After reading about some guys on a forum I post on benching anywhere from 260 to 315 or so, I've become depressed that I currently bench 125. I am convinced I'm using all arm to do it, and very little chest. I read an article on proper form and it said things like:
Keep your feet firmly pressed into the floor.
Sqeeze your shoulder blades together to form a natural arc in your back
OK.... my "bench press" is me laying with my back flat on a bench, legs dangled out to the sides, and force the weight up with my arms. My chest doesn't feel worked at all. I'm pretty sure my form sucks. I can preacher curl 80 lbs, but only bench press 125. That's not exactly proportional.
So... I'm marking 125 as my new personal record for bench press. We'll see where it goes. I've only been lifting regularly for a few weeks. I realize most of these guys have either been really muscular in the past, or have been lifting their whole lives. I'm neither. I've been really fat in the past, and never lifted a day in my life until about 3 weeks ago.
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Hey man cool blog! Ill keep coming back to check your progress! Good luck, you can do it!
theedge13 (WSS)
Chad
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