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Pause Bench Press

SFGiantsMVP Posts: 1,533 Joined: 2005/12/04	2008/11/04, 07:13 PM I have a sore wrist so I'm going to do pauses in place of max effort this week on the bench so my question is do I load the same weight as I would for DE which is 60% of my 1 rep max. I'm pretty sure that's the way it works but not totally sure and I was looking at replacing the 5x5 ME bench with a 5x5 pauses with a 4 second pause. I had no issues with DE Monday at 60% so I'm confident with the pauses if I have it correct with the weight load %. -------------- Knock-Um Down & Keep-Um Down!
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2008/11/06, 04:42 PM So your wrist is hurt..and you want to add MORE time under the bar? -------------- \"The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, and repetition\"
SFGiantsMVP Posts: 1,533 Joined: 2005/12/04	2008/11/06, 05:45 PM ============ Quoting from bigandrew: So your wrist is hurt..and you want to add MORE time under the bar? ============= You got that correct, I maxed Push Presses with ease yesterday. It's sore but not broken or crippling in anyway, it's not a injury. I don't want to max bench with it but as stated speed bench was a piece of cake. -------------- Knock-Um Down & Keep-Um Down!
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2008/11/06, 07:46 PM If push presses didn't bother it..why bother....especially with a 4 count pause? -------------- \"The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, and repetition\"
SFGiantsMVP Posts: 1,533 Joined: 2005/12/04	2008/11/06, 09:53 PM ============ Quoting from bigandrew: If push presses didn't bother it..why bother....especially with a 4 count pause? ============= Well the Push Press Max isn't as heavy as my bench and I may not want to max for another week so a pause bench is what I'm looking at. As the original post stated I did Speed Bench Monday so Friday tomorrow I will go with Pause Bench in place of Max. So again the question is, am I correct about pauses being about 60% of max like the speed bench? -------------- Knock-Um Down & Keep-Um Down!
SFGiantsMVP Posts: 1,533 Joined: 2005/12/04	2008/11/10, 06:00 PM Went for max and got it then on speed day I did the pauses and yes the were best done for a 5x5 at 60% of 1rm. -------------- Knock-Um Down & Keep-Um Down!