I am the weakest person on Bodybuilding.com

[gottabecut]

Man this sucks. I have been working out since mid September. Usually on the machines (NOT FREE WEIGHTS) because I was always intimidated of going to the free weight room with the experienced lifters. On the machines, I have noticed strength gains everywhere.

I have started to lag and not feel any more burns, so I decided to grow a pair and go to the free weight room (now that I am a bit stronger).

Well here are my stats:

FLAT BARBELL BENCH PRESS
3X5
95LBS

TRICEP PULL DOWN
5X8
40LBS

LEG PRESS

3X8
720LBS

PREACHER CURL
4X10
65LBS

PEC FLIES
5X5
135LBS

I am 6"1 and weight 280lbs I look very muscular in a shirt and people thought I was going to lift the gym...but I am very weak man.

I would definitely like to put on mass and gain strength (mostly strnegth though). Should I go for Rippetoe or Bill star 5x5? Thanks guys.

[knowles.ja]

Definitely, definitely do Starting Strength (Rippetoe's). It will get you heaps stronger in a hurry.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=998224

Read this in it's entirety if you haven't already.

[cyde]

It couldn't hurt to give 5x5 a shot. I've seen great nub gains from those programs.

I'd suggest working out three days a week. Squats, bench press, rows, and dead lifts should be your bread and butter. Additional exercises worth doing would be pushups, pullups, lunge walk, deep knee bends (bodyweight squats).

[heidt410]

Is that flat bench a mistype, seriously? 95lbs???

[TonyArbuckle]

I agree with knowles. Also, what is your diet like?

That leg press is pretty impressive.

[olinerules87]

Definitely, definitely do Starting Strength (Rippetoe's). It will get you heaps stronger in a hurry.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=998224

Read this in it's entirety if you haven't already.

x2 do a ripptoes routine

I agree with knowles. Also, what is your diet like?

That leg press is pretty impressive.

leg press is NEVER impressive (serious)

[DiamondDelts]

I can only bench 45lbs. I AM the weakest member on bb.com.

[TonyArbuckle]

x2 do a ripptoes routine



leg press is NEVER impressive (serious)

Why not? (serious)

[knowles.ja]

I can only bench 45lbs. I AM the weakest member on bb.com.

You liar.

[DiamondDelts]

You liar.

Stop making fun of me.

[dparm99]

I LOVE the fact that everyone on this site has a massive legpress!

[cyde]

I LOVE the fact that everyone on this site has a massive legpress!

If it's any consolation, I don't even know my max leg press. I hate that exercise.

[ChingChang]

I can only bench 45lbs. I AM the weakest member on bb.com.

haha, you weakling. Give me your lunch money. You pathetic little thing...

[sanpedro]

yes, you are

time to kill yourself

[LedJinDairy]

I agree with knowles. Also, what is your diet like?

That leg press is pretty impressive.

He weighs 280...his legs are used to pressing a lot.

I wouldn't advise you to gain any mass at 280 lbs already. You need to lose some fat. This isnt as much a 'strength' situation as it is an overall health situation.

[hjayss]

I can only bench 45lbs. I AM the weakest member on bb.com.

DD you need some of that berry juice...lol...

[DiamondDelts]

DD you need some of that berry juice...lol...

+muscle tech skeet-skeet.

[MissThing]

Man this sucks. I have been working out since mid September. Usually on the machines (NOT FREE WEIGHTS) because I was always intimidated of going to the free weight room with the experienced lifters. On the machines, I have noticed strength gains everywhere.

I have started to lag and not feel any more burns, so I decided to grow a pair and go to the free weight room (now that I am a bit stronger).

Well here are my stats:

FLAT BARBELL BENCH PRESS
3X5
95LBS

TRICEP PULL DOWN
5X8
40LBS

LEG PRESS

3X8
720LBS

PREACHER CURL
4X10
65LBS

PEC FLIES
5X5
135LBS

I am 6"1 and weight 280lbs I look very muscular in a shirt and people thought I was going to lift the gym...but I am very weak man.

I would definitely like to put on mass and gain strength (mostly strnegth though). Should I go for Rippetoe or Bill star 5x5? Thanks guys.

rubbish, I was the weakest person on bb.com

I did my first free weighs workout when I was 217lbs, at 5'6". I deadlifted 44lbs for 8 reps and then failed on the squats on the third rep :

http://workout.bodybuilding.com/Miss...=det&ref=10821

[Andrew69]

I can only bench 45lbs. I AM the weakest member on bb.com.

NO...you are simply the most honest....oh wait

[Hard Drive]

Is that flat bench a mistype, seriously? 95lbs???

I think the OP has more balls than you do.


EVERYONE has to start from somewhere. Very few people walk into the gym and get under a bar the first time and start doing 135 for reps.

[Hard Drive]

I LOVE the fact that everyone on this site has a massive legpress!

I only leg press 5 plates on each side, 4 plates if my reps are over 10.
But I squat up a storm!

[MissThing]

I think the OP has more balls than you do.


EVERYONE has to start from somewhere. Very few people walk into the gym and get under a bar the first time and start doing 135 for reps.

I did 33lbs for 8

[Hard Drive]

In many ways, this is an ancient division. The liberal view that all opinions are equally valid is threatened by the authoritarian arrogance of certain truth. Its a shame that science is often the tool of the authoritarians. This should be a lesson learned from history, but alas. The search for truth via the scientific method was never the search for certain truth - it isn't about shutting out new theories - or silencing different views. This is why I cringe every time I hear the words "scientifically proven". The truth is powerful and begets arrogance.

