How much can you bench thread??

[fallen soul]

Stolle this idea from EDacIouSX and his Pushup Challenge Thread!! This is not a pissing contest just a thread for anyone that wants advice or even motivation.! I started my max bench around 150 like 8 months ago and just hit 315 once monday! So i have been making huge improvments. How is everyone else doing? I have been at the gym 5 days a week for some time now.

[SexPanda]

When I lifted weights back in highschool, I think I maxed at 350. But I couldn't do more than 10 pushups or 1 pull up and I ran the mile in 12 minutes. I was a lineman.

Now I can do a few pullups, and I can do about 40 pushups in a minute,and I can run the mile in about 9.30. I think my max is only like 175 now though.

[DALAZ_68]

my max has been and will always be 270...pretty fucking week for my size...

[TiNMAN]

1 8 0

[Project3328]

i did 225 22 times didnt try my max tho even won a medal lol im on the right 6ft 205lbs

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/ProjectP/225champs.jpg

[S14_Kouki]

IDK a tank

[BTP]

my MAX was 180 but that was years ago in HS football.i don't really work out as much as i used to after numerous shoulder injury's.

[dOMEmE]

300!!!!...........two years ago =[ now...no idea...oh and if you like your hair dont use No2 Explode! makes your hair start falling off...lol... use creakic from muscle tech that stuff is amazing! anabolic suppliments were my friends back then, grew kinda fast though so my arms have stretch marks....oh and im 5'9 170 pounds by the way...some sort of protein after work out is a must by the way....

[DJDANGER24]

last year my max was 295! almost 300 but couldn't do 300 if my life depended on it.

[SR_Vlurs]

300 but that was the last years in high school since then gotten lazy....

[zylvia213]

325lbs was my max about 1 year ago....

[ESmorz]

Your girlfriend.

Unless she's fat.

[BustedS13]

i can lift the bar

[97nismo]

215 max never can get 225, i weigh in at 148

[obsolete]

damn lot of strong dudes here

[japslapsilvia]

most i ever did was 255.. at the time i weighed 140 ish....suffered a back injury (not related) and am SLOWLY working my way back up....after a 6month "break" im back and am at 185..like once....it was pathetic :( lol!

[Dalton918]

whatever a 2000 dodge neon weighs. (It only happens when the wheel is off and the lower control arm is crushing my leg.

[SC_S13]

goddamn, you guys are either big and/or pretty swoll. I started getting serious about half a year ago, but I only get to go to the gym onces a week during the summer. my max is 155 at the moment. i'm 5'8, 140 pounds.

[I LUV MY S13]

Stolle this idea from EDacIouSX and his Pushup Challenge Thread!! This is not a pissing contest just a thread for anyone that wants advice or even motivation.! I started my max bench around 150 like 8 months ago and just hit 315 once monday! So i have been making huge improvments. How is everyone else doing? I have been at the gym 5 days a week for some time now.

its almost impossible to jump this much weight in such short time..i HIGHLY doubt its true

anyways last i checked my max was 200..that was 2 yrs ago

[DrtyRat]

When i was working out all of the time, I think it was about 275-285 anD I weighed in at 165lbs.

[SexPanda]

I gotta start hitting the gym again... Mostly to loose some weight, but I want to get my huge ripply arms back lol. Its really funny to have a beer gut and big arms at the same time lol.

[hOngsterr]

i weigh 120 and i benched a plate.
didnt strive to find my max cuz my shoulders started feeling it.

[Genovese.Jr]

its almost impossible to jump this much weight in such short time..i HIGHLY doubt its true

anyways last i checked my max was 200..that was 2 yrs ago

i dont with in weeks i had went from 230-285 at 4 houre a day weight lifting and running conditioning im also 6,4 255

[Project3328]

dude 8 months can transform a lot of ppl so i do believe in his gains. I doubt anyone here is being truthful.. im the only on that posted a pic haha all u little duudes

[driftking777]

dude 8 months can transform a lot of ppl so i do believe in his gains. I doubt anyone here is being truthful.. im the only on that posted a pic haha all u little duudes

I agree lol

Back in high school when i was 135lbs (wrestling, awesome...) i was up to 240lbs on bench. However im probably only at 175lbs now lol. and now i weigh 160. damn not working out any more.

recent picture (so your not the only guy posting pictures...lol)

this is from my starting working out again photo #1...lol

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/driftking777/Misc/DSC00581.jpg

damn photo diaries of working out.

