I really really want to increase my bench press. During school last year I did 135 lbs. I wanted to do better this year and do better next so I went to the gym and started lifting weights. I barely did bench press because I did not have a spotter. So instead I used dumbbells like depending on the day and workouts I do it rangers from 25-35 lbs. And I also chest press 110 lbs 10x and I do 3 sets. Today. I did 200 reps in curling ( did pyramids 2x starting at 50 lbs ) and incomplete it 2 with 5 reps per weight So when I tried to bench I couldn't bench at all. Is it cuz of this?? I did a bunch of triceps and chest exercises before this.
People will tell you different things,but I always do bench press first on chest and back days,mostly because it is the most important excercise, to me anyway. I never do arms on the same day im doing a full chest workout,instead I do whole days of just arms once a week. I do chest and back workouts twice a week. Arm workouts are tricky because it usually will take longer for your arm muscles to recover then your chest and back,sometimes I skip them and throw them in bi-weekly. Your chest and back excercises will attribute to your overall strength gain much more then any of your arm excercises.
Do the bench press first then the supporting exercises for the bench press.
The cuz of it is overtraining: 200 reps for one thing. Overtraining puts you at high risk of injury.
