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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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.

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Lynne

Lynne

5 rounds for max reps of:

Body-weight bench presses

Pull-ups

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Post reps for both exercises in all rounds.

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Tuesday 180313

Bench press 5-5-5-5-5 reps

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Saturday 171223

Clean, 1 rep

Bench press, 1 rep

Overhead squat, 1 rep

Clean is from the ground, power or squat.

Wednesday 171018

For time:

60 push-ups

50 dips

40 handstand push-ups

30 bench presses, 155 lb.

20 jerks, 155 lb.

10 push presses, 155 lb.

Monday 170821

5 rounds for time of:

Row 500 meters

135-lb. bench presses, 15 reps

Thursday 170706

Bench press 3-3-3-3-3 reps

Saturday 170513

Sumo deadlift 5-5-5-5-5 reps

Bench press 5-5-5-5-5 reps

Sunday 170312

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

Linda

Linda

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

1 1/2 body-weight deadlift

Body-weight bench press

3/4 body-weight clean

Set up three bars and storm through for time.