Bench Press and Incline

[mikeymike4455]

Hey all, right now I am at the 160lb mark in weight. I have been drinking these 1500 calorie shakes every morning. I think they are helping, anyway I am having a problem. I am benching 170lbs on incline and close to 200lbs on normal benching. I am stuck though, how can I keep increasing my benching weight? Is 200lbs too much for my 160lb body weight? I would appreciate any and all tips on benching and increasing the weight.

Also I was wondering if doing just dips and those thing where you put a leg on the bench and raise the dumbell, (kinda like pulling a lawnmower string) is enough for triceps. What gives your arm the most muscular look? The tricep or bicep? I have a big bicep but my triceps are struggling to get bigger it seems. Please help lol.

Later days,
Mike

[corple]

good tricep excercises are, tri extensions and close grip bench press.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/.../BBTriExt.html
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...enchPress.html

[mreik]

well 200lbs is not to much to bench if you weigh 160 IF the rest of your body is up to speed with your chest (especially your core)... sometimes if you get stuck, switching up your routine(rep scheme, dumbells to barbell or vice versa, etc), taking a week off, or simply getting more intense should do the trick.

dips, as long as your body is perfectly vertical, are excelent for tricep development. and 2 iso exercises are good enough for triceps. but remember to keep everything even, meaning if you do 2 iso exercises for triceps, only do 2 iso exercises for the antagonist muscle (bicep). and to answer the Q about what gives your arm the most muscular look is kinda hard. the most size is easy, your tricep! it makes up nearly 2/3 if the muscle in your upper arm. but everyone loves a nice pair of guns.... for some more size on muscles maybe you should look into static (or isometric) exercises, they're not meant to be done alone, but rather worked into your routine... good luck!

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[McCarley]

I would look into an alternative workout for a couple of weeks. Check out a Chad Waterberry workout from Men's Fitness - about 3 weeks or so of strength building.

[Adler1983]

I agree with McCarley. You're body probably needs some muscular shock. You could try supersets with another exercise, drop sets, decrease the weight a bit do a few more sets etc. There are a number of ways to shock the muscles of your body.

Are you doing anything for core strength now? What's the rest of your workout?

[genius]

Originally Posted by McCarley

I would look into an alternative workout for a couple of weeks. Check out a Chad Waterberry workout from Men's Fitness - about 3 weeks or so of strength building.

Looking for an alternative workout could most certainly solve your problems.
What does your workout look like right now? It sounds as if you have been performing workouts with these two lifts (and am guessing a similar rep scheme) for some time now.
www.t-nation.com (TOTAL BODY TRAINING)
Chad Waterbury (not Waterberry )

Triceps have also been a pesky muscle group for me in the past. Many times the problem ends up being that the lifter is using TOO many puny exersizes with way to much volume. Dips, close grip bench presses, and heavy skull crushers are my favorite tri exersizes. However, read up. Strength and Conditioning coach Chad Waterbury has some very solid routines at T-nation. Do a search for "Total Body Training", "The Waterbury Method", and "Lift Fast Get Big." As for arm development, Ian King has a very solid routine, "Great Guns."
All of these are over at T-nation.

[McCarley]

Originally Posted by genius

Chad Waterbury (not Waterberry )

McCarley drops and does 25 for insulting coach Waterbury's herritage. My bad!