
Originally Posted by
boxingfan30
Might I suggest that you ditch the barbell completely? My reasoning is more and more I am realizing that it's not a natural movement for the body. When laying on a bench with nothing in your hands, push your hands up and they will naturally want to move together which is why the dumbell press is so much better for the shoulders. It's also IMO of course just a way to cheat if you have a weak side. The dumbell press however doesn't lie.
Slow down, gunner! Barbell is the BEST by far movement one can do for size. In no way is this favoring a side or favoring an unnatural movement it is the same as a push up (fixed hand position) .
Secondly, your thinking weight, which is ok, but for me (maybe because i'm 34 now) weight isn't as much of a thought as shape. Strength WILL come with repeatedly doing a weight. If you really want to focus on moving that weight up, what always worked for me was doing a weight I could only get just a few reps out of. Do several sets of that and then move it back down the next session. I've also had some luck at doing more incline work helping my overall bench numbers too.
no it will not, if you lift the same thing day in and day out you will never learn to lift something else.
All of this is strictly my opinion and those that I have trained with, some very experienced that have had multiple shoulder injurys and surgeries, and some that were just there to try to burn some calories.