In your efforts to achieve a new bench PR, you've probably been burning the candle pretty hot. Trying a lot of new things, adding volume, increasing frequency, benching heavier, you name it! In that hot pursuit you have probably accumulated a lot of fatigue. This deload will help rest your body and heal your nervous system

Pausing is super important! Not just for sport specific practice (powerlifting pause), but to develop strength where it's most necessary... off the chest! Developing more tension in the bottom position is something that will serve your bench well!

At the root of it all, we want to get better at our 1RM performance! Not how many reps we can do, but how much weight we can lift for one rep. Performing a single can be very unique from performing reps from a technical standpoint. This program will give you plenty of heavy singles practice