thinking about quitting bench pressing for good

I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking about
quitting though.


I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame and
I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.

Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.

Hi have been into bench press for a couple of years. then had to quit
coz of travelling. I did not get any bitchy tits but does not mean u
won't. basically depends on ur body type and that is determined
genetically. Do u have a tendency to puff up? U will be the best person
to decide. If u do and see ur chest loosing shape, u can do ground
exercises like dips and bars which do not require any gym equips and
still maintain ur shape. BTW, i have discovered, the shape u get by
doing ground exercises stay forever.
cheerio.

xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking about
> quitting though.
>
>
> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
> then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame and
> I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
>
> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.

<xyzer@hotmail.com> schreef:

> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.

I stopped doing them many, many years ago.

There are a lot of chest exercises, the bench is just one of them.

----
Pete

xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking about
> quitting though.
>
>
> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
> then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame and
> I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
>
> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.

Why?

--
Bully
Protein bars: http://www.proteinbars.co.uk

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't
matter, and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

In article <1165465528.018669.247390@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups .com>,
xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:

> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking about
> quitting though.
>
>
> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
> then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame and
> I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
>
> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.
>

Bitch tits are breast tissue - bench presses form muscle.

If you get fat you can get the infamous 'man-boobs', but that has
nothing to do with the bench press. I haven't bench-pressed seriously
for almost two years after being a competing powerlifter. I look much
the same - just a little slimmer in the upper body.

--
Keith

Hobbes wrote:
> In article <1165465528.018669.247390@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups .com>,
> xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking about
>> quitting though.
>>
>>
>> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
>> then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame
>> and I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
>>
>> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
>> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.
>>
>
> Bitch tits are breast tissue - bench presses form muscle.
>
> If you get fat you can get the infamous 'man-boobs', but that has
> nothing to do with the bench press. I haven't bench-pressed seriously
> for almost two years after being a competing powerlifter. I look much
> the same - just a little slimmer in the upper body.

With what did you replace bench?

--
Bully
Protein bars: http://www.proteinbars.co.uk

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't
matter, and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

In article <4tqmktF15gq1lU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:

> Hobbes wrote:
> > In article <1165465528.018669.247390@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups .com>,
> > xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking about
> >> quitting though.
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
> >> then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame
> >> and I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
> >>
> >> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
> >> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.
> >>
> >
> > Bitch tits are breast tissue - bench presses form muscle.
> >
> > If you get fat you can get the infamous 'man-boobs', but that has
> > nothing to do with the bench press. I haven't bench-pressed seriously
> > for almost two years after being a competing powerlifter. I look much
> > the same - just a little slimmer in the upper body.
>
> With what did you replace bench?

Nothing really. Or everything. I have a fairly extensive routine.

Right now (and I try a lot of different things) I do three gym weight
workouts per week. I spend about an hour and do jerks, snatches and
cleans and minor variations of each. Prior to a gym workout I jog for
about 10 minutes (to get to the gym) and then I do a dozen or so wind
sprints after the workout.

I do between 2 and 5 home weight workouts per week. Pull-ups, one armed
push press and pistols. I'm working towards one-armed pull-ups, so I
call this my uni-lateral training. This workout is short - 20-25 minutes.

Most mornings I do my big 5 as a wake-up. Between 20 and 100 hindu
squats, hindu push-ups, tables, leg raises and then I do neck bridges
for time. I may do the first four as a tabata interval once and a while.

I also do some specific training for baseball in the winter. Swings and
go throw. I do some dynamic stretches from my karate days most work days
at noon.

Doing all this stuff keeps the general fitness pretty high. I pissed off
the local college kid who challenged me to a bench competition by doing
a shaky 315 lbs for a single.

