Hello, I do not like to do bench pressing, because it fell on me once and i never want to do it again, is there any other exercise that will train that muscle that bench pressing trains?
Bench pressing helps with your arm strength and pecs. If you don't like bench pressing, do push ups, excellent exercise for them. You can limit your bench pressing to once a week if you want to maintain or improve your strength.
You can do Dumbell press , its more stable train same muscles you be working if benching,there is also the smith machine, you can do machine assisted bench press on the smith machine.Also *** some push ups and dips to your chest workout.
Pushups! Even better than bench=press, because pushups also involve your core (abdominal muscles and back) in addition to the pectoral muscles and triceps. You can focus more on the pecs my speading your hands farther apart on the ground, and focus more on the triceps by bringing your hands closer in to the center under your shoulders. As you get stronger, start doing them with your feet propped up higher (like on the edge of a couch or chair) -- this puts more weight on the upper body; and you can even do them one-handed if you get REALLY strong. Also, think about using two separate dumbells to do the bench press motion -- if you drop them, they will fall to the side rather than you ending up with a big heavy bar pinning you down. This way you can increase the amount of weight yuo're lifting over time (as opposed to pushups, where your body weight is as heavy as it gets).
Don't be scared. Use dumb bells. Machines.
