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So, how many kilos can you bench? It is one of the most frequently asked questions around the country by gym enthusiasts. In fact the amount you can bench is a great yardstick for over all strength and is probably the best way to gain muscle mass on your upper body and therefore the exercise has reached almost mythical status. So in this article we will provide you with three tips for developing your bench press.

1) Use drop-sets. These are great for providing your chest muscle with new and unique stimulus to grow. To do these simply perform your bench-press exercise as you normally would and when you can not do any more simply take off a weight disc and do as many more as you can. Then reduce the weight once more and pump out as many more as you possibly can. Keep reducing the weight on the bar in this fashion until their is no weight left or until you are not able to complete any more reps. This is a very intense technique and will leave you sore for a few days after. Keep your protein intake at a high level to ensure your muscle grow back stronger as soon as possible and to get rid of the muscle soreness.

2) Cease training your chest. Instead give your triceps a separate workout. By doing so you can focus on strengthening your tricep muscle a great deal more. Once you have done this for 3-4 weeks go back to your benchpress and I can you will more than likely beat your previous best. This is because your chest will have had a really good rest period to completely recover from lots of previous training session and also your triceps will now be stronger. As your triceps do a great deal of the work along with your chest muscles when benchpressing it stands to reason that you will be able to press more.

3) 10 sets of 10 reps. Indeed Arnold Schwarzenegger was a big fan of this particular technique. Basically you lift as much as you can for ten reps rest and do another ten reps. Repeat this until you have done ten sets of ten reps. You should be lowering the weight gradually from one set to the next and you’ll probably be needing 2-3 minute breaks in between each set. The idea behind this is to provide some new and powerful stimulus for your muscles to grow. Once more expect to be particularly sore for maybe a week or so following this workout but also expect increase your maximum bench-press on your return to the gym. This is perhaps the fastest way to gain muscle on your chest if done correctly.

OK, I hope you found that useful so why not go ahead and give those tips a try in your next pecs workout.