--
Keith

Hobbes wrote:
> In article <4tqmktF15gq1lU1@mid.individual.net>,
> "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
>
>> Hobbes wrote:
>>> In article <1165465528.018669.247390@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups .com>,
>>> xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking
>>>> about quitting though.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
>>>> then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame
>>>> and I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
>>>>
>>>> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
>>>> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Bitch tits are breast tissue - bench presses form muscle.
>>>
>>> If you get fat you can get the infamous 'man-boobs', but that has
>>> nothing to do with the bench press. I haven't bench-pressed
>>> seriously for almost two years after being a competing powerlifter.
>>> I look much the same - just a little slimmer in the upper body.
>>
>> With what did you replace bench?
>
> Nothing really. Or everything.

Yeah, I'd say it's everything !!!

> I have a fairly extensive routine.
>
> Right now (and I try a lot of different things) I do three gym weight
> workouts per week. I spend about an hour and do jerks, snatches and
> cleans and minor variations of each. Prior to a gym workout I jog for
> about 10 minutes (to get to the gym) and then I do a dozen or so wind
> sprints after the workout.
>
> I do between 2 and 5 home weight workouts per week. Pull-ups, one
> armed push press and pistols. I'm working towards one-armed pull-ups,
> so I call this my uni-lateral training. This workout is short - 20-25
> minutes.
>
> Most mornings I do my big 5 as a wake-up. Between 20 and 100 hindu
> squats, hindu push-ups, tables, leg raises and then I do neck bridges
> for time. I may do the first four as a tabata interval once and a
> while.

Tables?

>
> I also do some specific training for baseball in the winter. Swings
> and go throw. I do some dynamic stretches from my karate days most
> work days at noon.
>
> Doing all this stuff keeps the general fitness pretty high. I pissed
> off the local college kid who challenged me to a bench competition by
> doing a shaky 315 lbs for a single.

Great work!!!

--
Bully
Protein bars: http://www.proteinbars.co.uk

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't
matter, and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking about
> quitting though.
>
>
> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
> then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame and
> I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
>
> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.

xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking about
> quitting though.
>
>
> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
> then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame and
> I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
>
> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.
Try flyes on a flat bench. They will build your chest more than
benches. Nomythfitness.com

In article <4tqqp4F1441rjU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:

> Hobbes wrote:
> > In article <4tqmktF15gq1lU1@mid.individual.net>,
> > "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
> >
> >> Hobbes wrote:
> >>> In article <1165465528.018669.247390@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups .com>,
> >>> xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking
> >>>> about quitting though.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
> >>>> then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame
> >>>> and I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
> >>>> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Bitch tits are breast tissue - bench presses form muscle.
> >>>
> >>> If you get fat you can get the infamous 'man-boobs', but that has
> >>> nothing to do with the bench press. I haven't bench-pressed
> >>> seriously for almost two years after being a competing powerlifter.
> >>> I look much the same - just a little slimmer in the upper body.
> >>
> >> With what did you replace bench?
> >
> > Nothing really. Or everything.
>
> Yeah, I'd say it's everything !!!
>
> > I have a fairly extensive routine.
> >
> > Right now (and I try a lot of different things) I do three gym weight
> > workouts per week. I spend about an hour and do jerks, snatches and
> > cleans and minor variations of each. Prior to a gym workout I jog for
> > about 10 minutes (to get to the gym) and then I do a dozen or so wind
> > sprints after the workout.
> >
> > I do between 2 and 5 home weight workouts per week. Pull-ups, one
> > armed push press and pistols. I'm working towards one-armed pull-ups,
> > so I call this my uni-lateral training. This workout is short - 20-25
> > minutes.
> >
> > Most mornings I do my big 5 as a wake-up. Between 20 and 100 hindu
> > squats, hindu push-ups, tables, leg raises and then I do neck bridges
> > for time. I may do the first four as a tabata interval once and a
> > while.
>
> Tables?

http://www.mkprojects.com/pf_TibetanRites.htm

See Rite #4

--
Keith

In article <4tqqp4F1441rjU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:

