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Is it okay to do bench press every workout?

Even if this exercise is one of your favorites, don't rush to include the bench press in your daily workout routine — and here’s why. Can you do bench press every workout?

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Advantages

Of course, frequent performance of this exercise will help improve your technique and eliminate the "bad habits" that we have developed over time. The more often we bench, the more consistent we can be in our technique, which will lead to improved movement patterns and ultimately to better bench pressing.

Disadvantages

Doing bench press every workout can lead to more problems than solutions, especially if we have nagging upper body injuries or if we are simply more prone to injuries. The additional stress from doing bench press daily may be too much for the muscles, joints, and ligaments of the upper body. By the way, you will have less time for other exercises: if we try to train several complex movements every day of the week without rest, we might jeopardize our performance by exceeding the maximum recoverable volume.