Increase Your Bench Press: The Simple Way

This is exactly how I increased my bench press 15lbs in a months time!

Anyone wanting to increase their bench knows how hard it can be to even add a few extra lbs onto their bench press. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has busted my ass in the gym only to find out I’ve added 5lbs or less to my bench.

I bet you’ve searched the internet and fitness magazines looking for the answer to your problems, hoping to find the secret to increasing your bench press, only to find out they all offer the same, hard to do suggestions. . . 5×5 routines, benching with chains or bands, board presses, etc. . . While those methods do provide results, they usually provide minimal results in the bench pressing department and prove to be more trouble than they’re worth. Most people, including myself, don’t have chains, bands or boards to use. . . And a 5×5 routine requires me to completely alter my routine. Why would I do that? All my other lifts are fine, its my bench press that’s lagging behind. Right?

The solution? Dumbbells and only dumbbells. Do this for about a month straight and you won’t regret it. The reason this works is simple, dumbbells are usually harder because they not only require your pecs to do work, but they also bring other muscles into play that the barbell does not. . . These smaller muscles that come into the picture are known as stabilizer muscles.

Just try it, what do you got to lose? In a months time I went from mainly using the 70lb dumbbells and occasionally the 80s, to now, regularly using the 90lb and 100lb dumbbells. . Also, as stated before my barbell flat bench press has gone up 15lbs!