> Hobbes wrote:
> > In article <4tqmktF15gq1lU1@mid.individual.net>,
> > "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
> >
> >> Hobbes wrote:
> >>> In article <1165465528.018669.247390@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups .com>,
> >>> xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking
> >>>> about quitting though.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
> >>>> then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame
> >>>> and I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
> >>>> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Bitch tits are breast tissue - bench presses form muscle.
> >>>
> >>> If you get fat you can get the infamous 'man-boobs', but that has
> >>> nothing to do with the bench press. I haven't bench-pressed
> >>> seriously for almost two years after being a competing powerlifter.
> >>> I look much the same - just a little slimmer in the upper body.
> >>
> >> With what did you replace bench?
> >
> > Nothing really. Or everything.
>
> Yeah, I'd say it's everything !!!
>
> > I have a fairly extensive routine.
> >
> > Right now (and I try a lot of different things) I do three gym weight
> > workouts per week. I spend about an hour and do jerks, snatches and
> > cleans and minor variations of each. Prior to a gym workout I jog for
> > about 10 minutes (to get to the gym) and then I do a dozen or so wind
> > sprints after the workout.
> >
> > I do between 2 and 5 home weight workouts per week. Pull-ups, one
> > armed push press and pistols. I'm working towards one-armed pull-ups,
> > so I call this my uni-lateral training. This workout is short - 20-25
> > minutes.
> >
> > Most mornings I do my big 5 as a wake-up. Between 20 and 100 hindu
> > squats, hindu push-ups, tables, leg raises and then I do neck bridges
> > for time. I may do the first four as a tabata interval once and a
> > while.
>
> Tables?
>
> >
> > I also do some specific training for baseball in the winter. Swings
> > and go throw. I do some dynamic stretches from my karate days most
> > work days at noon.
> >
> > Doing all this stuff keeps the general fitness pretty high. I pissed
> > off the local college kid who challenged me to a bench competition by
> > doing a shaky 315 lbs for a single.
>
> Great work!!!

My best when I was competing was 405, so it wasn't really all that
great. OTOH - my bench was never up to my squat and deadlift.

--
Keith

<xyzer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1165465528.018669.247390@l12g2000cwl.googlegr oups.com...
> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking about
> quitting though.
>
>
> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
> then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame and
> I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
>
> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.

Not everyone's body is suited to bench pressing. I know one guy who was 6
feet tall, long arms, and skinny (chest was not thick front-to-back), and
getting a bench press to touch on his chest was just a shoulder injury
waiting to happen - much longer range of motion than most people. So he
gave it up. You've got plenty of alternatives if that's your situation,
e.g., press from the floor, press in the power rack with the pins set to
limit the range of motion to something that's healthy for you, or just find
another exercise that suits you better. Work on your one-armed pushup.

I've got a bad back - I've learned to deadlift and squat, but the arch for a
competition bench press just kills me - I often literally can't get up off
the bench afterward except by rolling to the side it does such a number on
my back. So I just don't bench and that's that.

Just my opinion.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

"Hobbes" <khobman800@yahoo.com>

> I do between 2 and 5 home weight workouts per week. Pull-ups, one armed
> push press and pistols. I'm working towards one-armed pull-ups, so I
> call this my uni-lateral training.

With all due respect, Keith - you will never achieve a true one-armed
pullup.
Never, I say. Mark my words.

In article <rJydnSGStpcOKeXYnZ2dnUVZ_riknZ2d@comcast.com>,
"ranieri" <not now> wrote:

> "Hobbes" <khobman800@yahoo.com>
>
> > I do between 2 and 5 home weight workouts per week. Pull-ups, one armed
> > push press and pistols. I'm working towards one-armed pull-ups, so I
> > call this my uni-lateral training.
>
> With all due respect, Keith - you will never achieve a true one-armed
> pullup.
> Never, I say. Mark my words.

It's possible I won't. But still a worthy goal.

I could do three when I was 20, but I only weighed 165 lbs and the legs
and butt weren't built up squatting. So you could well be right. I'm not
even close right now.

