Hello,
I am new to this forum, so I hope I am posting this in the appropriate section. I am a 19 year old male and weigh 160lbs. I have some muscle, but also some fat (though I am fairly skinny).
I have been consistently working out for about 6 months and going to the gym around 4-6 times a week doing a PPL split. My inquiry/point of concern is my bench press. My push days consist of flat bench, incline bench, barbell shoulder press, freeweight dips, and sometimes cable pushdowns.
My bench press strength started around 115x8 at the beginning of my training, and now I have been doing 135x4-6 for 4 sets for several months. My one rep max for bench is 165.
In order to try to increase this 135x6 number, I started training more for strength by doing 145x3 for 4 sets, but I find that I run out of strength quickly and have to drop the weight by the 3rd or 4th set.
So my question is: Does anyone have any ideas on how I should train my bench press differently? If I forgot any necessary information, please ask below.
Thanks a lot!
