Bench 225 for how many????

[D2'd]

Just curious as to how my bench compares to others. I'm 41, 5'8" and about 205 lbs. I can bench 225 between 19 - 23 times depending on the day. Not sure what my max is, as I'd rather not get injured trying to find out! How about you?

[Times Roman]

I try not to do that many reps on bench, regardless the weight

[human project]

Just curious as to how my bench compares to others. I'm 41, 5'8" and about 205 lbs. I can bench 225 between 19 - 23 times depending on the day. Not sure what my max is, as I'd rather not get injured trying to find out! How about you?

I'm in the twenties..... Low 20's when dieting high 20's when bulking. Never have made it to the 30's...... Hopefully one day soon tho... Never have been too impressive with endurance lifting

[D2'd]

I'm in the twenties..... Low 20's when dieting high 20's when bulking. Never have made it to the 30's...... Hopefully one day soon tho... Never have been too impressive with endurance lifting

Same here, me and lactic acid don't get along too well. I actually hadn't thought too much about it, until a gym member came up to me and said "holy shit you did that 20 times!" Just got me curious if this was more normal than not....

[Tron3219]

Here lately I've been lifting light in a "deload" type phase trying to let my body recover and the other day I put 225 on and did 3x15 with 20-30 second rest and it felt like a warm up. Don't know an exact number but I think I could hit 20-25 fairly easy. 30 would b difficult I think lol

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[largerthannormal]

I'm 185lbs atm hit 20 last week. My buddy's 205 n hit 32.. But I compete at 181 with a 1rm of 365.

[Tron3219]

I'm 185lbs atm hit 20 last week. My buddy's 205 n hit 32.. But I compete at 181 with a 1rm of 365.

I guess it's all how u train. U can hit 225 just as many times as my but I can rep 365 bout 4-5 times on a good day. U train with high reps?

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[largerthannormal]

And 20 is absolute max I've never went over that

[largerthannormal]

I go in 3 week periods..
Monday 5x5 flat barbell followed by dumbbell incline
Friday incline 5x5 then followed dumbbell flat
Next week is 4x10s in the same fashion
Then 3x15
Every few rotations I'll throw in a super high rep day or a super heavy low.
Yes but I'm also a lot fatter than you lol I'm 12% bf lol
Also those numbers are off cycle

Damn that's nuts , I'm def not as strong as you

[Tron3219]

I go in 3 week periods..
Monday 5x5 flat barbell followed by dumbbell incline
Friday incline 5x5 then followed dumbbell flat
Next week is 4x10s in the same fashion
Then 3x15
Every few rotations I'll throw in a super high rep day or a super heavy low.
Yes but I'm also a lot fatter than you lol I'm 12% bf lol
Also those numbers are off cycle

Damn that's nuts , I'm def not as strong as you

I never go over 6 reps (other then warm ups) and ill only do like 2-3 sets, but I lift every set heavy to failure. I've just started doing higher reps(12-15) but with like 30-40% max. I'm deloading for a few weeks. My body is best to shit right now from going to failure with heavy weight. Needs a break

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[largerthannormal]

I'm right there with ya...im debating on taking a week or two off to give myself a small break..

My personal favorite is low reps (under 6)

[Tron3219]

I'm right there with ya...im debating on taking a week or two off to give myself a small break..

My personal favorite is low reps (under 6)

Don't take a complete week off. Just reduce workload and raise cardio a bit. Keep cals high or at maintenance. Go in cycles. 6-8 balls out, 1-2 reduced load. Just take a complete week off ever 6-8 months.

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[largerthannormal]

Thanks bro I'll take your advice!
I have a cycle coming up in a few weeks maybe I'll deload till then then blast it for my 8 week cycle
Also I've never taken a week off in years I get a feeling im super fat if I don't go.most has been 4 days during a vacation

[Tron3219]

Thanks bro I'll take your advice!
I have a cycle coming up in a few weeks maybe I'll deload till then then blast it for my 8 week cycle
Also I've never taken a week off in years I get a feeling im super fat if I don't go.most has been 4 days during a vacation

How many weeks u have till u cycle?

