Benching

[baseballadam]

I just bought this bench and barbell off craigslist for 100$ and then went to dunhams and got two 45 lb plates for another 85$ I don't really want to spend any more money for weights at the moment and am wondering cause at the moment benching a plate is like 7-9 reps for me. I have a set of 25s at home and am wondering how do I progress from just a plate to a plate and 25 without using like 5s or 10s( don't want to buy those small weights yet)

[mjlehr]

I just bought this bench and barbell off craigslist for 100$ and then went to dunhams and got two 45 lb plates for another 85$ I don't really want to spend any more money for weights at the moment and am wondering cause at the moment benching a plate is like 7-9 reps for me. I have a set of 25s at home and am wondering how do I progress from just a plate to a plate and 25 without using like 5s or 10s( don't want to buy those small weights yet)

Good luck

[dizzydds]

get a gallon of water and tie it to the bar(both sides) You could also fill it with sand.

mcgyver checkin' in

[trackguy75]

Cut your loses sell the stuff on Craigslist and use the money for six months at a crappy gym.

[Anthony21]

Only way to know if you can bench 185 is to go out and try to lift it. Other than that you're pretty SOL until can get a proper amount of plates.