How much can you benchpress?

[WVU]

funny how this thread gets more response than the Durant thread.

I figured it would. Do you guys have mirrors all over your house or do you run into the bathroom and flex?

 

[Journeyman]

I disagree with that statement. If you can do 12 Reps at 180, you can put up 230+. Yes, your muscles get trained with endurance as in higher reps, but your strength also increases. If you put 240 on the bar, you'll be able to handle it and it wont fall to your chest. They have calculators online that compare things like this also....

There are calculators, and no matter whether you have tried the higher amount or not you will automatically be in that range, I would say 180x12 would easily put you in the 225-230 range one time minimum.

 

[Journeyman]

funny how this thread gets more response than the Durant thread.

I figured it would. Do you guys have mirrors all over your house or do you run into the bathroom and flex?

no different than you telling us how much money you made son do you count it?

 

[HuskerFan1]

i am 5'11 ironically enough, i am thin and i have long arms and my reps are clean...needless to say im desperately trying to gain some weight LOL....

i have the metabolism some here im sure would kill for....i can drink a few beers every night of the week and 20 beers on a saturday and my stomach is flat as a board....

 

[harrington]

40 lbs. once

 

[GameBreaker]

I can do 1 cock pushup.

 

[PyRoCaPPer]

There are calculators, and no matter whether you have tried the higher amount or not you will automatically be in that range, I would say 180x12 would easily put you in the 225-230 range one time minimum.

Yea thats my point. Those calculators will just show you approximately the range you would be in, but if you do 180x12, then you can easily do 2 plates, probably more.

According to one calculator, if you do 180x10 (cause 12 was not an input option), your max is 240. These are just approximations, but they are accurate.

 

[levistep]

Yea thats my point. Those calculators will just show you approximately the range you would be in, but if you do 180x12, then you can easily do 2 plates, probably more.

According to one calculator, if you do 180x10 (cause 12 was not an input option), your max is 240. These are just approximations, but they are accurate.

He was obviously pulling numbers from the air. He can probably do 135lbs for 10 reps, and maxes out at 180.

 

[RoBoKnowsCop]

Good catch Levi.

Box, I agree with the 6-8 reps. That gives you a nice balance of mass and endurance. Some of this endurance shit is just trying to stave off lactic, and that is at least some part mental

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[Dawoofdaddy]

There are calculators, and no matter whether you have tried the higher amount or not you will automatically be in that range, I would say 180x12 would easily put you in the 225-230 range one time minimum.

Yeah but he posted he can do 3 sets of 180X12 reps.

I agree with Levi, manej max bench should be more than he posted.

 

[Rawpimple]

It depends on what you are training for. No Collegiate Program trying to weight train baseball players of all sports, where flexibility is extremely important to maintain a fluid arm stroke, is going to weight train for mass.

Lower reps = You Gain Mass
Higher reps = Maintenance, strength, endurance

If you try to train for mass in baseball, you large muscle groups in your arms like biceps and triceps will get too large and your small muscles, ligaments, etc like your rotator cuff wont be able to support it.

Not to mention you are going to get too stiff.

There is no right or wrong way to weight train, as long as you are doing it towards the appropriate goal.

I have no concerns with athletics now, I am training for mass and strength. The best and most efficient number of reps for mass and strength training is 6-8. Baseball players will do sets of 12-15 on everything except legs, where they will do 6-8.

when did you win Mr. universe Arnold?

 

[RobFunk]

Yea thats my point. Those calculators will just show you approximately the range you would be in, but if you do 180x12, then you can easily do 2 plates, probably more.

According to one calculator, if you do 180x10 (cause 12 was not an input option), your max is 240. These are just approximations, but they are accurate.

Here's one

looks like 180*12 = 250

http://www.thepumpingstation.com/1repmax.html

 

[levistep]

Here's one

looks like 180*12 = 250

http://www.thepumpingstation.com/1repmax.html

That's not even taking into account that he said he can do 180 for 12 reps for 3 sets. Assumming that the last rep for the third set absolutely kills him, that means he should be able to do at least 190lbs for one, 12 rep set which pushes his max even higher. Nobody on earth underestimates their max bench by 50lbs or even 25lbs. Considering the source, i've compiled these percentages; 80% he is completely lying out his ass, 15% he is exaggerating moderately, 5% he's being completely honest.

 

[Dante]

450lbs 4 times

 

[WVU]

450lbs 4 times

I can bench Dante while he is benching 450

 

[JeffP]

Turning 50 later this year... 5'9" 170 lbs...

Been lifting for the past 15 years. No matter what I do I can't seem to develop real strength in my chest... genetics I guess. Can bench a set of 10 reps at 150-160 (at most) depending on how I feel that day... never been able to bench heavier than that. I've worked with trainers who told me they could help me gain chest strength but never any real gains there. My chest will get bigger with low reps and if I eat a LOT of protein but I never get any real strength gains chest-wise.

Now get this... my legs are f'ing strong though... can pound out sets of 15 reps with 1080 lbs on my gym's seated leg press machine - that's 24 of those 45 lb plates (12 plates per side) - literally no room on the machine for any more weight. Did a set last year with the machine fully loaded up with weight and a girl trainer sitting on top of the machine while her friend took a picture that she still has on the wall in her office...

Weird huh?



-jp

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[levistep]

Range of motion is huge for leg press. If you cheat a little bit you can do like 300 extra lbs, probably more. Just like how pat robertson can do 2000lbs on the leg press. If you actually do full range of motion that is pretty impressive.

EDIT: actually, according to wikipedia, you can double your leg press by cheating. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leg_press
With that said, you can cheat with just about every single lift, except deadlifts which is why i love them.

 

[themanej2001]

That's not even taking into account that he said he can do 180 for 12 reps for 3 sets. Assumming that the last rep for the third set absolutely kills him, that means he should be able to do at least 190lbs for one, 12 rep set which pushes his max even higher. Nobody on earth underestimates their max bench by 50lbs or even 25lbs. Considering the source, i've compiled these percentages; 80% he is completely lying out his ass, 15% he is exaggerating moderately, 5% he's being completely honest.

Ok so you know what I can do... I work out that many times a week and I can't put up more then 230... It is funny that those calculators tell you what I should be able to do but I don't lift weight above that value that I can rep... If you don't go above the rep value it is often true that once you do the weight is to much to bear...

I love how you know this and it is like a fact... People's bodies are different... YOu are the iddiot...

 

[royboy_3831]

this has become the gayest thread in the history of the rx.

someone bump it to the RR or the Health/Fitness forum.

Just think if Mr. Wonderful and HeatOhio were still around... :monsters-

 

[themanej2001]

Just think if Mr. Wonderful and HeatOhio were still around... :monsters-

haha who do you think would win? Haha you think they would just keep one upping each other... Heat would say I can do 410... and Wonderful would say yeah ok I can do 450... And Heat would say I was saying reps you dumb fuck I can do 500... shit would be great too bad