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[largerthannormal]

2 weeks to go. It is a cutter
I normally am 190 , past few weeks I been running super clean diet close to wat I'll be on cycle food wise but cals are close to maintanance as of now and upped cardio to get used to things.

[Tron3219]

2 weeks to go. It is a cutter
I normally am 190 , past few weeks I been running super clean diet close to wat I'll be on cycle food wise but cals are close to maintanance as of now and upped cardio to get used to things.

Might b a good idea to give ur body a break since ur gonna b in a deficit even though u prolly won't b lifting as heavy. That was ur going into it 100%

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[largerthannormal]

Good call! Will do

Thanks Tron!

[gearbox]

I dont so flat bench so my decline amount doesn't count here!

[MickeyKnox]

I'm 185lbs atm hit 20 last week. My buddy's 205 n hit 32.. But I compete at 181 with a 1rm of 365.

Thats awesome man. Good job. And dont compare yourself to Tron, hes a genetic freak! lol

I dont so flat bench so my decline amount doesn't count here!

Me to bro. No flat BB for me anymore. Its over rated.

[Tron3219]

Thats awesome man. Good job. And dont compare yourself to Tron, hes a genetic freak! lol

Me to bro. No flat BB for me anymore. Its over rated.

Hell he should b! He's prolly stronger then my on a pound by pound basis. 181 and 365 is cock strong any way u look at it!

And I typically do DB, I feel u build more overall strength with DB...I just do BB when I have to or need an ego boost lol

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[MickeyKnox]

Hell he should b! He's prolly stronger then my on a pound by pound basis. 181 and 365 is cock strong any way u look at it!

And I typically do DB, I feel u build more overall strength with DB...I just do BB when I have to or need an ego boost lol

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Which reminds me. I need to go check out the updated Event stats on you animals.

[largerthannormal]

Lol thanks guys. Keep in mind I train for it.. I pride myself on my bench..my squats are not much higher neither are my deads. Which is sad. Yet I hold great quad size(for my weight) I just don't train them to go big like chest

Ego boost should be heavy squats, bench isn't a good measure of overall strength which I know..

Some people are good and some not so much, doesn't mean one is "stronger"

Just trained that specific muscle to move X amount of weight from point A to Point B , sometimes in a set time frame

Thats awesome man. Good job. And dont compare yourself to Tron, hes a genetic freak! lol



Me to bro. No flat BB for me anymore. Its over rated.

Hell he should b! He's prolly stronger then my on a pound by pound basis. 181 and 365 is cock strong any way u look at it!

And I typically do DB, I feel u build more overall strength with DB...I just do BB when I have to or need an ego boost lol

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[Tron3219]

Lol thanks guys. Keep in mind I train for it.. I pride myself on my bench..my squats are not much higher neither are my deads. Which is sad. Yet I hold great quad size(for my weight) I just don't train them to go big like chest

Ego boost should be heavy squats, bench isn't a good measure of overall strength which I know..

Some people are good and some not so much, doesn't mean one is "stronger"

Just trained that specific muscle to move X amount of weight from point A to Point B , sometimes in a set time frame

I'm training for size, strength is just a by product lol

I can't do heavy squats, my knees r fvcked! I can go to town on straight leg deads tho! But like lunk, I'm chasing the illustrious 405! Kinda lol I'll admit tho, I cheat on bench. I don't touch my chest...my arms go past parallel to the ground but my arms r damn long lol

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[CMB]

I'm 5'7 170lb and I can probably get 225 about 5-7 times. Haven't benched with a barbell in forever. Dumbbells are so much better for bodybuilding.

