Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Do you lift the bar off the bench yourself on the first rep, or does someone help you?
Depends how I'm feeling. Usually I do it on my own until I get to the 125-135 mark.
I warm up at 75lbs/12 reps and 95lbs/8-10reps. My goal is to get 1 rep at 155-160lbs, and aside from the first rep issue, I think i can power my way through it (i've come pretty close to doing it already) I just need that first rep thing figured out.
Apparently some people I lift with believe that lifting the bar off the bench takes a lot of the strength out of you. They are always offering to hand the bar to me, or at least to help me get it off the rack. I don't know if there is any truth here or not, but its something to think about.
The reason I ask all this stuff is because im testing to become a police officer and have to bench 98% of my body weight. At the testing, I can get a lift off, and plan to... I also think I can power my way through lifting the weight if I overcome this first rep issue. I only have to do 1 rep at the testing.
WHAT! When I was at my best, I never could do more than about 75% of my body weight. And I was a monster that was like an oxe relative to others. I could probably do 160 pounds when I weighed 200.
I'm guessing that this is a way of making sure that an officer can man handle someone. But a 100 pound officer in a fight with a 300 pound man has no chance if he can only bench 100 pounds.
Yeah it's all part of Illinois' POWER Test. We're required to:
1) 1 rep Bench @ 98% of your body weight - my issue
2) Run 1.5 miles in about 13:45 (for my age group) - Got this
3) 37 situps in a minute - Got this
4) Sit and Reach test - Got this as well
You can understand why I'm frustrated. Once I accomplish #1 there wont be any limitations.