Ah the bench press, one of my absolute favorite exercises to do at the gym, and one of the most goated exercises for all upper body lifters. Being this popular of an exercise how many of you actually know how and why it is good for you. Well, I am going to explore the 5 reasons why this exercise is beneficial for building an insane chest and why you should do it right now. So, come along and let’s learn about it together.
1. Overall Increase in Strength.
One of the most obvious reasons why you should bench press is because it increases overall strength in the chest, arms, and shoulders. A major plus to this exercise is that while you are primarily hitting chest (if you are doing it correctly), you are simultaneously exercising your arms and shoulders. This exercise strengthens most of your major lifters in the upper quadrant of your body. After doing this exercise consistently for a couple weeks you will be much stronger as long as you don’t do anything stupid to injure yourself.
Personal Thoughts on Bench Press Increasing overall strength.
Personally, I have had a tremendous amount of success with this exercise, and it has increased my upper body strength and endurance to a level I didn’t believe to be possible. Along with this, I have seen a substantial increase in muscle growth after performing this exercise consistently over the past a couple months. As long as you stay disciplined at performing this exercise you can see progress too!
2. Body Coordination between The Left and Right Sagittal Planes.
Do you have one side of your body that you feel is stronger than the other side? Well, I know that I do, and this exercise can definitely help with that. Because you are performing this exercise with both sagittal planes it helps encourage your body to work as one improving body coordination between the sagittal planes, equalizing muscle growth and endurance in both sides of the body.
Personal Thoughts on Bench Press Improving Coordination Between Both Sagittal Planes.
In the past and now I have always had trouble with one side of my body being stronger than the other especially in my arms and shoulders. With that being said I can confidently say that this exercise has been exponentially helpful with equalizing strength endurance and size between my left and right sides of my body particularly in my chest.
3. Bench Press Can be Effective for Growth Even When Done with Light Weight.
When I first began in the gym there was a lot, I couldn’t do such as pull-ups, dips, chin-ups, etc. so I went on to do dumbbell workouts and bench press so that I can do these body workouts. The nice thing about working with weights in particular the bench press is that after doing it for a while even with light weight, you will be able to build up your strength enough to do these other exercises. So, keep doing bench press!!!
Personal Thoughts on Bench Press Improving Strength with Light Weight.
My personal experience and thoughts on bench press are this, it does increase endurance, overall strength, and the ability to do the body weight exercises above. Do bench press!!!!
4. Bench Press Is Easily Manipulatable to Exercise Multiple Muscle Groups.
One of the greatest things about bench is that you can easily manipulate the angle at which you are bench pressing to hit different areas of the chest and other muscles like shoulders and triceps. Having this option to easily adjust the angle you are bench pressing at makes it convenient for you to do a surplus of exercises all in one place.
Personal Thoughts on Bench Pressing Being Manipulatable to work Multiple Muscle Groups.
Over the duration of my gym experience I have really enjoyed having the convenience of being able to work out both of my major pectoral muscles and hit shoulders and triceps on the same bench by simply adjusting the angle I am lifting at.
5. Increases Fitness on Almost All Levels and Leaves you feeling Amazing!
There is not any other feeling I can really think of that is better than the feeling you get from doing bench press. During and after this exercise I feel at my strongest and feel as If I could do anything. So, while this exercise does make your chest look bigger and improves your upper body strength, it also helps with improving cardiac output, weight loss, and mental health.
Personal Thoughts on Bench Press Improving Overall Health.
I absolutely love bench pressing so much to the point I will do it till the day I die; it is truly an amazing exercise that is very addicting I might add. This exercise has truly bettered my health in multiple areas most especially in my mental state. Please do bench press, it might just save your life!
Improves Strength, so do it!!! Unifies your two body planes. Does well for building muscles even when using light weight. Bench press can target different areas by easily being manipulatable. Increases fitness on all levels!