[Kamburrito]

i was 5'11" - 220lbs - maxxed at 325.


i<3 weight training class.


now i cant even bench 235. soo saddd.. damned american foods.

[lewisfk]

The last time I maxed out I got up 305. My new goal is to get in the 325 range or more but remain at 7% less body fat and keep all my run times consistent when I weighed 155. My current weight is 170.

[doogstein]

i can lift the bar

LOL im pretty much with you. I was a track star. 40 in 4.46 in High School and the mile in 5:37. Haven't tried to do either in quite some time but i would expect my 40 time to be around high 4.5-mid 4.6 and the mile to be in the low 7 mark. I weighed 165 in high school and only weigh 150 now (got sick and lost 20 lbs in 3 weeks and have been unable to gain any weight back in 2 years.)

[sr20sean]

i weight 132.4 (just weighed myself earlier) and i bench 165. never really try to go past that cause im not really trying to become massive. my max a few years ago at the end of 10th grade was 205. i try to do mainly core/legs more now since kickboxing/mma requires more then just chest(no i dont specialize in specific types of fighting i just do it weekly with friends. i cant afford real training so i just do kickboxing classes at the gym i go to and train on my own/look up training guides online haha)

[fallen soul]

dude 8 months can transform a lot of ppl so i do believe in his gains. I doubt anyone here is being truthful.. im the only on that posted a pic haha all u little duudes


lol ill post a video of me doing it soon, u are wayyyy bigger than me lol i am 170ish and 5'10. In that pic you look swole as fuck. And i did the 225 test and only got to 13 which aint to bad for my lil frame. Everyone keep posting up!

most i ever did was 255.. at the time i weighed 140 ish....suffered a back injury (not related) and am SLOWLY working my way back up....after a 6month "break" im back and am at 185..like once....it was pathetic :( lol!
Just keep at it you will get up there fast. How many times do you do chest a week? I have found it better for me to do once a week with a 12 (warm up) 8, 6,4(this is your heavy one),6 sets.

[fallen soul]

LOL im pretty much with you. I was a track star. 40 in 4.46 in High School and the mile in 5:37. Haven't tried to do either in quite some time but i would expect my 40 time to be around high 4.5-mid 4.6 and the mile to be in the low 7 mark. I weighed 165 in high school and only weigh 150 now (got sick and lost 20 lbs in 3 weeks and have been unable to gain any weight back in 2 years.)


That is one hell of a mile time.! I do right around 7ish min mile and 11:29 on the mile and half i have been tranning for the police academy which is in like 4 weeks now :naughtyd:

[RurouniMidnight]

over 9000!

[SaintlyCharBoy]

yep. i'm a fatass, 5'3" 160 lbs, i push 205 for 8 reps, but just can't get 225 to move

[xpertsnowcarver]

Daaanngg... I remember when I was a sophomore weighing 135, I was able to bench 155. Since then its been down hill... Now that I weight 155 and lost my technique, I can't even control the bar at 100. Man I miss high school football.

Anyone ever make the 1000lb clubs and what not?

[90hatchie]

i did 160 8 times and felt like i was gonna die lol
im like a twig lol
im 5 11 and 138 pounds

[Vision Garage]

Last i checked, I was maxing out around 255. Should be pretty close to that!

[Dutchmalmiss]

I weigh 150 and can max out at 225. Used to be a track runner so I was always pretty lean. This bulking up stuff is new to me.

