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So, how much can you bench? It is one of the most often asked questions by strength athletes and bodybuilders the world over. In fact the amount you can bench is a great yardstick for over all strength and is probably the best way to gain muscle mass on your upper body and therefore the exercise has reached almost mythical status. So in this article we will provide you with three tips for developing your bench press.

1) Make use of drop sets. These are fantastic in giving you a real burn and really forcing your muscles into new muscle growth. To do these quite simply do your bench-press exercise as normal but once you can no longer do anymore reps simply take off a weight disc and bang out as many more reps as you possibly can. Then take off even more weight and bang out as many more reps as you can physically do. Keep reducing the weight on the bar in this fashion until their is no weight left or until you are not able to complete any more reps. This is a highly intense method that will in all likelihood leave you sore for a good few days. Ensure that your protein intake remains at a high level in order to aid you in building the muscle back stronger.

2) Cease training your chest. Instead give your triceps a separate workout. You can really focus on increasing the strength of your triceps by working out like this. Once you have done this for 3-4 weeks return to your regular bench-pressing workout and you will are highly likely to top your previous best bench-press. This is due to the fact that your chest will have had a really good rest period to completely recover from all of your previous workouts and also your triceps will now possess greater strength. Because you triceps take a great deal of the work load during benchpressing it is obvious that you will be able to press more if you strengthen your tricep muscles.

3) Ten Sets of Ten. Indeed Arnold Schwarzenegger was a big fan of this particular technique. Basically you lift as much as you can for ten reps rest and do another ten reps. Proceed once more until you have finally completed ten sets of ten repetitions each. You should be lowering the weight gradually from one set to the next and you’ll probably be needing 2-3 minute breaks in between each set. The idea behind this is to provide some new and powerful stimulus for your muscles to grow. Once more expect to be particularly sore for maybe a week or so following this workout but also expect increase your maximum bench-press on your return to the gym. This is perhaps the fastest way to gain muscle on your chest if done correctly nd is great no no nonsense muscle building.

OK, I hope you found that useful so why not go ahead and give those tips a try in your next pecs workout.