Hammerstrength Bench Press

[Skyler]

Does anyone else ever do this to change up their chest training? I train every bodypart 3x a week. So when we speak of chest training, It seems like I have the most variety of completely different workouts. So on day 1 of chest I will do Barbell Bench Press, then Incline Barbell Bench Press, Weighted Dips, and finish with Cable Crossovers. On Day two of Chest, I will Do Smith Machine Bench press (Would use dumbbells but my gym only goes to 100 lbs and its not heavy enough), then I do Dumbbell Incline Press, then Dumbbell Flies, and finish with Dumbbell Pullovers. On my 3rd chest day, I will use all Hammerstrength. I used to start with regular bench, then go to hammerstrength stuff, but today for the first time I started with Hammerstrength bench press, then Hammerstrength Incline Press, then Hammerstrength Decline Press, and finish with Cable Crossovers.

Now because there are so many Hammerstrength Machines out there, people seem to mislabel them and get them confused. This video is of the exact Hammerstrength Flat Bench Press that I use.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alpRYKhlD4Y

Now Today I did this for the first time, and I have to say, i was impressed with my own strength. I mean, it is working on a pivot, but, you get a very deep range of motion, and each arm works independantly, so its not too easy.

Today I was working up in weight to see what I could get to. I ended up with 4 plates on each side, a 10 lbs plate on each side, and a 2.5 lbs plate on each side, and the machine says that the unloaded machine has an empty weight of 18 lbs. So that is 403 lbs total, and i was able to do this for two reps, full range of motion, good form, steady pace.

I was imressed, but then I thought "I wonder what the guys on Steroid.com are doing?"
Is this actually a good weight to do? Is it actually not that big of a deal? Or do you not care either way because you think hammerstrength is stupid? lol

Let me know.

I personally love using hammerstength, Dumbbells, and barbells on a rotation, each one seems to benefit the others.

And just as a note, I do use a full range of motion, not this guys half range of motion.