Bench Press

A simple power-lifting exercise, the Bench Press, is excellent for improving chest muscle. However, CrossFit appears to prefer overhead rather than bench pressing, most likely due to the transition of overhead work to Olympic Lifting, but perhaps also due to the risk for having weak balance and rigid shoulders to perform too much bench work. Given the high degree of versatility needed in CrossFit skills such as Olympic Lifting and gymnastics, this may be counter-productive. But just make sure you combine some Bench work with a lot of back chain work.

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For Time
"Linda"
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Reps of:
Deadlifts (295/220 lb)
Bench Presses (195/135 lb)
Squat Cleans (145/105 lb)
Time Cap: 17 minutes

Wednesday 201007

Clean, 1 rep

Bench press, 1 rep

Overhead squat, 1 rep

Clean is from the ground, power or squat.

Monday 200928

Complete as much as possible in 20 minutes of:

Reps of body-weight bench press

Feet of legless rope climb (from seated)

Sunday 200809

Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:

12 bench presses

12 strict pull-ups

♀ 95 lb. ♂ 135 lb.

Tuesday 200707

For time:

Row 500 meters

30 body-weight bench presses

Row 1,000 meters

20 body-weight bench presses

Row 2,000 meters

10 body-weight bench presses

Wednesday 200205

3 rounds of:

7 dumbbell bench presses

5 strict L pull-ups

Then,

Row 1,000 m for time

Linda

Linda

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps for time of:

1½-body-weight deadlift

Body-weight bench press

¾-body-weight clean

Set up three bars and storm through for time.

Friday 191115

21-15-9 reps for time of:

Bench presses

Squat cleans

♀ 125-lb. bench, 95-lb. clean

♂ 185-lb. bench, 135-lb. clean

Wednesday 191002

3 rounds at any pace of:

Max pull-ups

Max-rep bench press (♀ 95 / ♂ 135 lb. )

Max squats in 60 seconds

Friday 190809

5 rounds for time of:

Row 500 meters

15 bench presses

♀ 95 lb.

♂ 135 lb.