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How much can you bench?
2005-07-12, 12:57 AM #41
I did 185-195 lbs back in 8th grade. If i got back into it i think id be around 220-230 lbs if I pushed it. My real strength lies in my legs. I still have my middle school's record :)
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2005-07-12, 2:10 AM #42
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Originally posted by Ubuu
135 - 145 is weak.


For technically being borderline underweight and benching within 6lb of my weight, I think I'm doing fine..thanks.
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2005-07-12, 6:26 AM #43
I could do 90 at the begining of 8th grade before I really had any muscle. I should find out. If you can get some idea from it,I'm 6 ft flat, weigh 145, and can do about 30 pushups.

My real strength is in my legs. More so than most people. I play soccer ;)
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2005-07-12, 6:28 AM #44
I've never benchpressed anything in my life.
nope.
2005-07-12, 6:39 AM #45
Have never benched. I doubt I could bench much, as upper-body strength has never been my forte (no pun intended).
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2005-07-12, 6:40 AM #46
180 for me, which I think is nice considering im 5'9'', 145 lbs. and have a light body build. 35 over my body weight is something to be proud of I guess.
2005-07-12, 7:51 AM #47
20999099922300 pounds divided by a couple tens of thousands stuff like yea.
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2005-07-12, 8:15 AM #48
goin into 10th grade and i just tried for the first time a few weeks ago. I started around 70 and i'm up to 105 right now. trying to get that into the 130's. I'm comforted by the fact that I can do 30 pullups.


and hey, what's with all you bodybuilders? we're supposed to be skinny, pasty computer nerds. you're ruining the stereotype, dammit!
2005-07-12, 8:46 AM #49
Chicks dig in shape guys.
2005-07-12, 9:55 AM #50
chicks are not supposed to dig computer nerds! stereotypes!
2005-07-12, 10:13 AM #51
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Originally posted by Boco
I've never benchpressed anything in my life.
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2005-07-12, 10:49 AM #52
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Originally posted by UltimatePotato
My real strength is in my legs. More so than most people. I play soccer ;)


Improving your upper body strength will make you a much better player.
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2005-07-12, 10:52 AM #53
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Originally posted by Omicron88
I'm comforted by the fact that I can do 30 pullups.
That was always something I could do, and dips too, it surprises a lot of people, and then has others saying, "well it's just because you weigh less than me."

Which is mostly bs, since the weight they have over me is mostly muscle, if they can't lift their own weight it's because they ignore their back muscles.

I never really bench pressed until college because I didn't have a bench. I just had this pulley-system thing (where you sit normally and push foward) my dad had in the basement for that until the weight wasn't enough any more. I mostly just did my arms and shoulders and stuff with the free-weights.

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2005-07-12, 11:11 AM #54
255, i have to lift for baseball
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2005-07-12, 11:24 AM #55
I find it very hard to believe that people here who say they've worked out only once or never in their life are able to lift on the bench press more than 100+ pounds.

Keep in mind, bench pressing involves reps, not how much you can lift. I have no doubt that they can lift 100+ pounds once or maybe twice, but I don't think it's possible for someone with that little muscle training to lift 5-10 reps and 2-3 sets. Your muscles/strength just doesn't work that way. Unless you're superman.

Hell, I've been working out hardcore for the last few years and I am only up to 200-230 if lucky.

Chest - 200-230
Triceps - Depending on the exercise, usually 130-200
Biceps - Again, depending on the exercise...But equals out to about 70-90 pounds per arm.

This is proper exercise as well, not just lift once or twice.
2005-07-12, 11:32 AM #56
No fricken clue, even though i lift twice a week. I swim everyday and for dryland i bech like 100lbs fifty times. I don't really know what translates into as maxed out. I go more for endurance.
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2005-07-12, 11:58 AM #57
Temp, 1-2 reps can be perfectly proper, if you're looking to bulk up.
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2005-07-12, 12:02 PM #58
I don't particularly care..

I do know that I can lift a 75 pound package by myself, though.
2005-07-12, 12:10 PM #59
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Temp, 1-2 reps can be perfectly proper, if you're looking to bulk up.


Um.....no..


Bulking involves 3 sets of around 4-5 reps. One or two reps does NOTHING for your muscles, and if it does, it does such a miniscule amount it's not even worth it.

Bulking = 3 sets of 4-6 reps of weight you can barely do

Definition/Endurance = 8-12 reps, 3 sets of resonable to hard weight

Going back to both my physical trainers, brother (who is a physical trainer), girlfriend (who learned physical training in her massage class, i.e How muslces work), and her medical dictionary and books..All clearly have stated that although bulking works, it's both better for your muscles, and much faster to build muscles, if you do the Definition/Endurance training and do more reps at a slower pace. Your muscles get more of a workout, hence, they grow faster.


1-2 reps doesn't do squat. Period.
2005-07-12, 12:37 PM #60
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Originally posted by Temperamental
I find it very hard to believe that people here who say they've worked out only once or never in their life are able to lift on the bench press more than 100+ pounds.

Keep in mind, bench pressing involves reps, not how much you can lift. I have no doubt that they can lift 100+ pounds once or maybe twice, but I don't think it's possible for someone with that little muscle training to lift 5-10 reps and 2-3 sets. Your muscles/strength just doesn't work that way. Unless you're superman.

Hell, I've been working out hardcore for the last few years and I am only up to 200-230 if lucky.

Chest - 200-230
Triceps - Depending on the exercise, usually 130-200
Biceps - Again, depending on the exercise...But equals out to about 70-90 pounds per arm.

This is proper exercise as well, not just lift once or twice.


