>He fell for the Bench Press meme
there are other exercises much better for building chest, why do people continue to focus so much on bench?
>>36279639
what exercises for example?
It's like a reverse push-up and you can adjust weight
Joke's on you I do weighted pushups instead!
Flat bench? Absolutely. Incline and Decline? I don't think so, Tim
>>36279639
>why so people focus so much at bench?
To get better at benching.
>implying you don't bench
>implying your chest is good
pick one or two.
srs, that's a complete dyel opinion.
>>36279639
Post a pic of your chest
>wanting a big developed chest
Do you think I want to look like one of your retard juicehead "goal bodies". I lift for strength, power and health. Not for ego and body dysmorphia.
>>36279648
Never looked at it that way, can't unsee now
>>36279668
>I lift for strength
>I don't bench tho
anon, please.
>>36279656
Incline builds pecs more than flat
>>36279690
That's what I was trying to say. Flat bench is a meme. Incline and Decline make my chest pop like fuck
>>36279690
no it doesn't.
it builds up the fibres that are attached to your collar bone but concerning the fibers attached to your sternum flat or decline do a better job.
The first words out of my workmates mouth when I told him I started going to the gym was
>how much do you bench?
It's the normie standard for judging strength
>>36279668
>strength
>can't bench
>>36279668
Nigga bench is one of the best overall strength and mass builders
>>36279712
>normies impressed with my 2pl8 bench
>they have no idea my squat is only 110kg
what exercises are better?
why can't i do both (flat bench and whatever exercise you recommend)?
>>36279668
*Tips*
>>36279668
Lifting for strength and "power" is lifting for ego silly neckbeard
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>>36279668
>I lift for strength, power and health. Not for ego and body dysmorphia.
>>36279826
Strength lets me do my job better. And helps almost daily with random tasks.
>>36279648
but you lose all the scapular stabilization that pushups train, gotta do ohp at least to compensate
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>>36279859
>He has a physical job
>>36279881
>He has a job
>>36279767
0/10, putting it on too thick.
>>36279881
I'd rather have a job doing shit with my body all day than sitting at a desk bored and feeling like shit all day.
>>36279645
>weighted dips
>>36279881
>hes a student who votes liberal
>>36279665
>>36279665
this
OP is just meem mee-ing
>>36279927
Yeah, until you turn 40 and your body cant handle the stress.
>>36280205
>40
>desk job
>fat, diabetic, joint problems, depressed, flabby, weak
>>36279712
>how much do you bench?
My goto response:
All of it! The bar, the plates, even the clips
Pecs are meme muscles anyway. Flat bench is the most iconic lift, feels badass and gets your pecs big enough to keep up with the rest of your body.
>>36279899
This desu
>>36279639
I dont focus on it any more than OHP.
delts > pecs
>>36280551
lol no
>>36280660
lol yes
>>36280205
>Yeah, until you turn 40 and your body cant handle the stress.
Almost all the blue collar workers I work with are over 55.
>>36279639
Bench is the comfiest of them all.
>>36280660
>wanting tits over cannonball shoulders
>>36280205
>>36280229
>>36280700
This blue collar vs. white collar thing is really dumb and played out.
No one here or anywhere is getting the body they want through their jobs. Even infantry people in the military spend time in the gym. The only exceptions I can think of is possibly athletes, if you count their "gym time" as "job time" (which it's not, because their actual money-making activity is performing their sport, not preparing for their sport).
The people whose bodies are wrecked from their jobs happen with both blue collar and white collar work; they're the ones who didn't take care of themselves outside of their job at all.
>>36279639
>make bench press
>arms start to hurt
bench press is truly pointless
i agree with OP.i used to just flat press,and now my chest is inbalanced and looks like man boobs from overdeveloped lower chest.now i only focus on upper pecs movements
>>36279712
this so much holy shit
>look like you lift
>holy shit, how much do you bench?
or
>how much do you lift?
>huh, lift what, what exercise?
>bench
>>36279927
Tech industry desk job with a gym in the building and an hour every day to work out master race.
>tfw you take an hour out of an 8 hour day to lift and everyone praises you for being fit and active when you're really just dodging work
>>36281779
Trust me they realize what you're doing.
>>36282214
If they had a problem with it they must be really playing the long game, since I've been doing it for over a year.
>tfw you see the head of your department in the gym and are kind of becoming gym bros
>>36279712
>how muchu bench anon?
>x weight for y reps
>oh cool I used to bench 3x for 2y back in the day but you know how it is, family, kids, work etcetc
>mfw no face when my poverty bench is currently 155x5
>>36282265
Nice.
>tfw head of department and most heads are dyel af
>>36281779
I work at a similar place. Free awesome gym access 24/7 and Employer gives away money for not being obese. $100/yr for being minimally active and another $100/yr for having healthy blood sugar/bmi. Sometimes it pays to work along side fatasses.
>>36279705
>decline
Lol what a meme
>>36282485
>Tfw you lift twice what he lifts but he makes six times what you make
>>36282516
What the hell I've never heard of incentives like this. Country ?
>>36282516
It's so tight. I get $600 a year to spend on equipment or memberships, so I've been getting into rock climbing. Tech companies can be legit unless it's amazon, they'll suck your soul.
>>36282615
USA. I work for Boeing. It's a company wide thing they do.
>>36282633
WA state bro represent.
