Bench Pressing every day, is it bad for you?

NFH

I alternate upper and lower body sessions every other day but I like to do the bench eveyday, is that bad

cowzerp

yes it is bad for you as the muscle never has time to recover from the previous days workout assuming your challenging the muscles and drug free, minimum 1 day recovery for any muscle from challenging resistance training..

pa daly

We are discussing this topic in the over training thread.

Hanley

NFH wrote: »

I alternate upper and lower body sessions every other day but I like to do the bench eveyday, is that bad

As in 3-4x a week of 7x?

NFH

Mon Upper, Tues Lower etc Sunday off

Hanley

NFH wrote: »

Mon Upper, Tues Lower etc Sunday off

6x a week wouldn't be a good idea.

3x a week would be ok depending....

What sorta rep ranges are you working in each day? Are you training to failure on any of the days?

NFH

No, I never get to the stage where I cant do my usual, although I havent actually been doing the bench 6 days in a row, its more of an idea. I do 5 sets of 10 reps of each exercise

BaZmO*

I suppose the most important question is, what are your goals?

Laslo

I do my chest once a week and that's about as much as I need to keep it in good knick. 5 sets of bench presses (alternate between incline and flat every week), 5 sets of dips, 3 sets of flys (alternate between incline and flat every week) and 3 sets of pullovers. As long as you maintain a decent amount of intensity during the workout and tear the muscle down a bit, once a week is all you'll need for your chest.

accensi0n

I currently benchpress twice a week giving myself plenty of recovery time. Never feel sore in my chest before working out.

I'll be upping it to 3 times a week starting next week. Mon, Tues and Fri.

If I end up still feeling sore on say Wed after benching on Mon or on Fri after benching on Wed I'll Drop back to twice a week.


For myself, benching 4 sets of 3-5 reps, there's no way I'd be able to bench over 3 times per week without a lack of recovery.

boogiewonder

Are you balancing up your bench press workouts with a good back workout?
Even if you are able to train 4 or 5 times a week without problems if you're not doing 4 or 5 times a week of opposing muscle groups you might end up with issues. Check this http://fitnessview.blogspot.com/2007/12/100-push-ups-day-macho-or-mad.html

NFH

Laslo wrote: »

I do my chest once a week and that's about as much as I need to keep it in good knick. 5 sets of bench presses (alternate between incline and flat every week), 5 sets of dips, 3 sets of flys (alternate between incline and flat every week) and 3 sets of pullovers. As long as you maintain a decent amount of intensity during the workout and tear the muscle down a bit, once a week is all you'll need for your chest.

I am new to weights and dont realy know what you mean by dips, flys and inclines. Could ya give us an idea of what they are.


As for my back, all I do is standard pull ups, 5 sets of 10 working down in reps with each set, 3 times a week.

Laslo

NFH wrote: »

I am new to weights and dont realy know what you mean by dips, flys and inclines. Could ya give us an idea of what they are.

These are dips. They work your chest and triceps but if you want to concentrate on your chest, you need to lean forward a little while doing them and feel the stretch on the outside of your chest/under your armpits. If you want a big, well-shaped chest then this exercise is a great supplement to the bench press.

This is a dumbbell fly. I generally only do about 3 sets of these each workout as that's all that's needed. Good for building the inside of your chest but don't overdo them.

'Incline' simply means raising the bench at an angle slightly so that you can work the uppermost part of your chest as opposed to leaving the bench flat.