TheCowboy;3907393 said:
Since I basically am new, I can only do 3 reps of 135 then it feels like I am doing 350 lbs.
Funny thing is though, I can do 180-200 lbs of dead lifting fine, but bench press is a problem. I don't understand it...
I can understand where you're coming from, i played RT also and my bench never was up to par, mostly because i was around 6'1 and had long arms. and i hated that everyone else could bench more than me. shorter guys are always gonna have the advantage because obviously they dont have to push it as far. you can do dips, pushdowns, etc.. and thats all good i do those excercises regularly, but the best thing that helped increase my bench, was getting a good spotter. someone that was serious and will let you press to
failure, and wont grab the bar off of you until you cant press it anymore. This is the time when you are tearing those fibers and actually building muscle.
i can also tell you from experience that doing less reps and more weight will put you on the fast track to gaining. yea you can do 3 X 10 or 5 X 5 or whatever but if you do
4-6 reps to where reps 5 and 6 you are almost to failure, you're gonna get stronger fast.
