350 lb bench press club!

350 LB ? I'll check back in here in oh lets say 2010...

 

Azure Good luck on this mate.... ill be keeping a eye on this thread...350 is some heavy lift...im at 1x180 and if my target is 225 in 9 months.

 

Wow...nice lift, that's quick from 270-300...I just got 270 myself a couple of days ago. 350 is a nice goal, and I think I could probably get to 300 pretty quickly if I focused on it (although 3 weeks would definitely be pushing it, thats pretty impressive!!), but I'm more focused on my squat and deadlift right now, which aren't nearly where I'd like them to be..

 

I'll take that challenge, but only because I pushed 325 for a single today and am starting a PH cycle this week, heheh. My biggest ever was 350 years ago and I'd like to see it again. Oh, BW is 210.

 

Cool journal...this should be interesting. Good luck guys!

 

Is it too late to get in on this with you?

 

never too late, always going to be people pushing for this

 

im in at 315

 

By "every second day", does that mean you are benching heavy every other day? If so, that is too much and you'll hit a brick wall fast.....

 

When do you do legs and back?

 

Yeah, I see a couple of problems. First, 3 times per week is way too much...especially once you start getting into heavier weights (which, it sounds like you are). Even two heavy training sessions per week is too much. If you don't get injured, you'll end up plateauing in a hurry due to overtraining....which is not what you want. Trust me, when it comes to this stuff...less is more. I've learned that from experience. I wouldn't do more than one heavy session per week. If you want to bench twice per week, make the second day a dynamic speed day with much lighter weights.

Second major problem is that you are focusing more on push than pull. Make sure that you are doing at least as much horizontal pulling (e.g. rows) as you are pushing (e.g. all forms of benching) -- Otherwise, you'll set up a muscular imbalance which can lead to shoulder injury....Also, if your push strength is much greater than your pull strength, your body will inhibit further push strength gains to prevent injury (and hence, your bench will stall).

I'd also throw in some external rotator cuff exercises.....

You can definitely hit 350, but you'll be more successful with a few changes to your program....

 

What he said.

A lot.

And I would like to see you have one leg day a week which is heavy, and I would like to see a rest day after the heavy upper day and a rest day after the heavy leg day. The other three days in the week you can do lighter, more dynamic stuff. Rest is as important as lifting.