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re: Can you bench your weight?
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:24 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:24 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Depends on what you consider success really
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Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:28 am to BabyTac
185 hell yeah
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:28 am to BabyTac
I can do 1/2 a rep of my weight. The 1/2 that involves the bar crashing into my chest.
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:28 am to Displaced
quote:If someone is 6’1” 200 lbs and not fat, they have a considerable amount of muscle. 300 lbs would be weight they repped
Never change
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:28 am to JohnnyKilroy
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Most grown men have like >20% bodyfat and don’t exercise. Pretty easy to understand.
exactly....less than 10% of the population in the US does any form of regular resistance training. That 10% includes those that do calisthenics, women who do "body pump" classes etc
so yea....pretty sure most people can not.
now those that lift regularly & conssitstently....pretty common.
for the PPSA crew....pretty much an absolute
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:29 am to Proximo
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Depends on what you consider success really
If you define success as being advanced and towards the top percentile, you are going to go through a lot of failure.
Im not saying 1.5x is some amazing lift, it's not, but for your average dude in the gym a couple times a week, that's going to be pretty hard to achieve.
I, of course, am at at least 1.6x BW right now, but I only bench once a week.
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:29 am to lsufan9193969700
quote:the average man is like 5'9 195 lbs and size 36 pants
I don't understand how a grown man could not bench his own body weight at least once.
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:29 am to Mingo Was His NameO
quote:Doesnt that kinda meet the definition of “success”?
1.5x bodyweight on bench press is a very high end intermediate, getting close to advanced bench press.
Success shouldn’t be barely being above not very weak
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:30 am to lsupride87
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If someone is 6’1” 200 lbs and not fat, they have a considerable amount of muscle. 300 lbs would be weight they repped
At 200 lbs, a 312 lb max bench press would make you an advanced lifter at that exercise.
Retard
This post was edited on 8/29/22 at 8:31 am
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:30 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Yeah I’m just saying that his perception might be skewed toward subjective goals and not society on average
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:31 am to BabyTac
No im 6'2 and ~50lb too fat to even be "not fat" much less shredded, so the cards are stacked against me for now
Max bench is ~205.. think my next workout program is going to be working towards hitting 225.
Max bench is ~205.. think my next workout program is going to be working towards hitting 225.
This post was edited on 8/29/22 at 8:34 am
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:32 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Someone that is 200lbs, ripped, on a 6’1” frame is going to be elite you retard
That’s kinda how you get to that size
That’s kinda how you get to that size
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:33 am to lsupride87
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Someone that is 200lbs, ripped, on a 6’1” frame is going to be elite you retard
And they almost certainly still can't bench 315 for reps
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:35 am to BabyTac
you know everyone on the OT can lift at least 2 to 3 times their weight easily.
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:35 am to BabyTac
In my 30s, I could. At 41, probably not. My exercise nowadays is pickle ball and biking around neighborhood.
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:36 am to Mingo Was His NameO
I said they would rep with 300….
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:37 am to lsupride87
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I said they would rep with 300….
So let's just concede they are an advance lifter and can bench press 315 (which is wrong but whatever). You are contending they can do multiple sets and reps at 95%+ of their max?
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:38 am to lsufan9193969700
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I don't understand how a grown man could not bench his own body weight at least once.
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve liked holding onto certain fitness milestones to ensure I’m not slacking off. The ones I try to hit every year:
-Bench body weight
-Do same number of unbroken burpees as years old
-Do a third as many unbroken pull-ups as years old (this one I’ll have to drop to a quarter soon as will be tough once I hit 40+)
-Do half as many unbroken push-ups as years old
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:38 am to lsupride87
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The average American male weighs 198 lbs. so the answer is hell no for the average person
This seems really low, I would have thought this number would be higher. Are they counting kids?
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:38 am to BabyTac
not any more.
right shoulder is pretty much done.
had a surgery, but did very little to help pain, range of motion, or strength.
at somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 extension, my strength is almost non existent now.
right shoulder is pretty much done.
had a surgery, but did very little to help pain, range of motion, or strength.
at somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 extension, my strength is almost non existent now.
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