When we do BB, its replaced with regular bench or board presses so our reps are kept within 1-3. With dumbbells, we use them as an auxiliary lift and reps are kept between 5-8.
i just started benching seriously a few weeks ago and my max (with a full 2 second pause at the chest) is a measly 235 @ a bodyweight of 156
so i'm curious, do you think that i can train bench heavy twice a week at this point in time?
i'm thinking that since i'm pretty damn weak right now that i can do so, but once i get my comp bench up to around 275 or so then i'd say that it's time for me to go to once a week heavy bench, so what's your thoughts on this? (and i plan on not going over 76 kg (167) or so in bodyweight, coz if i end up doing an IPF bench i wanna be able to make the 74 kg (163 pound) class)
i'm thinking that you follow westsides protocol of a max day on sunday and a speed day on weds, right?
i'm not a fan of "speed days" and i think that every day should be heavy