And I wonder... WTH that came from...

[crackyflipside]

Don't worry about having low numbers, some of the people here slightly modify their lift numbers sometimes

[gecko2424]

In many ways, this is an ancient division. The liberal view that all opinions are equally valid is threatened by the authoritarian arrogance of certain truth. Its a shame that science is often the tool of the authoritarians. This should be a lesson learned from history, but alas. The search for truth via the scientific method was never the search for certain truth - it isn't about shutting out new theories - or silencing different views. This is why I cringe every time I hear the words "scientifically proven". The truth is powerful and begets arrogance.

actually, i feel more that Other recent “marker” bills that contain nutrition title investments and move the debate in a positive direction are: a “Latino marker bill” (H.R. 2401), introduced by Rep. Baca (D-CA) and other Congressional Hispanic Caucus Members; “Northeast marker” bills (H.R. 2144/S. 1424), introduced by Reps. DeLauro (D-CT) and Gilchrist (R-MD) and Sen. Schumer (D-NY); and the “Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act” (S. 1422), introduced by Sen. Lugar. S. 591, introduced earlier by Sen. Chambliss (R-GA), would make modest improvements in Food Stamp Program resource limits.

[TheGunShowMane]

[Kiknskreem]

I think the OP has more balls than you do.

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Isn't anyone else's irony alarm going off?

[Defiant1]

actually, i feel more that Other recent ?marker? bills that contain nutrition title investments and move the debate in a positive direction are: a ?Latino marker bill? (H.R. 2401), introduced by Rep. Baca (D-CA) and other Congressional Hispanic Caucus Members; ?Northeast marker? bills (H.R. 2144/S. 1424), introduced by Reps. DeLauro (D-CT) and Gilchrist (R-MD) and Sen. Schumer (D-NY); and the ?Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act? (S. 1422), introduced by Sen. Lugar. S. 591, introduced earlier by Sen. Chambliss (R-GA), would make modest improvements in Food Stamp Program resource limits.

You wish. Obviously, you never have even HEARD about this:

11-24-07: So, in case you're wondering (and I know you are), I do have a perfectly good excuse for a total lack of updates for the past 5-and-a-half months. More than one, actually. First, I've been helluva-busy. Second, I've been working in my virtually non-existent spare time on what may end up being a massive overhaul of the site. I didn't want to mention it at first, but as the days have ticked by and I've kept noticing that the last update on here was from June, I figured I ought to say something. So here it is. :P

06-11-07: Mea culpa. See, way back when on the STrek forum someone whose name now escapes me caught a math error of mine on the Death Star scaling page regarding DS1. And though it seemed like he had a point, something just didn't feel right with the way the math worked otherwise. Part of the problem was simply that the DS1 and DS2 sizes fit elegantly with the conclusion I had, whereas the alternative would force a contradiction. And some of it was just gut feeling. And, too, some of it was sheer laziness on my part, since I tied the matter to the enormous task of determining the scales of Star Wars vessels based on the canon alone (instead of accepting out-of-universe stats like a 1600m Star Destroyer), and that's one project I've managed to procrastinate on quite efficiently. And though I've always said when the topic of the Death Star I size has come up that yes, there may be a problem there with my scaling, I never got around to doing anything more about it.
But at long last, the time has come. And there wasn't just one error . . . there were two. At one point I'd counted three pixels when I ought to have counted as many as five . . . which is a problem when each one counted for hundreds of meters and were being used to scale something else. It was entirely my fault for picking a too-distant image to scale from instead of something better.
As luck would have it, the two errors cancelled out to within a few percentage points. Sometimes, the gut is right. So, without further ado, take a peek at the revised Death Star scaling page, now with HD shots from ANH (no more 3px scalings for me).

06-06-07: I've updated with some special treats. For starters, check out the Basics section, where the Screenshots and Resolutions page has been updated with notes about the High-Definition broadcasts of the Star Wars films and what they mean for us. I've also done a quickie update of the stormtrooper armor page with HD TESB shots, and have heavily revamped the ISD bridge tower asteroid collision page, now with almost totally-new images, more than enough to put that long-sleeping puppy to bed. But don't worry, 800x600-screen-resolution-visitors . . . I'm not leaving you behind just yet. :-)

04-15-07: I've greatly expanded the old page on "The Wounded" weapon range example, turning it into a survey of Trek weapon ranges from across the canon. Combined with the Star Wars weapons range page, I thus basically have the issue knocked out. I've therefore made a dedicated comparison page. Enjoy.

04-07-07: Though I'd tried to be generous with the "To Vaporize a Small Town" page, I finally had to admit to myself that I'd gone too far with that, deep into unrealistic territory. Also, I found something Star Wars based to work from instead of strictly the American small town I'd destroyed initially. So, I've updated the page to account for both factors.

[Bulker]

Dude I'm the weakest and I win since I don't even bench press on free weights neither do I squat.

Edit: It would be pretty cool if all of us weaklings could get together and start a group blog on some independent domain name and record our progresses. "Weaklings' rise to superhuman strength"

Holy **** now thats something. PM me for discussing more.

[DJAuto]

A bunch of great attitudes and high self-esteem individuals this thread has.