bench comp in 5 months

[ijustmegdu]

about a month ago i entered my first bench comp. weighted in at 174 and won with a bench of 327. this was comp was pretty serious in the upper classes, but not in mine, so i won easily. my next one on april 23 with be much harder and i want to do well. can someone plese give me a basic break down of how i should train for the next 5 months? i've been told if i can't get my bench up, i should drop 30lbs or gain about that. dropping is not an option and gaining doesn't seem logical, but i would be willing to try. 185 right now.
thanks
that bench was raw, now shirt, tape, wraps...ect, everything was allowed, i just didn't have/do it, next time i might.

[DomesticSpecial]

Bro i have a shirt if you need one.....ive out grown it, and it is longer any use to me.....Its an inzer let me know if you would like it.....its in perfect condition....i will let it go for $50. i was at your weight when i purchased the shirt.

thanks
domestic

Originally Posted by ijustmegdu

about a month ago i entered my first bench comp. weighted in at 174 and won with a bench of 327. this was comp was pretty serious in the upper classes, but not in mine, so i won easily. my next one on april 23 with be much harder and i want to do well. can someone plese give me a basic break down of how i should train for the next 5 months? i've been told if i can't get my bench up, i should drop 30lbs or gain about that. dropping is not an option and gaining doesn't seem logical, but i would be willing to try. 185 right now.
thanks
that bench was raw, now shirt, tape, wraps...ect, everything was allowed, i just didn't have/do it, next time i might.

[dug]

so what exactly do the shirts do for you? i should probably search for the answer but thought i'd just ask cause it probably wont take much typing to tell me . damn, you got 327lbs and your 174lbs. im at 182lbs and can only do probably 235lbs right now .

[Juggernauttx]

Originally Posted by ijustmegdu

about a month ago i entered my first bench comp. weighted in at 174 and won with a bench of 327. this was comp was pretty serious in the upper classes, but not in mine, so i won easily. my next one on april 23 with be much harder and i want to do well. can someone plese give me a basic break down of how i should train for the next 5 months? i've been told if i can't get my bench up, i should drop 30lbs or gain about that. dropping is not an option and gaining doesn't seem logical, but i would be willing to try. 185 right now.
thanks
that bench was raw, now shirt, tape, wraps...ect, everything was allowed, i just didn't have/do it, next time i might.

Training westside is one option, another program I found effective was Paul Kelso's bench specializing program in his book Powerlifting Basics: Texas Style. It is a simple program, but effective. Good luck