Greetings. I don't know if this is the right topic to be talking about here, but don't know where else to talk about this. However, I'm curious to know, who in here can bench press more weights than your body weight? For instance, right now I weight 155lbs but my max I can bench is 170lbs. Most people for some reason think it is immpossible to bench more weights than your body weight.
Thanks.
|
Closed Thread
Results 1 to 30 of 43
-
03-19-2006, 10:27 PM #1
- Join Date: Dec 2003
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Age: 44
- Posts: 826
- Rep Power: 250
Bench Press more than your body weight.
Shawn Davis
Feel free to add me to yahoo messenger to talk about bodybuilding and nutrition freedomwarrior666@yahoo.com.
me puedes agregar a yahoo messenger para hablar del sujetos de ejercicio y nutricion.
freedomwarrior666@yahoo.com
tu veux m'ajouter en yahoo messenger pour parler sur le sujet d'exercice et de nutrition.
freedomwarrior666@yahoo.com
-
03-19-2006, 10:32 PM #2
it is really pretty easy for most people to bench the own weight with only a couple of months of decent traning and often less.
-
03-19-2006, 10:41 PM #3
Imo if you can't bench more than your bodyweight you are weak. Having said that the average Joe who's never touched a weight in his life would be very unlikely do bench more than his bodyweight, but asking this question on a bodybuilding site you should know what type of replies you're going to get...
-
03-19-2006, 10:52 PM #4Originally Posted by Darksoul9000
-
-
03-19-2006, 11:01 PM #5Originally Posted by Darksoul9000
People that are into certain standards for strength will tell you that if you can bench 1.5 times your bodyweight you're in good shape.
However, most will not be able to bench so much if they don't work out. I've yet to see a first timer bench over 110 lbs."It seems like your goal is not to help."
log: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=147517853&p=960218773&viewfull=1#post960218773
-
03-19-2006, 11:05 PM #6Originally Posted by Darksoul9000
If you post more details (workout, diet, etc.) some people here might be able to help you out.
-
03-19-2006, 11:15 PM #7
Since total bodyweight includes fat, but only the muscle does the bench, to put bench weight relative to bodyweight is highly variable. At one extreme is the fat but weak guy that may never bench bodyweight unless he drops some fat.At the other extreme is the lighter very lean guy who can bench approaching double his weight (sometimes more).
Time To Re-Schedule
-
03-19-2006, 11:16 PM #8
I think benching your own weight is a common goal for guys starting out.
Coincidence that friends last week were joking that me and my lifting buddy had developed a cast structure where we wouldn't acknowledge guys who had never benched there own weight.Hulk just want to smash
-
-
03-19-2006, 11:57 PM #9
- Join Date: Dec 2003
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Age: 44
- Posts: 826
- Rep Power: 250
Originally Posted by dparm99Shawn Davis
Feel free to add me to yahoo messenger to talk about bodybuilding and nutrition freedomwarrior666@yahoo.com.
me puedes agregar a yahoo messenger para hablar del sujetos de ejercicio y nutricion.
freedomwarrior666@yahoo.com
tu veux m'ajouter en yahoo messenger pour parler sur le sujet d'exercice et de nutrition.
freedomwarrior666@yahoo.com
-
03-19-2006, 11:59 PM #10
- Join Date: Dec 2003
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Age: 44
- Posts: 826
- Rep Power: 250
Originally Posted by _Dominik_
Thanks.Shawn Davis
Feel free to add me to yahoo messenger to talk about bodybuilding and nutrition freedomwarrior666@yahoo.com.
me puedes agregar a yahoo messenger para hablar del sujetos de ejercicio y nutricion.
freedomwarrior666@yahoo.com
tu veux m'ajouter en yahoo messenger pour parler sur le sujet d'exercice et de nutrition.
freedomwarrior666@yahoo.com
-
03-20-2006, 12:08 AM #11Originally Posted by Darksoul9000
It's fine to keep your weight down and focus on O-lifting or powerlifting, but if your goal is bodybuilding you'll want to bring your weight up and at the same time reach a point where you're handling reasonably heavy weights to stimulate maximal growth. And regardless of what some people will tell you, you'll only keep growing if the weights are steadily going up on the big lifts.
-
03-20-2006, 12:09 AM #12
-
-
03-20-2006, 02:13 AM #13
- Join Date: Nov 2005
- Location: Australia
- Age: 52
- Posts: 33,420
- Rep Power: 76139
Who gives a **** how much you can lift? It's how much you look like you can lift....
