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re: Bech Press: Body Weight Standards............... Where do you fit in?

Posted on 4/7/20 at 2:39 pm to
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171955 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 2:39 pm to
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181-pound body weight: 130 pounds (untrained); 165 pounds (novice); 200 pounds (intermediate)


I haven’t benched in years, but I could probably do at least 200. I maxed at 185ish in HS and I was 160lbs soaking wet when I graduated.
Posted by Duane Dibbley
Red Dwarf
Member since Nov 2011
1747 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 3:09 pm to
I'm old with a bad back, so I doubt that I could do one Bech press right now.
What did Brett weigh 185? No way I could do that.
Posted by LSUtwolves
Member since Jun 2016
1098 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 4:02 pm to
That’s pretty weak, tbh

I’m 181

My bench days are 7 sets:
185 x 20
225 x 12
245 x 10
255 x 7-8
275 x 5-6
295 x 3-4
305 x 1-2

Then incline, decline, and flys
This post was edited on 4/7/20 at 4:07 pm
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
85724 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 4:03 pm to
Between novice and intermediate. makes sense because I went several years without lifting any weights before I got back into it over the summer.


shite im going to be weak as frick when the gym re opens.


Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
109620 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 4:15 pm to
quote:

Bech Press


Probably a tad easier than the Wilcox Pressed based on these numbers.

Posted by touchdownjeebus
Member since Sep 2010
26041 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 4:18 pm to
quote:

My first lift back in the gym when they open is going to be awful.


Dude, I can’t wait. This blows.
Posted by bnb9433
Member since Jan 2015
14738 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 4:23 pm to
220 lbs

Typical flat bench lift:
185 x 15
225 x 10 x 2
275 x 8
315 x 2

haven't maxed in years but my guess would be ~365
Posted by CharlesLSU
Member since Jan 2007
33243 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 4:27 pm to
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*242-pound body weight: 145 pounds (untrained); 190 pounds (novice); 230 pounds (intermediate)


Currently 235 lbs.

Even without training, I am good for north of 10x225

6 weeks ago was last chest routine and hit the 110# dumbbells for 12 reps.

Both rotators are ruined from a lifetime of heavy lifting. Best bench feat was 315 for 18 reps.

ETA: best ever was 495 weighing around 300.
This post was edited on 4/7/20 at 4:30 pm
Posted by bnb9433
Member since Jan 2015
14738 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 4:32 pm to
quote:

Best bench feat was 315 for 18 reps.


solid
Posted by CocoLoco
Member since Jan 2012
29108 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 5:02 pm to
6’2 220. I can maybe do 225 3 times, 5 tops currently. I don’t workout bench like that anymore. I do way more HIIT style workouts. When I played football and had a regimen to build bulk I could rep 225 for around 20.
Posted by Dupont3
Keithville
Member since Nov 2011
1942 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 5:07 pm to
Weigh 160
Max at 215...
Posted by YipSkiddlyDooo
Member since Apr 2013
3786 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 5:07 pm to
I weigh 180. I’m “advanced” at the moment (295). I was “elite” in college and in medical school (355)

This is the OT, why did you stop at intermediate?
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
9757 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 5:09 pm to
At my best I was 185 throwing up 235. Nothing all that crazy.

Right now I'm 210, last time I was in the gym I could hit 2 plates and not much else.
Posted by BRmike
Member since Oct 2013
40 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 5:12 pm to
163lb body weight. benched 290 a few weeks ago. Probably have gone down 10lbs since all the gyms are closed.
Posted by Errerrerrwere
Member since Aug 2015
42571 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 5:15 pm to
315 @ 12 reps. 10 sets

Body weight 205
This post was edited on 4/7/20 at 5:16 pm
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
72764 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 5:19 pm to
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Bech Press
Too small of a village to support a newspaper.

On the Moselle Valley in Luxembourg.



Definitely an “Off Topic” thread.

Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2013
22532 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 5:20 pm to
I'm slightly below elite at 220 right now.

Way above when training for it.

Best 435 @ 205
This post was edited on 4/7/20 at 5:21 pm
Posted by LSUtwolves
Member since Jun 2016
1098 posts
Posted on 4/7/20 at 6:03 pm to
That’s a fricking lot
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