Increase your bench by 50 pounds in 50 days.

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Wow, you and I are doing the same program. I think I will gain more in my Max then you because of the fact that I'm younger (15 and growing fast). I wasn't able to do workout #4 today because it was storming here in Maryland and my weights and stuff are outside.

This sucks because it will throw me off schedule and I will have to do my Bench tommrow along with my back, shoulders, triceps and any other things I missed. :(
 
I made a critical decision today. I'm going to stop using this program. I decided that what I was using before was giving me much better progress. One rep maxing and strengthining is not my forte, I'm more into size, endurance, and power for Football Season.

Good luck to GreenTuckin, and he will keep us updated on how the program works.
 
jmanjman47, I did not realize you were only 15. You would be much better served with other programs than this. I remember back when I was young I was a hard gainer. I wish there had been a board like this when I was your age. :(

Being that I am 40 though and very desirous of regaining my youthful strength, I decided to give this program a fair chance. Memorial day weekend I will try a one rep max again on the BP and Standing Curl and just see if I have improved and how much. I will also check my vital statistics and see if I have any improvement there and how much. I will decide then whether to continue on or not.
 
Warning most of this is copied from my diary but I am putting it here also for anyone who stumbles across this thread.

Okay it was time for Increase your bench by 50 pounds in 50 days workout #4. I know this was not the plan but it is quite obvious that this is not for me. If I am making gains the are few. Perhaps it is my age or that I have made such gains in the last four months that I really don't have much gain to make for right now. Due to this I am suspending further work on the IYBP workout until a later date. I am going to take what gains I have made and work on increasing the reps. This morning I decided to see if my Standing Curl had increased at all. I put 112 on the bar and did not even get it half way. That told me there I needed to suspend the curling part. I had also checked yesterday on my arm measure and had not increased at all.

During the bench presses I only achieved 1 rep at 204 instead of the planned 2 reps and skipped the 220lbs neg. rep. I knew there was no point to even trying and may hurt myself. I am also still not crazy about progressive sets for strength building. I still like a warm up then decending sets for real gains. Perhaps I will try to prove my theory in the future.

I will keep the info for this workout and maybe try it again later.
 
Shawn Phillips bp program

I also heard on another blog that most guys have increased their 1 rep max by 25-35 lbs.. Anyone hear anything else about this ?



Age 42, weight 170
Bench 270
DL 405
1/2 squat?
 
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