So I’ve been slamming the idea of bodybuilders laying on a bench and doing these heavy barbell presses while pushing the bar up in the air. I’ve never explained why in detail really, so here is my take on why I find barbell pressing pretty foolish.

No. 1 – I find it nothing more of a showoff of other bodybuilders, big time. It’s like, “GGggggrrrrrrrrrrr….I can lift 350 lbs barbell on a bench and you can’t, bwahahahaha…”. I look at it as bodybuilders trying to impress other people in the gym.

No 2. – I find it as a cover up that they are not real good at fitness like they think they are.

No. 3 – It is a brutal workout and it could kill your energy doing other workouts. Especially your cardio.

There you have it. Those are reasons why I disagree with it. I know plenty of great chest exercises that is way better than benching. It is possible to get huge chest pecs without benching. It’s not really important and not needed. I’ll probably do benching like once in a blue moon when really needed.

I don’t workout to impress people and not to show off how I tough and cool I look. I do it to become an athletic person. In high school, I never played sports so this is my chance to become athletic.

Kev

One way I got the fit physique in a short period of time is training with intensity. That is one way to do it. I mean with “intensity”. Means being brutal in your training. That’s not by doing light weights and doing less reps all the time. I mean workin out fuckin’ hard! I like going with the intensity. Doing the full 10 reps nonstop, with only 30 seconds rest in between, that’s it. With intensity, you want to sweat like a pig and breathing really hard after a workout. Making one last rep being hard to lift. That’s intensity. You might feel a little sore a few days, but you want to feel a little sore. Not pain, but a little sore is okay ’cause it means your muscles are working. You’re feeling the burn. That’s what it’s doing. That’s what you want to do. I would like to film myself working out to show how “intense” I like to train but I don’t have a camera person to hold the camera for me at the gym. I will try to get someone to do it very soon. I do plan on making workout videos soon, I just need someone I know to volunteer to videotape my workout sessions, I will get someone on my own. I’ll get someone from Greenwich to be my camera man.

I probably won’t be doing barbell presses on a bench that much, probably hardly at all ’cause honestly, I find it kind of silly to me and a little weak. People think benching is important in bodybuilding but I’ve read that if you don’t want to do it, then you don’t have to. There are plenty of other chest exercises that can work your pecs even stronger than a bench. I find pushups and dumbell flies/presses to do the trick, I like those better.

I love being fit and healthy. It is definitely a huge life changer. I have gotten so strict on my nutrition than ever before. I avoid anything with high fructose corn syrup at all costs now, at least I try to. I recently discovered Quinoa to add to my nutritional health programs. I’ve been looking online for recipes to make Quinoa with. Quinoa is the best meal for bodybuilding. High in protein and high in Iron. Just got some from the store, but you can’t eat it like that, gotta have a recipe with it. Can use it for either breakfast, lunch and dinner. Even a before bed snack. There are plenty of Quinoa recipes online and trying to decide what looks good to me.

I’m starting to blog at night only now ’cause I like to do other things during the day. Not only working my day job, but also do fitness, guitar playing, video games, etc. Like to keep myself busy. I got some news to catch up on to post tonight.

Kev