[doogstein]

That is one hell of a mile time.! I do right around 7ish min mile and 11:29 on the mile and half i have been tranning for the police academy which is in like 4 weeks now :naughtyd:

11 1/2 is a very good time thats for sure. next time you run try to move your feet about a 1/4 sec faster than you normally would and you would be surprised how much that would help your time without exerting much more energy. I only tried running 3 miles a couple time but i was able to do it in high 17 to low 19 mark which was decent if you ran track. My high school track team was best in FL and top 3 in the country we were unstoppable in most events. 3 years in a row we had the FL track athlete of the year with 3 different people. My buddy Walter Dix is the guy who got 2 bronze medals in track at the past Olympics in Beijing. Miss being in that good of shape

[kaking]

335lbs a couple months ago. I can probally get the 350 now.
Im 6ft 200lbs(lift 3x a week)

[fallen soul]

335lbs a couple months ago. I can probally get the 350 now.
Im 6ft 200lbs(lift 3x a week)


daymn... now thats decent, whats ur work out like for your chest?

[udon!]

id be lucky if i could bench 100. no joke haha
im 6'2 @ 146lbs

[AznDrftr.]

365 is my max now i believe, havent done it about a month or so.

im only 6'2 about 189lbs.

im tryin to break 200 for the life of it, but cant.

need to eat more.

[fallen soul]

id be lucky if i could bench 100. no joke haha
im 6'2 @ 146lbs

lol if u kept at it you would be up in no time. And your lucky im 5'10 :(

[LimeLite Racing]

AT LEAST 20....maybe 30 pounds.































Times Infinity!

[mothon]

My max has been 225 for the past year or so. Maybe I hit my plateau, and i have been so busy with school and working ive only been able to go to the gym 2 or 3 times a week, and Im not eating enough.

[jayrawr]

45 pound bar alone.

[sw20>>s14]

wow, some real meat heads on zilvia, haha jk...might be a good idea to state your weight and form too...some people go all the way down, and some stop at 90 degrees...im not saying whats right or whats wrong, but i used to only do 90 and recently (within a month) started full range of motion...blame all the people in my life that told me 90 was the way to go...well, i personally am going to stick with "touch chest"...

i weigh 145, have about 11% body fat:

-90 degrees: 225 (5 reps) not sure of max
-all the way down: 195 (1 rep max so far)

how much do you guys snatch/clean/jerk/thrust, etc.?

btw: crossfit > everything...<3 crossfit

[rc1honda]

245 is my max. My chest is my weakest part of me. Im making big gains in everything else but my chest. I was told by some buddies to move from the flat bench and use dumbells. They say the dumbell focuses on balance more and teaches you good form and how to use your whole body more.

[sr20sean]

245 is my max. My chest is my weakest part of me. Im making big gains in everything else but my chest. I was told by some buddies to move from the flat bench and use dumbells. They say the dumbell focuses on balance more and teaches you good form and how to use your whole body more.
what you were told is very true. i mainly use dumbells in place of an actual bar. it works more muscle groups.

[silpena]

last time i was at 255x4 i never max out. I rarely bench. Too easy to tear pec and tear your shoulder apart. I injured my shoulder 6 months :( havent gottren it fixed it so no hard chest workouts for me.
I mainly use dumbbells, cables and machines. I can narrow bench more than regular bench. My tri's overpower my chest but chest is not lagging. PPl think i can bench more than i look but i cant lol i can db bench press more.

[Slammed180]

When I was working out for about a year, I maxed out at 140lbs.
I'm 6'2" and was 140lbs. I'm bigger now, but haven't been able to get back into weight lifting for almost 2 years.

[Chad4061]

whatever a 2000 dodge neon weighs. (It only happens when the wheel is off and the lower control arm is crushing my leg.
are you serious!!!...my all time max was 275. I weighed about 185 at the time.

[AznDrftr.]

Yea i only go half way, 90 degree. I've heard many (bigger guys and some heavy weightlifters) say it too that i know.

Not to mention, only to do so when your comfortable with the weight, then touch chest.

[irax]

I maxed at 400 once, thought i could do it a second time but i nearly collapsed my throat.

but that was like..... 5 years ago. right now i think i would have trouble pushing up 250 have been out of shape. now i do more cardio

[Chad4061]

LOL im pretty much with you. I was a track star. 40 in 4.46 in High School and the mile in 5:37. Haven't tried to do either in quite some time but i would expect my 40 time to be around high 4.5-mid 4.6 and the mile to be in the low 7 mark. I weighed 165 in high school and only weigh 150 now (got sick and lost 20 lbs in 3 weeks and have been unable to gain any weight back in 2 years.)

ive never timed my 40 but i have gotten a 5:30 for my mile time before...more of a endurance runner that short sprinter!

