u/Desperate-Cut-9673

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Bench press advice

For the past month on June 1st, I started benching 225 lbs, 4 sets of 8 reps. I’ve had 9 chest days since, and so far I can’t seem to push any more reps in. I’ll try for 9 reps, but then my next set tops out at 7 or 6 reps, ultimately resulting in the same number of overall reps total. I feel like I should be doing at least 4 sets of 12 by this point, but my body just won’t cooperate. Any advice?
I should add that my rest time between sets is 45 to 60 seconds.

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u/Desperate-Cut-9673 — 10 days ago

New here

34, 5’10, 210lbs. I’m in my bulking phase, so I’m a little self-conscious of my belly at the moment, but I’ll update more as I progress.

u/Desperate-Cut-9673 — 19 days ago