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The Bench Press is one of the best exercises to build your chest, bar none. And you can lift more poundage per workout than with other isolation exercises-so you’ll build strength and size with this exercise.

This article believes that you are familiar with the nuts and bolts of how to bench…

But to get the best results, aka to build a massive chest you can rest your beer can on, you need to know these 9 tips

Tip #1: Plant Your Feet And Puff Out Your Chest

Recline on the bench and plant your feet like you’re determined. Next force your chest out to the extreme. To complete this you want to grip the uprights of the bench as you’re laying down and carry out a pullover of sorts so there is an arch in your lower back.

Squeeze your shoulder blades together as hard as you can. Imagine you’re pinching a quarter together with them. And simultaneously push your shoulders down towards your feet.

Great Tip #2: Hold Your Breath and Get Ready for Pressure

Inhale deeply and get ready like you’re about to take a punch to the stomach. This gives surety that you’re keeping your whole body strong and forcing your muscles to have utmost pressure. Furthermore, the intraabdominal pressure will give you additional strength and protect your back. Moreover, it’s worthless to try to breath when there’s a loaded barbell lying on your chest.

Tip #3: Pull the Bar Down With Your Lats

Contract your pecs hard in the beginning of the movement and concentrate on dragging the bar down to your sternum with your LATS. This will make sure you’re keeping your shoulder blades together and making your pecs perform nearly all of the work.

Great Tip #4: Try To Touch The Bar With Your Chest

Keep expanding your chest and assume you are attempting to cross the bar, meet it halfway with your chest as you’re pulling it down with your lats. Prolong pulling down until the bar touches your chest. Break off briefly in this position

Tip #5: Do NOT Relax, Stay Tight and Blast Off

Maintain the pressure in your body, stay tight and brace yourself to thrust. What you do is press the bar off your chest, attempting to move it as fast as you can while keeping ful-body tension for all-out strength. Thrust the bar in the same way as you’re doing a press down towards your feet to protect your shoulders. Think you are pushing yourself away from the bar, you’ll know you’re doing it correctly when you feel your upper back is tight.

Tip Number 6 — Utilize All-Out Tension Techniques At Your Stumbling Block

When the rep gets hard and you’re hitting your sticking point, here’s what you do:

1. Grip the bar as hard as you can

2. At the same time, Flex your Abs and glutes and grunt

3. Imagine you’re sending energy from your core, your stomach into your arms

And GRIND it, keep pushing away from the bar, keeping supreme tension.

Great Tip #7: Prior To Your Next Rep, Double-check Your Form

Before you carry on for your next rep, recheck to make sure:

* Your feet are still planted

* Your shoulder blades are still pinched together

* Take a breath and then hold it once more to get your intra-abdominal pressure up for a second time…

If you drop a few of these things, re-rack the bar and get yourself into correct position for a second time prior to your next rep. Proper form is more important than doing all your reps all together.

There you go, there are 7 tips to guarantee you build a hulking chest with the Bench Press. Put them into action right away and observe your chest grow!