[soldiaboy]

[email protected]

[dOMEmE]

45 pound bar alone.

liar your chest sticks out further than your nose!!! YOUR HELLA BUFF!

[missinpistons]

i dont know what they put in that east coast water but %80 of these max reps dont match up with size and weight.

im 5'6.. 181 lbs and %10 body fat and my max bench is 255 8x's.

[Bubbles]

About tree fiddy.

[jspaeth]

This is the equivalent of a how long is your ding-dong thread with a suspiciously large percentage of answers in the 8-9" range.

[Bubbles]

Never understood the allure of lying about your dick size to other guys.

Seems a little suspect.

[DeathMetal]

i dont know what they put in that east coast water but %80 of these max reps dont match up with size and weight.

im 5'6.. 181 lbs and %10 body fat and my max bench is 255 8x's.

I believe something is a bit fishy as well. Yours factors up correctly. Someone with as short of arms as you (should) have, could easily lift that considering you have to push weight at a shorter distance than a taller person. Judging by your weight, I'd say you also have quite a bit of muscle too. The extra couple inches on the chest would help the whole distance thing.

You're fairly strong by the way. Good job.

[g-via]

I suck, repeat SUCK, at bench.

I should do it more....

i can squat 255 tho....

[missinpistons]

I suck, repeat SUCK, at bench.

I should do it more....

i can squat 255 tho....


shits on my squat.

[silverdemon16]

its almost impossible to jump this much weight in such short time..i HIGHLY doubt its true

anyways last i checked my max was 200..that was 2 yrs ago


nope it sure is true he did make that improvement cause I was there from the beginning when he started,

and my max was 245, I'm 5'4" 125lbs lol I'm a small guy

[missinpistons]

im gunna call bs on the above post. not to be an asshole but just because its not true.

[silverdemon16]

im gunna call bs on the above post. not to be an asshole but just because its not true.


here's a progress pic, what more do you need lol I told you I'm a small dude haha

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/silverdemon16/thDSC04203.jpg

[missinpistons]

this is a progress pic at 176 lbs. ive since gained 5 lbs and lost 2% bf
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d64/CoreyMar4/June-24_0533-1.jpg

[Howard92884]

I'm 5'11" 196 lbs and just started lifting in June. My one rep max is 265 lbs. I'm sure I can do more but haven't maxed out in 2 weeks.

[Omarius Maximus]

i artificially cap myself at 225. 225 deadlift, squat, and bench. I don't lift for strength, I lift for physique.

[fallen soul]

i dont know what they put in that east coast water but %80 of these max reps dont match up with size and weight.

im 5'6.. 181 lbs and %10 body fat and my max bench is 255 8x's.


What is your one rep max? Im not trying to impress anyone at all, This is the intro web lol, i did 275 la i gotst night 4xs and i felt like i had some left in me. I should have went a lil heavyer and like i posted before i am doing my bench work out with a 12, 8,6,4,6.I have been doing this work out off and on for like 6 months alternating with another plan. Last week me and my partners decided to do a 1 rep max in whichi got to 315. I just went to the dr. and found out im 5'9 :( and 171 pounds. Dnno the body fat, last time i got it checked it was at 6 or 7%.

[fallen soul]

i artificially cap myself at 225. 225 deadlift, squat, and bench. I don't lift for strength, I lift for physique.


What kinda reps are you working at? I ask this because i contuine to go up in strength but not so much in size.

[chris_240sx]

Around 100 lbs for me, lol.
I'm 5'7 and 120 pounds with stick arms :wavey:

[JEDIs13]

This is the equivalent of a how long is your ding-dong thread with a suspiciously large percentage of answers in the 8-9" range.

:rofl:


I'm 6'0" 180 lbs and im benching 235 right now, I just started lifting again this month. My old max was 285 in my junior year when i played football, i weighed about 195 back then.