[Tron3219]

I'm stagnant right now. Doing a short deload and letting my hand heal up from when I punched that guy. Gonna start up some tren with my test if it gets here in time. If not ill b running some npp

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[gearbox]

Thats awesome man. Good job. And dont compare yourself to Tron, hes a genetic freak! lol

Me to bro. No flat BB for me anymore. Its over rated.

Ever since dorian and decline is the best (he says) I do bb and db flat. I feel it on my shoulders doing regular bench and db flat if I am using heavy weight. Like the 40's

[Tron3219]

Ever since dorian and decline is the best (he says) I do bb and db flat. I feel it on my shoulders doing regular bench and db flat if I am using heavy weight. Like the 40's

Haha I never do decline :-/ I'm trying to add to my upper chest so I do 2 out of 3 for upper chest. Starting to get a nice little V up there!

U ever do that 200 dip challenge?

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[MickeyKnox]

Ever since dorian and decline is the best (he says) I do bb and db flat. I feel it on my shoulders doing regular bench and db flat if I am using heavy weight. Like the 40's

Cool. The only flat i do is heavy DB flys. My chest seems to respond well with incline DB, cables, and DB flys. Occasionally i do incline BB, but that's the extent of it.

[Lunk1]

I never touch 225 other than 1 set of warm ups for 10...on to bigger and better. I will own 405 soon!

[kelkel]

I never touch 225 other than 1 set of warm ups for 10...on to bigger and better. I will own 405 soon!

405's wife may not be too happy about that....

[tigerspawn]

Just curious as to how my bench compares to others. I'm 41, 5'8" and about 205 lbs. I can bench 225 between 19 - 23 times depending on the day. Not sure what my max is, as I'd rather not get injured trying to find out! How about you?

On bet I did 245lbs 46 times. It wasn’t that difficult until the last 16 because I usually warm up with 245. Im 6'4" 265lbs 13%bf. I couldn't tell you what my 1rm because I never do less than 6.

[largerthannormal]

Holy crap!

On bet I did 245lbs 46 times. It wasn’t that difficult until the last 16 because I usually warm up with 245. Im 6'4" 265lbs 13%bf. I couldn't tell you what my 1rm because I never do less than 6.

[BG]

On bet I did 245lbs 46 times.

Try to get this on video, would love to see it. My training partner is 5'10" 275, benching machine, he only gets that for 30 or so. Like to show him 46.

[Tron3219]

Try to get this on video, would love to see it. My training partner is 5'10" 275, benching machine, he only gets that for 30 or so. Like to show him 46.

5'10" 275...Jesus!

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[BG]

5'10" 275...Jesus!

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You wanna talk about big, Scott Mendelson and a local power lifter is having a friendly comp. My friend got to train with Scott, 340lbs with abs, guy is huge !!! I was shocked and Ive been around a ton of Pro BB'rs before.

[Tron3219]

You wanna talk about big, Scott Mendelson and a local power lifter is having a friendly comp. My friend got to train with Scott, 340lbs with abs, guy is huge !!! I was shocked and Ive been around a ton of Pro BB'rs before.

....one day lol

But yeah, that's a big man...

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[Times Roman]

On bet I did 245lbs 46 times. It wasn’t that difficult until the last 16 because I usually warm up with 245. Im 6'4" 265lbs 13%bf. I couldn't tell you what my 1rm because I never do less than 6.

is that one arm or two? =)

[gearbox]

On bet I did 245lbs 46 times. It wasn’t that difficult until the last 16 because I usually warm up with 245. Im 6'4" 265lbs 13%bf. I couldn't tell you what my 1rm because I never do less than 6.

you are one big dude! at 13%....wow

[gearbox]

Haha I never do decline :-/ I'm trying to add to my upper chest so I do 2 out of 3 for upper chest. Starting to get a nice little V up there!

U ever do that 200 dip challenge?

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Ya I posted my results in the thread. My time was 10:04 :/

[Tron3219]

Ya I posted my results in the thread. My time was 10:04 :/

Shit that's about 2 hours better then I could do! Lol

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