seems like the older a weight lifter gets the less they do flat bench presses on a olympic bench press. most of bodybuilders have done so much flat bench pressing since they were like 14 when they get 30 they usually get some kind of nagging injury and start doing smith machine and never go back to the flat bench press. seen it happen alot!
Benching sucks unless you have a natural propensity for the lift...............takes people eons to realize this and most never do.
Dumbell Inclines
Smith Inclines
Dumbell Benches
Flyes
Seated Bench Machine or Hammer Strength Macine
Crosovers
Pec-Deck
All safer and much better for pec development.
Sadly the kids who max out on the bench weekly trying to somehow reach 300,315,405,500, etc. etc., will never reach their goals just because they don`t have the genetic propensity to be good at benching no matter how hard they work.
You can build big numbers,not huge as you might expect,but more than likely,shoulder injuries will stop you long before you realize the time you wasted.