--
Keith

Hobbes wrote:
> In article <4tqqp4F1441rjU1@mid.individual.net>,
> "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
>
>> Hobbes wrote:
>>> In article <4tqmktF15gq1lU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>> "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hobbes wrote:
>>>>> In article
>>>>> <1165465528.018669.247390@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups .com>,
>>>>> xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking
>>>>>> about quitting though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years
>>>>>> and then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time
>>>>>> frame and I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
>>>>>> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bitch tits are breast tissue - bench presses form muscle.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you get fat you can get the infamous 'man-boobs', but that has
>>>>> nothing to do with the bench press. I haven't bench-pressed
>>>>> seriously for almost two years after being a competing
>>>>> powerlifter. I look much the same - just a little slimmer in the
>>>>> upper body.
>>>>
>>>> With what did you replace bench?
>>>
>>> Nothing really. Or everything.
>>
>> Yeah, I'd say it's everything !!!
>>
>>> I have a fairly extensive routine.
>>>
>>> Right now (and I try a lot of different things) I do three gym
>>> weight workouts per week. I spend about an hour and do jerks,
>>> snatches and cleans and minor variations of each. Prior to a gym
>>> workout I jog for about 10 minutes (to get to the gym) and then I
>>> do a dozen or so wind sprints after the workout.
>>>
>>> I do between 2 and 5 home weight workouts per week. Pull-ups, one
>>> armed push press and pistols. I'm working towards one-armed
>>> pull-ups, so I call this my uni-lateral training. This workout is
>>> short - 20-25 minutes.
>>>
>>> Most mornings I do my big 5 as a wake-up. Between 20 and 100 hindu
>>> squats, hindu push-ups, tables, leg raises and then I do neck
>>> bridges for time. I may do the first four as a tabata interval once
>>> and a while.
>>
>> Tables?
>>
>>>
>>> I also do some specific training for baseball in the winter. Swings
>>> and go throw. I do some dynamic stretches from my karate days most
>>> work days at noon.
>>>
>>> Doing all this stuff keeps the general fitness pretty high. I pissed
>>> off the local college kid who challenged me to a bench competition
>>> by doing a shaky 315 lbs for a single.
>>
>> Great work!!!
>
> My best when I was competing was 405, so it wasn't really all that
> great. OTOH - my bench was never up to my squat and deadlift.

My bench was always my weak "event"[*] but after working at it for the last
12 months it's respectable now. However, my squat and deadlift [particularly
the latter] now need work !!!

* no, I don't compete 'cept with my own PB's !

--
Bully
Protein bars: http://www.proteinbars.co.uk

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't
matter, and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

Hobbes wrote:
> In article <4tqqp4F1441rjU1@mid.individual.net>,
> "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
>
>> Hobbes wrote:
>>> In article <4tqmktF15gq1lU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>> "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hobbes wrote:
>>>>> In article
>>>>> <1165465528.018669.247390@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups .com>,
>>>>> xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking
>>>>>> about quitting though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years
>>>>>> and then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time
>>>>>> frame and I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
>>>>>> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bitch tits are breast tissue - bench presses form muscle.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you get fat you can get the infamous 'man-boobs', but that has
>>>>> nothing to do with the bench press. I haven't bench-pressed
>>>>> seriously for almost two years after being a competing
>>>>> powerlifter. I look much the same - just a little slimmer in the
>>>>> upper body.
>>>>
>>>> With what did you replace bench?
>>>
>>> Nothing really. Or everything.
>>
>> Yeah, I'd say it's everything !!!
>>
>>> I have a fairly extensive routine.
>>>
>>> Right now (and I try a lot of different things) I do three gym
>>> weight workouts per week. I spend about an hour and do jerks,
>>> snatches and cleans and minor variations of each. Prior to a gym
>>> workout I jog for about 10 minutes (to get to the gym) and then I
>>> do a dozen or so wind sprints after the workout.
>>>
>>> I do between 2 and 5 home weight workouts per week. Pull-ups, one
>>> armed push press and pistols. I'm working towards one-armed
>>> pull-ups, so I call this my uni-lateral training. This workout is
>>> short - 20-25 minutes.
>>>
>>> Most mornings I do my big 5 as a wake-up. Between 20 and 100 hindu
>>> squats, hindu push-ups, tables, leg raises and then I do neck
>>> bridges for time. I may do the first four as a tabata interval once
>>> and a while.
>>
>> Tables?
>
> http://www.mkprojects.com/pf_TibetanRites.htm
>
> See Rite #4

Hmm, OK, I could struggle on that right now. How long did it take for you to
perfect it?

