Yeah!! finally got my bench press where i want it :D

Dashers · 07-23-2009, 09:56 AM

Havent done a max session a while, about 2-3 months! my max rep back then was 105kg (roughly 231 lbs for americans!)

Today, finally went for a max session, and got 6 reps on that! while pushing out a 1 max rep of 127.5kg! (282 lbs) this is all after 11 months of dedicated training, a lot to which i owe this site for!

cheers for the help guys!

twk_habs · 07-23-2009, 09:59 AM

damn dude u look ripped haha

Dashers · 07-23-2009, 10:01 AM

haha funnily enoguh that picture is when i was your age bro! cheers though mate!

Mickles · 07-23-2009, 10:10 AM

Is your squat lower than bench? If so work on that. And for 2 years of benching what was your progress exactly?

Dashers · 07-23-2009, 10:16 AM

ahh! i have not updated my squat! its actually 145kg now! (my squat that is!) i need to keep updating lifts and pictures!

i have not benched for 2 years, just 11 months!

erm, i dont know if this is what you mean but i`l try to answer

i started off benching 50kg for about 5 reps, gradually increasing the weight each week till i reached a peak of what i could lift (which turned out to be about 100kg!), i then dropped down to 80kg and done 5 sets of 5 reps, for about 4 weeks, then tried 100kg again, and managed to get 4 reps out of that!

sorry if you cant understand that, but thats what i did!

KRILLEN91 · 07-23-2009, 10:21 AM

nice it's always a great feeling setting new PRs u'll be up to benching 308 in no time

Mickles · 07-23-2009, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dashers

ahh! i have not updated my squat! its actually 145kg now! (my squat that is!) i need to keep updating lifts and pictures!

i have not benched for 2 years, just 11 months!

erm, i dont know if this is what you mean but i`l try to answer

i started off benching 50kg for about 5 reps, gradually increasing the weight each week till i reached a peak of what i could lift (which turned out to be about 100kg!), i then dropped down to 80kg and done 5 sets of 5 reps, for about 4 weeks, then tried 100kg again, and managed to get 4 reps out of that!

sorry if you cant understand that, but thats what i did!

okay that made sense i was just wondering what bench you started at. Good progress man

Sircrayon · 07-23-2009, 10:26 AM

When you started off at 50kg 5 reps, how many sets of those would u do

Dashers · 07-23-2009, 10:28 AM

Cheers for the comments guys!! hopefully @ krillen91!

and to sircrayon! usually about 2 or 3.. back then this was quite hard for me so i had to push myself! not to forget once i had finished i rested a lot and ate a LOT of protein and carbs, along with my vitamins and glutamine! :P!

YORK_ · 07-23-2009, 10:30 AM

Nice man, what you repping now then?

manbear · 07-23-2009, 12:18 PM

so you basically did like some kind of deloading? sounds good man keep up the good werk