How much can you bench?

[xSkyDrAx]

The most i benched was 155 and I weighed 115lbs then so I guess that was pretty decent.

 

[amol]

i get about 6000 3dmarks, no sweat

 

[CCCHeel]

Most I ever did was 265 (I weigh 150).

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
What is more popular these days? The sit-down machines like they have in gyms or workout equipment, or the standard "free weights"? Bowflex?

For bench, it'll always be the barbell.

 

[Turkish]

I worked out after posting in this thread early afternoon and I think I'm getting better. On Friday, I benched 225 x 4 with some help at the last rep. 225 x 4 with no help at all today, give me a beer

 

[toekramp]

at my peak, i have done 300, right now? 225 mmmmmmmmmaybe once

 

[imported_Chemist]

Distance running doesn't exactly provide for large benching ability.

 

[Whisper]

310-320...I'm hesitant to try and find out exactly how much for fear of screwing my shoulder all to hell, though.

 

[cchen]

Currently, doing about 3 sets of 6-8 of 185, 1 rep max ~ 225 I was so much stronger in the summer...

 

[moomoo40moo]

310 before I started hs football earlier this year. Weigh about 185. I wish I would have taken some kind of protein shakes or something regularly. I tried them once, but almost threw up because of the chunks, etc... O well

 

[yhelothar]

160lbs for me. I'm 5'6 and 122lbs.
Took me 3 years of lifting to get here

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: vood0g

Originally posted by: Deeko
245, I'm 5'6" and I weight 155. Not that impressive...my squat is much better, 345 max.

hey that's not bad at all. i am about that build (5'6 155ish), but most of it is flab.

Its not bad, but its nothing spectacular. my bench is proportionaly one of my weakest muscles, along with my bi's...funny, the two muscle groups the average non-serious weight lifter puts all their time into. The 'beach muscles'.

LOL Beach Muscles:roll:

I take it being 80 years old you don't hear people every january saying 'man i got to get to the gym to look good for the beach at spring break', and have them go work their chest and bi's.

old man, tread not where you do not understand.

I understand that you are a half pint lying little piece of sh!t.

What kind of muscles can one develop in 3 or 4 months? I understand that you've stated before that you've gained over 35 lbs of muscle in under a year but I just figured that was another of your tall tales seeing that would be more than 1/5 of your whole body weight.

BTW little man, doing chest exercize works more than just one muscle group as does most compouind exercises.

 

[virtuamike]

Hrm, all I do are dumbbells, 60-70# 3 sets of 8. Only been lifting for about a year. Can bench 200# incline on the machine but that doesn't really count.

On the bright side I was a flabby 212 36" waist L shirt 15 months ago. Now I'm a semi-flabby 193 33" waist M shirt, should hit 180-183 easy once I start cutting in a couple weeks. Been lazy all winter, just lifting to bulk up.

 

[Doboji]

405 x 3

But I havent lifted in a few weeks now... so maybe just x1 right now.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: vood0g

Originally posted by: Deeko
245, I'm 5'6" and I weight 155. Not that impressive...my squat is much better, 345 max.

hey that's not bad at all. i am about that build (5'6 155ish), but most of it is flab.

Its not bad, but its nothing spectacular. my bench is proportionaly one of my weakest muscles, along with my bi's...funny, the two muscle groups the average non-serious weight lifter puts all their time into. The 'beach muscles'.

LOL Beach Muscles:roll:

I take it being 80 years old you don't hear people every january saying 'man i got to get to the gym to look good for the beach at spring break', and have them go work their chest and bi's.

old man, tread not where you do not understand.

I understand that you are a half pint lying little piece of sh!t.

What kind of muscles can one develop in 3 or 4 months? I understand that you've stated before that you've gained over 35 lbs of muscle in under a year but I just figured that was another of your tall tales seeing that would be more than 1/5 of your whole body weight.

BTW little man, doing chest exercize works more than just one muscle group as does most compouind exercises.

