Hey everyone,since I'm not that far into lifting: should I go a bit lower in weight if my bench lifts are at times uneven?I put 20kg on each side, so it's 40kg + the bar (do you even include that? then 60).right now I can do 8 reps, but the last 3 always seem a bit shaky. they're a lot harder and sometimes I seem to favor my left side over the right side, meaning I lift a bit harder on the left than on the right (although I'm right handed).Usually I do 3 sets à 8 reps in the beginning of my workout and an hour later I do 3 sets à 8 reps on a chest fly machine with 66kg (maybe it's called a butterfly machine, I really don't know). On that machine I haven't really noticed anything off, I seem to handle the weight well on both sides.My question remains: should I go with lower weight on the bench or could I do something else like doing 4x5 reps?Or will my "weaker" side eventually catch up and make my lifts perfectly even?
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>>75467021>Or will my "weaker" side eventually catch up and make my lifts perfectly even?Mine hasn't.I think it's good to do variety. As a beginner I'd stick to 10-20 reps for simplicity and so you don't fuck your joints up.Watch bench tutorials it's "supposed" to be a pretty complex lift and if you do it simple you can get injured.Do face pulls.
>>75467021Seen any elves? Hahaha!
>>75467021OP is a fetcher
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>>75467021Small imbalances are natural. Keep benching as you have unless you think you're actually about to injure yourself because of an imbalance (which isn't likely) and use unilateral exercises to correct deficiencies.
>>75468869still a classic, 23 years laterwhat a fucking banger, how do the nords do it lmao
