No bench press on the Bridge?

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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Hi all,

I am starting into the Bridge 1.0 for the second time now (I fell off the first time due to COVID lockdown). One thing I am noticing is that there is no traditional bench press written into the routine. Is this correct? I see DL, squats and OHP, but for bench the program has me doing pin bench, pause bench and close grip, but no standard bench. Do I just do these variants and test my 1rm for bench outside the program?

My ultimate goal is to get up to 135 OHP / 225 Bench / 315 squat / 405 DL and so it seems a bit strange to me to not include bench in my programming.

But I am a dumbass and this is is probably fine. Just wanted some advice.

Be well,

Bo

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Hi Bo,
Thanks for the email here. The Bridge 1.0 program has several benching variations, including the “bench, 1 ct paused”. It’s part of the Day 5 programming.

Hope that helps!
Leah

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I see all the variations to bench. I am just curious what the thought process is behind not having any standard bench in the program.

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We consider a 1 count paused bench to BE standard. You could substitute a touch a go bench if that is of higher importance to you. However a “competition bench” will have a pause at the chest, so that’s why this instruction is used there.

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Got it! That was the clarification I needed :slight_smile: Thank you Leah.