Benching the Monolith Program Spreadsheet (2026)

Benching the Monolith Program Spreadsheet

By Kyle Risley
Last updated April 18, 2020

Experience level: Intermediate
Weeks: 6
Periodization: Undulating Periodization
Meet prep program: No
Program goal: Powerlifting, Strength
Uses RPE: No
Uses 1RM Percentage(%): Yes

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Benching the Monolith is a version of Jim Wendler’s Building the Monolith program that focuses on, you guessed it, the bench press.

Original program by Jim Wendler, program variation via /u/BenchPolkov

Benching the Monolith | LiftVault.com

About Kyle Risley

Kyle Risley founded Lift Vault in 2016 to make finding great powerlifting programs easier. Since then, the site has grown to include hundreds of programs for strength, bodybuilding, Olympic weightlifting, and more. He currently lives in Massachusetts and continues to compete in powerlifting.