Hi All,
I know there's a couple threads on this topic already but was hoping for some feedback by the older set on this (40+). I'm 40 and 210lbs and have been training for about two years. I'm happy with progress so far on main lifts with exception of bench. Here's what happened.
Initially adopted too wide of a grip and made stellar progress up to an E1RM of 275 (at then 190 lbs.) But then my grip caught up to me and I had really bad shoulder impingement for several months. Worked through that, have narrowed grip, and basically retrained Bench from 165lbs upward, working on form all the way.
Trouble now is I'm stalling out on my work sets around 190-200lbs. Today I worked up to an 8 rpe at 225, then a set of five at 8.5 rpe at 210 lbs, then four sets of five at 190lbs. Looking back at my past few months history I see that I basically cycle up to these numbers (or thereabouts) then stall out. Given my other lifts--Squat is well above 300, Deadlift is a bit north of 400, Press (max) is about 165-I feel I am underperforming on Bench. But I don't know to what extent this is true; and if it is true, what I'm doing incorrectly from a programming standpoint.
I'm currently running week five of Strength III and love it--esp my capacity for Squat and Deadlift work has increased a ton on this program--and prior to this ran Bridge 1.0.
Since I've not been training for that long and started when I was 38, I'd love advice from anybody but especially from any older dudes who've made progress in their bench past 40.
I know there's a couple threads on this topic already but was hoping for some feedback by the older set on this (40+). I'm 40 and 210lbs and have been training for about two years. I'm happy with progress so far on main lifts with exception of bench. Here's what happened.
Initially adopted too wide of a grip and made stellar progress up to an E1RM of 275 (at then 190 lbs.) But then my grip caught up to me and I had really bad shoulder impingement for several months. Worked through that, have narrowed grip, and basically retrained Bench from 165lbs upward, working on form all the way.
Trouble now is I'm stalling out on my work sets around 190-200lbs. Today I worked up to an 8 rpe at 225, then a set of five at 8.5 rpe at 210 lbs, then four sets of five at 190lbs. Looking back at my past few months history I see that I basically cycle up to these numbers (or thereabouts) then stall out. Given my other lifts--Squat is well above 300, Deadlift is a bit north of 400, Press (max) is about 165-I feel I am underperforming on Bench. But I don't know to what extent this is true; and if it is true, what I'm doing incorrectly from a programming standpoint.
I'm currently running week five of Strength III and love it--esp my capacity for Squat and Deadlift work has increased a ton on this program--and prior to this ran Bridge 1.0.
Since I've not been training for that long and started when I was 38, I'd love advice from anybody but especially from any older dudes who've made progress in their bench past 40.
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