for any help,
Dan