There's a lot to fit in isn't there. I'm currently doing a one-lift a day
program so I can add cardio each day. However, I want to add some unilateral
work. I also want to start running such that I can complete 3k in sub-12
mins by May of next year (so I can do our pre-season road runs). At the
moment I can row quicker over any distance than I can run! I need to add
much more flexibility work.

BTW: what are wind sprints?

--
Bully
Protein bars: http://www.proteinbars.co.uk

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't
matter, and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking about
> quitting though.
>
>
> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years and
> then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time frame and
> I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
>
> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.


Many years ago, I was a heavy bench presser. At 5'4, I weighed around
150, and could press 245; not massive, by any means (someone else in
this thread mentioned 405 and made me feel ashamed of my puny 245), but
I was ripped and had a 48" chest so I was proud.

I quit cold turkey, but not on purpose. I severed my left hand, and
although it was reattached, my arm was strapped to my chest for 4
months and I went through hand therapy for another year. Afterward, I
simply couldn't put any weight on the wrist without fear of doing real
damage; I had a hard enough time squeezing a stress ball.

During that time, my muscles deflated pretty slowly. I did develop
tits, but I suspect that was more due to fat than to saggy skin (which
is what I was afraid of). At one point my weight had gone up to 205, if
that gives you any idea.

I recently started working out again (about 8 years after the
accident), but I still can't do heavy weights because of my hand. I'm
sticking with push-ups and other body-weight or low-weight exercises,
and in only a month I've gained a lot of my mass back. My chest is
currently at 46", and my tits are completely gone (although one is
still looking down). I seriously hadn't worked out at all in those 8
years, so I was surprised to see such a dramatic change in such a short
period of time.

I know that my story is considerably more drastic than yours, but the
point is that I don't think you'll develop tits unless you drop a lot
more than bench press. And, from my recent experience, push ups may be
a suitable alternative for bench press, without the risk of damage to
the rotator cuff.

- Jason

In article <4tsfabF14shqvU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:

> Hobbes wrote:
> > In article <4tqqp4F1441rjU1@mid.individual.net>,
> > "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
> >
> >> Hobbes wrote:
> >>> In article <4tqmktF15gq1lU1@mid.individual.net>,
> >>> "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hobbes wrote:
> >>>>> In article
> >>>>> <1165465528.018669.247390@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups .com>,
> >>>>> xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking
> >>>>>> about quitting though.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years
> >>>>>> and then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this time
> >>>>>> frame and I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do squats,
> >>>>>> deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Bitch tits are breast tissue - bench presses form muscle.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you get fat you can get the infamous 'man-boobs', but that has
> >>>>> nothing to do with the bench press. I haven't bench-pressed
> >>>>> seriously for almost two years after being a competing
> >>>>> powerlifter. I look much the same - just a little slimmer in the
> >>>>> upper body.
> >>>>
> >>>> With what did you replace bench?
> >>>
> >>> Nothing really. Or everything.
> >>
> >> Yeah, I'd say it's everything !!!
> >>
> >>> I have a fairly extensive routine.
> >>>
> >>> Right now (and I try a lot of different things) I do three gym
> >>> weight workouts per week. I spend about an hour and do jerks,
> >>> snatches and cleans and minor variations of each. Prior to a gym
> >>> workout I jog for about 10 minutes (to get to the gym) and then I
> >>> do a dozen or so wind sprints after the workout.
> >>>
> >>> I do between 2 and 5 home weight workouts per week. Pull-ups, one
> >>> armed push press and pistols. I'm working towards one-armed
> >>> pull-ups, so I call this my uni-lateral training. This workout is
> >>> short - 20-25 minutes.
> >>>
> >>> Most mornings I do my big 5 as a wake-up. Between 20 and 100 hindu
> >>> squats, hindu push-ups, tables, leg raises and then I do neck
> >>> bridges for time. I may do the first four as a tabata interval once
> >>> and a while.
> >>
> >> Tables?
> >
> > http://www.mkprojects.com/pf_TibetanRites.htm
> >
> > See Rite #4
>
> Hmm, OK, I could struggle on that right now. How long did it take for you to
> perfect it?
>
> There's a lot to fit in isn't there. I'm currently doing a one-lift a day
> program so I can add cardio each day. However, I want to add some unilateral
> work. I also want to start running such that I can complete 3k in sub-12
> mins by May of next year (so I can do our pre-season road runs). At the
> moment I can row quicker over any distance than I can run! I need to add
> much more flexibility work.
>
> BTW: what are wind sprints?