Actually what I'd stated was that I'd put on about 20 pounds in my first year of lifting at school. I've put on about 35 in the 2.5 years I've been here. If you don't believe me because you're old and don't remember what its like to actually be able to build muscle anymore, well, that's your problem, not mine.

And are you serious?? You mean to tell me bench hits other muscles??? Those wouldn't include the sternal & clavicular head of the pectoralis major(different focus on which head depending on flat/incline/decline), the pectoralis minor, the anterior deltoid, and the triceps, would they?

Get the fvck out of here grandpa. You're just too easy.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Deeko

Actually what I'd stated was that I'd put on about 20 pounds in my first year of lifting at school. I've put on about 35 in the 2.5 years I've been here.

Let's see a pic. 35lbs of muscle added, especially on a short skinny dude would make you one ripped Mofo.

If you don't believe me because you're old and don't remember what its like to actually be able to build muscle anymore, well, that's your problem, not mine.

No I don't remember:roll:

And are you serious?? You mean to tell me bench hits other muscles??? Those wouldn't include the sternal & clavicular head of the pectoralis major(different focus on which head depending on flat/incline/decline), the pectoralis minor, the anterior deltoid, and the triceps, would they?

Yeah the so called "Beach Muscles" that you blather on about

Get the fvck out of here grandpa. You're just too easy.

So sayeth the half pint runt who thinks he is the know all of weight training beause he and his Frat butt buddies spend a couple of hours in the gym a week when they aren't recovering from a week of binge drinking.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Deeko

Actually what I'd stated was that I'd put on about 20 pounds in my first year of lifting at school. I've put on about 35 in the 2.5 years I've been here.

Let's see a pic. 35lbs of muscle added, especially on a short skinny dude would make you one ripped Mofo.

LOL, he says "school." All this is, is a case of a kid filling out and having his final growth spurt.

No one bulks up 20 Lbs of pure muscle in one year unless they either are having their teenage fillout/growth spurt or they are chemically enhanced.

Deeko, how much did your height change in that time?

 

[simms]

He never mentioned it was all muscle....

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: simms
He never mentioned it was all muscle....

He did in the thread where he first mentioned the weight gain. I remember people calling him on it and he foolishly standing by his claim.

Now he acts as if he's some kind of fscking expert. Hitting the gym for a couple of years with your frat buddies doesn't make you an expert. I would hate to see someone get discouraged from weight training based on the BS Deeko spews.

 

[Deeko]

Summer before college, 123 pounds
Spring of freshmany year(after about 4 or 5 months of lifting), 140 pounds
I don't really have any good pictures of me recently, I'm up to about 158 these days.

And ok...so you still haven't said anything to prove me wrong in that the average person who comes in to look better for the beach targets chest/bi's....

I take it your memory is failing you, because I seem to recall you saying you had plateued. Thus my previous statement was correct.

 

[Deeko]

Amused, I'm referring to college. I haven't grown since 9th grade.

I told you, its been 35 since I came to college, up to NOW. It was about 20 freshman year. Of the 35, maybe 5 of it has been fat. If that.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Amused, I'm referring to college. I haven't grown since 9th grade.

I told you, its been 35 since I came to college, up to NOW. It was about 20 freshman year. Of the 35, maybe 5 of it has been fat. If that.

The body continues growing, either up, or out, until you are 22-25.

My shoulders became much wider in my early 20s. Not muscular, but the bone structure changed. This is normal. It was such a change that the Army shirts and jackets I was issued just a couple years before fit me like I got them as a little boy.

 

[EXman]

At least one bench maybe two.

~my weight probably~

 

[callmesteve]

When I was in high school, I weighed 135, and benched 175


edit - forgot to mention, now that I'm in college, I weigh 150, and can bench only a big mac.... woe to me

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Summer before college, 123 pounds
Spring of freshmany year(after about 4 or 5 months of lifting), 140 pounds

Deeko, your body structure obviously chaged between those two pics. That happens at that age. The chest fills out and the shoulders become wider. Mine happened in my early 20s and added signifigant weight to me.

No doubt you filled out with a bit of muscle, too. But you have to realize a person is still growing and filling out in their late teens and early 20s.