Are the "High reps low weight for hypertrophy" and

>>39800641
>Do some people just respond better to high volume for strength or something?
Most likely, yes. Still, there could be several reasons for your BP stalling like that, so attributing the breakthrough to just doing high volume might be misguided.

It's all bullshit. If you progress in weight no matter what the reps you will get stronger. Size is directly related to strength.

>>39800641
did you make any other changes to your routine at all besides the rep scheme on bench?

Novel stimulus = large adaptation

>>39800843
Nah just the volume. One thing I could mention is that I started doing weighted pull ups instead of just pullups and my lats have gotten a lot bigger, but that's the only significant change I can think of. Maybe my bigger lats help stabilize my bench?

>>39800641
Congratulatins, Anon. You just figured out one of the golden rules of weight training: what 'works' differs from person to person. I had exactly the same problem, got stuck on 2pl8. After a while I switched to volume training and did 50 reps of 1pl8 bench press in as few sets as possible. After about a month of this (and eating right, which is also key) I tested my 1rm again and could bench lmao 2.25pl8 for 2 quality reps.

>>39800641
I'm in a similar (albeit weaker) spot as you.

BP stalling at 1RM of 200, been fiddling around for months with 3-5 sets of 165-175 by 5 warming up trying to push beyond to no avail.

Your post reminded my of German Volume Training, so maybe I'll try that and see how it goes for a while. 10x10 at 60% of my BP 1RM is about 115.

Would GVT be useful for a single stalling muscle group, or should a person commit to a full GVT program?

>>39801055
OP here. Can't answer your question about GVT, but I will say that another thing that helped me a lot when switching to higher reps was to go slow, controller, and really SQUEEZE the pecs at the top of the movement. When you're done you;ll have a huge chest pump and you'll feel like you've really worked them.