Intervals of sprinting and walking, in my case. In the winter I simply
sprint where the sidewalks are clear enough I can get purchase...

:^)

--
Keith

Hobbes wrote:
> In article <4tsfabF14shqvU1@mid.individual.net>,
> "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
>
>> Hobbes wrote:
>>> In article <4tqqp4F1441rjU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>> "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hobbes wrote:
>>>>> In article <4tqmktF15gq1lU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>>>> "Bully" <bully1@proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hobbes wrote:
>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>> <1165465528.018669.247390@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups .com>,
>>>>>>> xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've been bench pressing for about 3-4 years now. I'm thinking
>>>>>>>> about quitting though.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm curious about those of you who have benches for a few years
>>>>>>>> and then quit. My chest has gotten a little bigger in this
>>>>>>>> time frame and I don't want to form bitch tits or anything.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tell me how your body changed please. I still plan to do
>>>>>>>> squats, deadlifts, and power cleans, but that's about it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bitch tits are breast tissue - bench presses form muscle.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you get fat you can get the infamous 'man-boobs', but that
>>>>>>> has nothing to do with the bench press. I haven't bench-pressed
>>>>>>> seriously for almost two years after being a competing
>>>>>>> powerlifter. I look much the same - just a little slimmer in the
>>>>>>> upper body.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With what did you replace bench?
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing really. Or everything.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I'd say it's everything !!!
>>>>
>>>>> I have a fairly extensive routine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Right now (and I try a lot of different things) I do three gym
>>>>> weight workouts per week. I spend about an hour and do jerks,
>>>>> snatches and cleans and minor variations of each. Prior to a gym
>>>>> workout I jog for about 10 minutes (to get to the gym) and then I
>>>>> do a dozen or so wind sprints after the workout.
>>>>>
>>>>> I do between 2 and 5 home weight workouts per week. Pull-ups, one
>>>>> armed push press and pistols. I'm working towards one-armed
>>>>> pull-ups, so I call this my uni-lateral training. This workout is
>>>>> short - 20-25 minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Most mornings I do my big 5 as a wake-up. Between 20 and 100 hindu
>>>>> squats, hindu push-ups, tables, leg raises and then I do neck
>>>>> bridges for time. I may do the first four as a tabata interval
>>>>> once and a while.
>>>>
>>>> Tables?
>>>
>>> http://www.mkprojects.com/pf_TibetanRites.htm
>>>
>>> See Rite #4
>>
>> Hmm, OK, I could struggle on that right now. How long did it take
>> for you to perfect it?
>>
>> There's a lot to fit in isn't there. I'm currently doing a one-lift
>> a day program so I can add cardio each day. However, I want to add
>> some unilateral work. I also want to start running such that I can
>> complete 3k in sub-12 mins by May of next year (so I can do our
>> pre-season road runs). At the moment I can row quicker over any
>> distance than I can run! I need to add much more flexibility work.
>>
>> BTW: what are wind sprints?
>
> Intervals of sprinting and walking, in my case. In the winter I simply
> sprint where the sidewalks are clear enough I can get purchase...
>
> :^)

Oh, sprint intervals then !

--
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