Working Back First = Bigger Bench

Training Powerlifting
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So far personally ive only done this twice, but I would do back on monday and hit hard so it was really tight on tuesday and then do chest and attempt a max out and ive hit pr’s both times. I just hit 395 raw natural so steriods for recovery time is not a factor and nether is a bench shirt. I personally feel when my upper back and lower back are so tight it almost acts as a springs and helps me out and i believe I had 405 if i got a lift off were someone actually lifted it up lol.

so does anyone find doing any other body part before chest day help out there bench press??

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Gives me an idea, but not sure if working back before hand helps

But having a strong back is basically a spring board for the bench press. Someone else who’s smarter will explain.

Good job on the lifts, asshole…i’m jealous.

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Having a pumped up back really helps the bench as it acts as support and a spring board.

So the bigger and more pumped your back the more spring and support achieved.

Before attempting your 1rm do some high rep rows and pull ups.

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I noticed this phenomenon as well. Before I got into WS4SB, I was following a crappy BB routine. I usually did chest and back separately, but I hit a plateau and decided to do antagonistic supersets with DB bench and Db rows. I would pyramid up and I noticed my working sets atually got easier as I moved along. I’ve read articles on this before, but I can’t scientifically explain why this happens. Any one know?

[quote]hazarddude334 wrote:
So far personally ive only done this twice, but I would do back on monday and hit hard so it was really tight on tuesday and then do chest and attempt a max out and ive hit pr’s both times. I just hit 395 raw natural so steriods for recovery time is not a factor and nether is a bench shirt. I personally feel when my upper back and lower back are so tight it almost acts as a springs and helps me out and i believe I had 405 if i got a lift off were someone actually lifted it up lol.

so does anyone find doing any other body part before chest day help out there bench press??[/quote]