Throwing in my 2 cents. I fell into the "higher" rep range only because I didn't know better and my partner at the time had been working out for years and took me under his wing and we did 3x8 for almost everything. After a year I went on my own and fell into the 10 rep range for a bit and shortly after that I joined the Forum and dropped into a lower rep range. I'd say I've gained the most off of lower rep range (5x5, 3x5, 5x3, 1x5 ) compound movements than anything else.
I've also heard my fair share of complaints from whinning bitches when it comes to bench. And I've seen alot of people get hurt because they automatically think they can go from zero to powerlifting, nobody wants to set a foundation and then they get injured and lose every gains they've ever made in life. Worse yet is when people ask a question about how to improve on this lift or what should I do to bulk up, only to have them look at you as if you've got the words "Fuck you" tatooed across your forehead.
Best story I've gotten about bench was some dinkwad telling me that bringing the bar any lower than 4 inches off your chest will fuck your shoulders....when I asked where he got that info from, he replies "It fuckin happened to me man, I'm fucked"....only to find out he was benching every goddamned day for a 5x10 on flat, incline and decline bench.....wait for it....then going back to flat for a set of forced reps with about 125% of his 1RM for 8 reps....wtf?
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