My personal pronouns are: Don't talk to me/Fck off
-
03-20-2006, 02:18 AM #14
^^^ I like this guy!
-
03-20-2006, 02:46 AM #15Originally Posted by dparm99
-
03-20-2006, 03:04 AM #16Originally Posted by FarEastBeast
-
-
03-20-2006, 05:30 AM #17
- Join Date: Jul 2005
- Location: Wickliffe, Ohio, United States
- Posts: 1,958
- Rep Power: 6777
I can definately bench my weight flat or incline. Or I can db bench my weight.
I'll feel better when I get to double my weight."When my opponent contracts, I expand. And when he expands, I contract.
And when the opportunity arrives, *looks at clenched fist* I do not hit with it. It hits all by itself"-Bruce Lee
---------------------------------------------------
If you're hungry.....it's too late.
-
03-20-2006, 08:14 AM #18
-
03-20-2006, 08:26 AM #19
- Join Date: Feb 2006
- Location: Discussing relevant exercises
- Posts: 17,825
- Rep Power: 37608
Been lifting again for 3 months. My goal is to bench/squat/deadlift my bodyweight (220 now) by mid-summer. I can dead it now, but without good form. Bench, I'll be there in a month I think. I can probably squat it now, but don't have a spotter readily available, same issue for bench, so I haven't tried. I'm cutting so am trying to get to 190 in the same time.
-
03-20-2006, 08:27 AM #20
It's not impossible to bench your own weight. It is limited by your BF%, though. I think people with a BF% over 25 tend not to be able bench their own weight. Once they start lifting, the composition changes, and then it becomes more feasible. But I worked out with some very overweight guys (380 and 400 lbs, not one of them was over 6'4") and while their benches were significantly higher than mine, they still couldn't press their BW.
For those of you wondering:
[url]http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/022306/otis-crunkmeyer.gif[/url]
-
-
03-20-2006, 08:34 AM #21
- Join Date: Dec 2005
- Location: Pennsylvania, United States
- Age: 38
- Posts: 89
- Rep Power: 226
look at my sig
Spam Man
-
03-20-2006, 09:31 AM #22
I haven't touched weights much at all but I can do 10 dips for a few sets. Should I be able to bench press my body weight.
-
03-20-2006, 09:41 AM #23Originally Posted by FarEastBeastMy Goals:
For to make the heavy weights light and the baggy clothes tight.
-
03-20-2006, 10:20 AM #24
- Join Date: Feb 2006
- Location: California, United States
- Age: 53
- Posts: 329
- Rep Power: 260
Originally Posted by WeightaholicLast edited by T.C.; 03-20-2006 at 10:22 AM.
-
-
03-20-2006, 10:21 AM #25
- Join Date: Sep 2004
- Location: here, there, Canada
- Age: 41
- Posts: 15,875
- Rep Power: 809
if yo'uve been training for quite some time and can't bench your bw, your routine and or diet is ****ed
but if you just starting, nothign to worry about.<->
-
03-20-2006, 11:02 AM #26
Personally, I've had a lagging chest for a while and just recently broke past benching my own weight. [220 pounds] Kudos for me...
-
03-20-2006, 11:02 AM #27
I don't do flat bench, but I still am sure my bodyweight is probably my 1 RM for bench press. Bench press is a hard exercise for me. I can squat 2x's my bodyweight though, squats are my good exercise, but when it comes to bench, I am a REALLY weak presser.
-
03-20-2006, 11:12 AM #28
As AJ said... unless you're a decent amount overweight.
-
-
03-20-2006, 11:16 AM #29
i dont know my max bench press or anything like that......but what i do know is my 3x5 weights for bench, dead, and squat.
height 5 10
weight 152.3
bench 3x5@165
Squat 3x5@195
Deadlift 1x5@185
I guess its not bad, but i definately want to get that bench up to where i am repping over 200. I am optimistic it will happen by the end of the summer.Last edited by LSU1; 03-20-2006 at 11:46 AM.
-
03-20-2006, 11:41 AM #30
- Join Date: Sep 2004
- Location: Louisiana, United States
- Age: 40
- Posts: 5,167
- Rep Power: 3415
workout harder!
it was my goal to bench my bw when i was 12. you should be doing sets with more than your bw by now. that is if you have been training for 2 years.WHO DAT
Bookmarks