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When you drill down, it comes down to HOW you chose to create mechanical tension and HOW you chose to recruit more motor units.
Depending on which you choose, will dictate how much muscle you can build IMO
The exercise that most people have never even seen that can build your chest and pressing power the most
It’s an exercise that has no home, no faction has made it famous. Allow me to share the benefits
First, you actually already use this concept on other exercises. You barbell row, and you single arm row. Why wouldn’t you also barbell bench, and single arm bench?
Second, most people would agree they have a stronger side. Usually the dominant arm is stronger. This exercise is great for ensuring you don’t have a large strength discrepancy on your arms, and if you do, this exercise can fix that for you.
Single arm pressing is also going to train the core. A lot of people new to this exercise will actually report a lot of abdominal soreness, and you get this from bracing and stabilizing the load on one side and no load on the other. The weight creates a “sling” effect for the core. This is what makes single arm bench much different than just alternating bench.
Lastly I think the triceps are trained much more directly than 2 arm variations which helps transfer to not only bench but overhead press as well