Bench amount age/weight consideration

[CMB]

respect for him, don't know too many people doing 300+ on bench at 50.

my friends dad does clean and jerks and he is 72 and that was really impressive.

[nbaylot33]

Yeah I gotta give respect too. Is he strong in his other lifts or only the bench? But constant bragging is annoying, I have a few in my gym.

[desant89]

respect for him, don't know too many people doing 300+ on bench at 50.

my friends dad does clean and jerks and he is 72 and that was really impressive.

Wow, I would not consider myself a bodybuilder by far, but I would think that anyone at age 50 who competed in their 20's, and never stopped training 5 days a week should be benching 300. I know a 46 yr old that can still bench 600. Also, another thing I guess is should of have added is he uses gear!

He is not weak without it, and is pretty strong at all exercises, but again, maybe I am naive, but if you trained your whole life, should you not be strong at 50? I am so sick of hearing the weight thing. I can go get anyone of the street that weighs 290, and hardly EVER trains, and he would say cause he is 280, he should be benching over 350. I just call him big guy now! I cannot take it anymore. Apparently the amount of training, and diet means nothing.....