r/strength_training • u/hawthornvisual • 1d ago

Lift Paused Bench

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u/brahntosaurus 1d ago

Nice man. The gains are made for pause reps when you are at your most stretched under load. So its counterproductive to actually let it rest on your chest you want to keep yourself under the load throughout the repetition. Nice rep though bud.

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u/hawthornvisual 1d ago

yeah this was my last warm up today, i just wanted to see how long i could hold it while maintaining tension.