My chest and tri workouts.... help...

[KingJames23]

Well ive been working out for about a year now 4 times a week, and i consider myself to be one of the best athletes in my city. Ive already been talking to some football schools... I get by on the field because of my athletic ability and not my stregnth...

My chest workout includes.... 3 sets of bench, 3 sets of incline and then i do either dips one day or another chest MACHINE.. for tris i do 3 sets of pulldowns and then i do something where i put my hands on a bench facing out and touch my hands together while in a sitting posistion and i bend down and touch my ass to the ground....

My bench has gone up a little bit but for as much as i workout i should be reppin 200 pounds and i can only get 155 up 15 times...

I think if i can get a stronger upper body it should help me at the next level... all help is needed.... thnks

[cdog]

www.metalmilitia.com Try this out brother ......CDOG

[KingJames23]

cdog, that link didnt work??? is the wrong site???

[xxxl83]

Why are you worried about your bench press #'s if you're a football player? A bench press won't help much on the feild without a stronger lower body.

You should be concerned about training and strengthening your core- Lower back, abs,glutes and hams.

You need to train specificly for your sport and position. That includes speed work. Figure out where you need work- Starting speed, acceleration speed, Max speed.

Then pick your exercises and drills with these specific goals in mind.

xxxl83

[xxxl83]

You could also check out www.elitefts.com and read through the articles.

xxxl83

[slamd097]

also check your grip on your bench. if it is to narrow you might be using more of your tri's or more of your chest rather then both. Also, I agree with the fact, train your lower half, abs and legs like a mad man. Look at athletes like Jerry Rice and Shannon Sharpe, (i know there are more and others but just bear with me) they have huge ****in legs, and a decent upper body.

for increases, try moving to heavier movements and incorporate a day of training just for increasing your bench. train all of the muscles involved in that movement. Both individually and as a whole.