bench press increasing

Theresalwaysone

What will the squats do for his bench?

cgmd1

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

What will the squats do for his bench?

Squats will increase his strength in general, this will help his bench. Obviously he needs to bench as well but nobody ever got weaker from squatting.

Blacktie.

cgmd1 wrote: »

Squats will increase his strength in general, this will help his bench. Obviously he needs to bench as well but nobody ever got weaker from squatting.

If he asked how to increase his squat would you tell him to bench?

cgmd1

Blacktie. wrote: »

If he asked how to increase his squat would you tell him to bench?

No, I would tell him to squat more, squats have a systemic effect that bench pressing does not.

Have you ever seen anyone with a strong squat that couldn't bench alot too? No.

Have I seen people who can bench heavy but have poor squat? Yes

His max bench is 60kg, suggesting he is lacking strength in general. Squatting will help this.

I also suggested upper back work and making sure he is benching properly, I can't see how any of that would not help his bench.

Blacktie.

cgmd1 wrote: »

No, I would tell him to squat more, squats have a systemic effect that bench pressing does not.

Have you ever seen anyone with a strong squat that couldn't bench alot too? No.

Have I seen people who can bench heavy but have poor squat? Yes

His max bench is 60kg, suggesting he is lacking strength in general. Squatting will help this.

I also suggested upper back work and making sure he is benching properly, I can't see how any of that would not help his bench.

I'd consider myself someone with a strong squat and not a strong bench but this is relative I suppose. What's strong to you is different from what's strong to me.

In saying that my bench took a big jump when I put in more volume. Not from squatting.

I'd understand the squat more if he asked how to get stronger but he's specifically asking about his bench. Yeah the squat works your whole body but lets be realistic here there's a lot of t-rex mode people going around with unproportionally large lower bodies. Hell I used to be one of them but I'm out of that pit now.

cgmd1

Blacktie. wrote: »

I'd consider myself someone with a strong squat and not a strong bench but this is relative I suppose. What's strong to you is different from what's strong to me.

In saying that my bench took a big jump when I put in more volume. Not from squatting.

I'd understand the squat more if he asked how to get stronger but he's specifically asking about his bench. Yeah the squat works your whole body but lets be realistic here there's a lot of t-rex mode people going around with unproportionally large lower bodies. Hell I used to be one of them but I'm out of that pit now.

That's a fair point.

The reason I suggested squatting is because plenty of other posters before me made suggestions regarding volume, intensity etc. Just wanted to give him something else to consider.

Theresalwaysone

I dont think suggesting doing squats as a method to increase your bench is in anyway helpful or even something to consider.

Its way down the list, if its even on the list at all.

Strengthening the triceps, lats, delts, and working on technique would be a better place to start.

cgmd1

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

I dont think suggesting doing squats as a method to increase your bench is in anyway helpful or even something to consider.

Its way down the list, if its even on the list at all.

Strengthening the triceps, lats, delts, and working on technique would be a better place to start.

We'll just have to agree to disagree on that. That's the beauty of a forum!

Da Za

Am I really reading some of the r*tard ****e on this thread??!!!!

Be consistent, learn how to bench properly (ala vid Kevpants put up), eat properly and train hard.