[Omarius Maximus]

What kinda reps are you working at? I ask this because i contuine to go up in strength but not so much in size.

14-12-10

focusing on the negatives...1 second up, 2 seconds down

My last set is usually something like 195.

Every 3-4 weeks, I'll change it up, decrease reps and move the weight up to 225.

[khmerguy618]

don't really use the barbell for bench, but w/ dumbells i can do 75lbs for 12-15. I don't go much higher since i usually don't have a spot.

pull ups i can do w/ a 45lb plate about 15 for 3sets

dips i can do w/ 2 45lb and 1 35lb plate for 2sets of 12.

I gained hella weight when i went back to hawaii so i'm 185 now.

but I was doing about teh same weight when i was 155 6-7months ago, which kinda sucks.

5'10" 185lbs

[325irollin]

185 at 135 lbs. Not too bad I think. More than my weight.

[325irollin]

185 at 135 lbs. Not too bad I think. More than my weight. I can squat 300

[Howard92884]

What kinda reps are you working at? I ask this because i contuine to go up in strength but not so much in size.

If you want to get bigger then you need to lift heavier. Put more weight on and do 6-8 reps each set. Also eat shit loads of protein and don't skimp on your carbs either.

[dahveed]

most i ever did was 185 weighing like 160. fuck yeah. alpha male status. i'm genetically different

[sw20>>s14]

deadlifts anyone? i just hit my max @ 275 yesterday...DL is where im really lacking...

[ranger240]

haha lets end the shirtless photo trend on this fellas, can we?

my max when i was about 6' 196lbs was 255 i think (that was three years ago)

now i'm a scrawny 170 something and dont even want to think about benching at the moment

[Ben G]

this has to be the gayest thread going right now

[DeathMetal]

14-12-10

focusing on the negatives...1 second up, 2 seconds down

My last set is usually something like 195.

Every 3-4 weeks, I'll change it up, decrease reps and move the weight up to 225.


Excellent advise. Negative reps are killer for really improving your strength. Size will come with it but I don't see that as much of a bad side-effect haha.

If you wanna get kind of extreme with it (this is for semi-seasoned lifters), you can well...say you're benching. It's a weight that is obviously to heavy for you to push up on your own (probably 5 or 10lbs past your hardest full push). You get to people to spot you on either side. They basically lift the weight up with/for you.

Next comes the hard part, you have to bring it down by yourself. Obviously the 2 spotters should stay put and help if it's needed but it should be mostly you.

There is a TON of danger associated with doing this because it can seriously tear things up if you don't know what you're doing.

This is also usually a cap to an exercise as a last piece of a chest workout (since I used chest press as an example) and should only be about 2-4 reps.

Long post but I thought I'd throw it out there...

[missinpistons]

on the contrary to the above post... another good negative chest workout is to go medium weight and to have your spotter press down on the bar on the negative as you fight it then explode up. my training partner is in the military and they do tons of resistance training.

noodz ftw.

[Om1kron]

225, and quite frankly I don't care to ever bench more than that.

[Teddy]

Benching more than the bar for me is potential suicide.

[Jonnie Fraz]

Single rep max bench press is not a great idea unless you are in a power-lifting competition. Way too easy to blow a pec. We used to train with 315 for 6-8. Dumbells are where it is at. My PR with dumbbells is 125 for 6...I thought my head was gonna pop. This of course was like a lot of others here in my hay day when I was training heavy. At this time I was 5'-6" and 203 and about 12% body fat.

[iwishiwas-all*]

5-6 @ 203. Woaaa u were a ball of power.

Yeah im 6-2 230 and my max as of last week is 300 flat for a 1 rep.
It went down alot, my routine used to be flat bench twice a week, but now I have alot more incline in there instead. more for looks and definition.

My squat and deadlift are my main concerns now.

[soldiaboy]

i dont know what they put in that east coast water but %80 of these max reps dont match up with size and weight.

im 5'6.. 181 lbs and %10 body fat and my max bench is 255 8x's.
so theres a formula to height and weight lol

[Smurf_240SX]

70 pounds....A sketchy 70 but yes 70pounds lol :w00t:

[phillofdfuture]

my max flat bench was 205...