Too much pressing for one day?

[tonguey]

Hey, I got another one of my questions here.

Im doing IAs 2xweek routine. On chest/shoulders/triceps day I had to change the triceps exercise because skullcrushers made my elbows scream. I switched to Close Grip Bench.

1. The question is: I already do Flat bench and Incline on that day, so would that be too much pressing for one day? Close grip is the ONE triceps excercise that doesnt affect my elbows (aside from kickbacks, lol) and I now love it (I did it for the first time seriously today). Should I keep doing three kinds of presses on that day? or what?

2. Another question is: am I bringing the bar down too low? It felt natural and comfortable to bring it to my lower pec/upper abs area. Is this good form?

3. Had myself a little accident today too. By the time I got to CGBP my front delts, pecs and tris were so fried that I had to use very light weight and even then I couldnt get the number of reps I wanted. I got nailed to the bench and had to do what kwyckemynd00 said (put the bar on my pecs and slide it down, but I only got to my stomach before it hurt like hell, so I just let the weight plates fall on one side then the other. That sucked!). Luckily it was pretty light weight, but it still hurt a lot.

Number three was for your enjoyment. LoL. So those are my CGBP related questions. Thanks y'all.

[exmgq]

an accident in the gym usually constitutes a mess in your pants leg. =0l

[ShortMick]

Hey, I got another one of my questions here.

Im doing IAs 2xweek routine. On chest/shoulders/triceps day I had to change the triceps exercise because skullcrushers made my elbows scream. I switched to Close Grip Bench.

1. The question is: I already do Flat bench and Incline on that day, so would that be too much pressing for one day? Close grip is the ONE triceps excercise that doesnt affect my elbows (aside from kickbacks, lol) and I now love it (I did it for the first time seriously today). Should I keep doing three kinds of presses on that day? or what?

2. Another question is: am I bringing the bar down too low? It felt natural and comfortable to bring it to my lower pec/upper abs area. Is this good form?

3. Had myself a little accident today too. By the time I got to CGBP my front delts, pecs and tris were so fried that I had to use very light weight and even then I couldnt get the number of reps I wanted. I got nailed to the bench and had to do what kwyckemynd00 said (put the bar on my pecs and slide it down, but I only got to my stomach before it hurt like hell, so I just let the weight plates fall on one side then the other. That sucked!). Luckily it was pretty light weight, but it still hurt a lot.

Number three was for your enjoyment. LoL. So those are my CGBP related questions. Thanks y'all.
1) You answered your own question. If you like it, and more importantly if it works, then do it.

2) IMO that is the ideal bar path.

Regards,
-SM

[tonguey]

an accident in the gym usually constitutes a mess in your pants leg.

LOL. I guess youre right. I didnt know what else to call it. It did feel like an accident tho cuz I never misjudge my ability to perform another rep on other excercises. At least not on ones where I could get fvcked if I dont get the rep. But being new to CG I miscalculated and ended up with a sore couple of ribs. LoL.


1) You answered your own question. If you like it, and more importantly if it works, then do it.

2) IMO that is the ideal bar path.


Thanks SM, Ill stick with the three presses. I just get paranoid sometimes about overtraining, even if its localized. Heh.