Fuck the barbell bench press.
1) Touted as the "king of all chest exercises" - bullshit. You can't fully contract the pecs during a barbell bench press and the triceps and delts take most of the load
2. Fucks up your posture
3. Do a fuck ton of flys and some dips for a better chest over benching
4. Progression is slow as fuck, unlike squats and deads
Bench Press Hate Thread
Brody Clark
Grayson White
>1) Touted as the "king of all chest exercises
no, it's not
>2. Fucks up your posture
it won't, unless it's all you do.
>3. Do a fuck ton of flys and some dips for a better chest over benching
true, but the bench trains a lot more muscle mass than just the "chest"
>4. Progression is slow as fuck, unlike squats and deads
true for every upper body exercise, but it's still way faster than the flys and dips you just suggested above.
Jack Rodriguez
so much wat in the OP
pretty sure you're doing it wrong faggot
Caleb Johnson
There is literally nothing wrong with the bench press.
>1) Touted as the "king of all chest exercises"
No it's not
>2. Fucks up your posture
No
>3. Do a fuck ton of flys and some dips for a better chest over benching
Do all three
>4. Progression is slow as fuck, unlike squats and deads
How does this even matter?
Thomas Bailey
You are just salty because you can barely get 2 pl8 for reps on the decline!
Mason Murphy
truth
William Johnson
should i just do dumbbell bench since i can only bench like 80 pounds BB? and do some other chest excersies untill i can bench 1 plate
>tfw weak manlet
Oliver Wright
>>Progression is slow as fuck, unlike squats and deads
>takes a long time to get good at something
>therefore I won't do it
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Michael Taylor
Pretty much OP. I just do incline dumbbell press, ohp, Arnold presses and machine presses. I never do any barbell benching as it's very irritating for my shoulder.
John Jenkins
Just barbell bench. I started at 70lbs bar and now I do 285lbs for 5 reps.
>tfw strong manlet