What percentage of your body weight can you bench?

[Taipan1975]

Everybody always posts the "How much can you bench?" threads but I'm curious to know what you can all bench in relation to your own body weight.

I currently weigh 161lbs (cutting) and can bench 285lbs, almost to chest (don't go completely down due to risk of shoulder injury), for a one rep max. That's 177% of my bodyweight.

I know that's decent but by no means the best out there.

What about you?

[fuzzy hair]

i never bb bench, last time i did i was doing 50kgs =[

[M4A1 Widowmaker]

385%

[bah01001]

i cant do math :-P

I weight about 190, i can bench 315

[VforVlad]

124%

[Taipan1975]

Originally Posted by bah01001

i cant do math :-P

I weight about 190, i can bench 315

It's called a calculator. You're at 166%.

[Ravage7]

Originally Posted by bah01001

i cant do math :-P

I weight about 190, i can bench 315

(bench max / your weight) * 100

[Taipan1975]

Originally Posted by rmulax19

385%

700lbs! Damn!

[Daniel Wilson]

100%

[Gator Alum 03]

175%

[MrGuitar]

143%

[Tribalone]

147%

[T-Roach]

about 150

[JeepLax9]

At 151 lbs. I put up 280... So I think that's the most for the lightest I was..

That's like 185% with a pause

[MR_PERFECT]

Originally Posted by Taipan1975

Everybody always posts the "How much can you bench?" threads but I'm curious to know what you can all bench in relation to your own body weight.

I currently weigh 161lbs (cutting) and can bench 285lbs, almost to chest (don't go completely down due to risk of shoulder injury), for a one rep max. That's 177% of my bodyweight.

I know that's decent but by no means the best out there.

What about you?

Not a bench it u don't go all the way down...

[bluesteak]

At 135lbs i put up 253lbs which is 187.4%
Haven't tried it since bulking, up to 151lbs and i don't think i could quite bench 283lbs yet... maybe try it tonight lol j/k fook that

[MissThing]

50%

(yes fat and weak)

[5x10]

Originally Posted by JeepLax9

At 151 lbs. I put up 280... So I think that's the most for the lightest I was..

That's like 185% with a pause

and a bench shirt too?

172% for me

[nickrut]

Im under 100% of mine...pretty pathetic haha. I'm tall though so it does add some difficulty...

[Taipan1975]

Originally Posted by MR_PERFECT

Not a bench it u don't go all the way down...

Wrong. Good form doesn't always mean full ROM. Touching barbell to chest is actually a bad idea with heavy weight.

(And we're not talking about a slight bend of the elbows anyway, we're talking about three inches from chest.)

[bluesteak]

Originally Posted by Taipan1975

Wrong. Good form doesn't always mean full ROM. Touching barbell to chest is actually a bad idea with heavy weight.

(And we're not talking about a slight bend of the elbows anyway, we're talking about three inches from chest.)

Yea good form doesn't necessarily mean full ROM but a true one rep max does.

[Samantha905]

55%

thats when i do 40KG x10 (thats including bar weight)

[Taipan1975]

Originally Posted by bluesteak

Yea good form doesn't necessarily mean full ROM but a true one rep max does.

Fine, I'll keep my possibly wrong one rep max and avoid the injury.

[bluesteak]

just saying that most people don't accept one rep max figures unless it touched your chest i.e. under competition rules
if you're not comfortable doing it, then by all means don't do it and don't get injured. one rep maxes are for your own personal glory, not for the misc

[Taipan1975]

Originally Posted by bluesteak

just saying that most people don't accept one rep max figures unless it touched your chest i.e. under competition rules
if you're not comfortable doing it, then by all means don't do it and don't get injured. one rep maxes are for your own personal glory, not for the misc

And I said, fine. It's cool.

[skinnyboipgh]

142%

[guest89]

100%. However, I only do bodyweight exercises normally so I've never had the opportunity to work myself up.

[SpoofRocket]

192% give or take

[DeathByLight]

10%, Yes weaksauce

[Howard 6]

2%