I find it hard to believe that you're so stupid you don't realize this thread is about what you MAX OUT at. :rolleyes:
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2005-07-12, 12:54 PM #61
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Originally posted by Dj Yoshi
I find it hard to believe that you're so stupid you don't realize this thread is about what you MAX OUT at. :rolleyes:

It doesn't matter what the thread is about (it's not exactly off topic anyway), Temperamental is merely pointing out that 1-2 reps won't do anytihng. I know virtually nothing about lifting, and I understand that. I personally found his post interesting and informative. He clearly knows more about what he's talking about than the average person on this thread. He is also not exactly being rude of derogatory, so there's no need to pull the ol' "roll-eyes" on him. ;)
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2005-07-12, 12:57 PM #62
OMG guys!

I too am an expert at everything!


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2005-07-12, 12:57 PM #63
1-2 sets of 10-12 reps can do a lot. Maybe he got it confused?

But most importantly, I find that people are lifting at the wrong weight settings. Make sure that you're not moving other parts of your body while focusing on one part, that you're not going fast (You should press/pull fast, and come back slower on the regain), and that you use control.

More helpful tips. XD
2005-07-12, 1:00 PM #64
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2005-07-12, 1:09 PM #65
Thank you Daft. :)


Annovis, although what you said is exactly what I said and is correct, I wasn't mixing things up... :)

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Temp, 1-2 reps can be perfectly proper, if you're looking to bulk up.


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2005-07-12, 1:11 PM #66
I mean avenger.

I get those screwed up too, even though I'm a regular for 3 years now...how sad...:(
2005-07-12, 1:15 PM #67
lol yeah, thats what i was thinking.. :p
2005-07-12, 1:20 PM #68
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Originally posted by Daft_Vader
It doesn't matter what the thread is about (it's not exactly off topic anyway), Temperamental is merely pointing out that 1-2 reps won't do anytihng. I know virtually nothing about lifting, and I understand that. I personally found his post interesting and informative. He clearly knows more about what he's talking about than the average person on this thread. He is also not exactly being rude of derogatory, so there's no need to pull the ol' "roll-eyes" on him. ;)


Actually I was more referring the the beginning of his post where he's like "OMG NOBODY ON THIS THREAD CAN DO 100 POUNDS". Maxing out is just doing 1-2 reps of a weight. It's not the same as how much you can lift in 3-4 sets of however many reps.
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2005-07-12, 1:47 PM #69
Im 5 10 weigh 165 and bench 130 times 10 on average.

I think maxed out is 165 or so.
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2005-07-12, 2:01 PM #70
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Actually I was more referring the the beginning of his post where he's like "OMG NOBODY ON THIS THREAD CAN DO 100 POUNDS". Maxing out is just doing 1-2 reps of a weight. It's not the same as how much you can lift in 3-4 sets of however many reps.


I was under the impression people here were saying they could bench press 100+ pounds, which, is as hard for me to believe as it is for you to believe someone talking about their FPS in a game on a computer :rolleyes:

I mean...The only logical conclusion to come to from a thread entitled "How much can you bench?" is that people are going to be talking about mainly what they bench press in sets and reps, and not simply what they max out at.

If it were "How much do you max out at" or something more clear, I'd have said otherwise. But my previous statement still stands.
2005-07-12, 2:19 PM #71
I take offence. I'm definitly a geeky gamer, but I still lift and be physically active.
2005-07-12, 2:21 PM #72
Offense to what exactly?
2005-07-12, 2:44 PM #73
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Originally posted by Avenger
Improving your upper body strength will make you a much better player.

During the season and conditioning we would go to the weightroom every week. Then I didn't really try to see how much I can bench because we had to do it for a while. I think i stuck with benching 90lb for three sets of ten. My upper body doesn't suck, but my legs are still far superior from all the running we do.
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2005-07-12, 2:49 PM #74
It's not really your arms, but your abs is what he's talking about. When you kick, you use those abs muscels like you wouldn't believe.
2005-07-12, 2:57 PM #75
Well the thread was about benching. I'm alright there. I've got a 6 pack, although only 4 are very defined. Meh, I suppose I should work on that.
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2005-07-12, 2:59 PM #76
Quote:
Originally posted by Temperamental
I was under the impression people here were saying they could bench press 100+ pounds, which, is as hard for me to believe as it is for you to believe someone talking about their FPS in a game on a computer :rolleyes:

I mean...The only logical conclusion to come to from a thread entitled "How much can you bench?" is that people are going to be talking about mainly what they bench press in sets and reps, and not simply what they max out at.

If it were "How much do you max out at" or something more clear, I'd have said otherwise. But my previous statement still stands.


Uh, how much CAN you bench press. At most. Meaning maximum. The logical assumption is maxing out.

And I've benchpressed before, there's a difference. You know next to jack **** about computers.
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2005-07-12, 3:04 PM #77
How much can I bench?

10 or 12 pints ;)
2005-07-12, 3:05 PM #78
HAR HAR HAR!

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2005-07-12, 3:33 PM #79
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Uh, how much CAN you bench press. At most. Meaning maximum. The logical assumption is maxing out.

And I've benchpressed before, there's a difference. You know next to jack **** about computers.



I already said.

Around 200 bench press, with reps. I go down in weight by 20 or so pounds each set.

Max out? 230.

Who cares if I know jack **** about computers? I dont spend all day inside trying to learn them. They arent the most important thing to me. Looking good and felling good is.
2005-07-12, 6:39 PM #80
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Originally posted by Temperamental
I already said.

Around 200 bench press, with reps. I go down in weight by 20 or so pounds each set.

Max out? 230.

Who cares if I know jack **** about computers? I dont spend all day inside trying to learn them. They arent the most important thing to me. Looking good and felling good is.


Who cares? Obviously you, because you keep bringing them up.
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