Bench Press Purpose

[martn76]

@speedster12

I think taking more of a powerlifting form is ok as long as the arch isnt severe. As far as HGH and other hormones being released there was a thread a while back on it, and it appeared that most came to the conclusion that rendered hormone release during training to be relativley insignificant. Maybe someone can bring it up???

Also, if i recall correctly, CF mentioned the bench as only acting as a significant stimulus when the weight is high enough. I think it would be interesting to discuss when its use as a potentiation method would be most beneficial (as far as how heavy it needs to be). Is there a particular threshold for such stimulatory effects?

Probably anything from 85% upwards will lead to potentiation with 90% and 95% leading to a greater potentiation. Short term potentiation likely to be anything between five and ten minutes. Longer term, likely to last from 1-5 days?