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| Your max in kg? |
| 50 kg or under, ya buddy |
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| 50-70 |
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| 90-110 |
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| 170+ and I can beat your weak ass down. |
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phoneboothface
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Korea
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 Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:04 am Post subject: How much can you bench? |
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Very sorry for this thread. Just wanted it to be like bb.com for just a short while.
I realize mostly only lifters will respond to this thread.
I am weak relatively, I bench 95kg.
Actually I am more interested in what you did to increase you bench but gave the thread a sexy subject to get attention. I've hit the wall.
Let's see how many smartasses we can avoid from 170 who just want to say they could use me up.
Last edited by phoneboothface on Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:39 am; edited 1 time in total |
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PatrickBateman
Joined: 08 Jun 2009
Location: American Gardens Building, West 81st Street
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:31 am Post subject: |
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Maxed out at 225.
Now since I'm here I've lost weight(probably muscle)
Would be happy to put up 200 pounds twice. |
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warmachinenkorea
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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200 or so. Bench is very weak compared to other lifts.
Deadlift: 400 lbs +/- 5
Squat: 300 +/- 5
Working on getting all of these up. I have been training since January.
Starting Strength and strong lifts are good programs to follow for strength. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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hmmm...
Last Bench max. I did was a few months ago. It was at 110kgs (242lbs.) twice with my wife spotting me. I felt as though I could have gone 1 or 2 more but didn't want to push it seeing as how she was the one spotting me. 
Then, I had surgery. So now, I am not sure.  |
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Bob_Salad
Joined: 03 Jul 2009
Location: Same Shoes, Different Hat.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Your rucksack is your friend.
Put some weight in it and then:
Dip
Press-ups (Regular and incline)
Pull-ups (not that I can, but maybe you can)
Run up and down flights of stairs (assuming you have some of course. I live in a 10-story apartment block).
If you can't do pull-ups (like me) and your gym has a smith machine, set the bar about chest high and with your legs extended out in front supported by your heels, grab the bar and and pull yourself up so that your chest almost touches the bar. Put on a weight-loaded rucksack strapped tight for added resistance. Stair climber is also good with a loaded rucksack if your gym has one. You get a really good burn throughout your legs. |
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hauwande
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: gongju
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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110kg is my max. this is pretty light weight really for those not in the know. anything less than 150kg for a guy in nothing serious really.
as for war...200kg...now thats...big...
but actually i think weights is as boring as bat shit... 
so i dont try to go any higher. it would be hard for me to go much higher anyway. i dont have the build.
rather run and do yoga.
in response to the op...i thing first and foremost one needs to have the build to go big.
otherwise, i guess just eat lots of food and train heavy... 
not too sure, im no expert. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| hauwande wrote: |
| 110kg is my max. this is pretty light weight really for those not in the know. anything less than 150kg for a guy in nothing serious really. |
110kg is pretty light?
Man, I'd love to get you in the gym and see if you could sustain one of my strength training workouts when I'm prime. You're probably one of those poopie talkers, yet, can't even lift the bar, eh? Dude, we aren't professional lifters here. 110kgs light? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAA.
Move on troll, move on. |
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hauwande
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: gongju
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| cubanlord wrote: |
| hauwande wrote: |
| 110kg is my max. this is pretty light weight really for those not in the know. anything less than 150kg for a guy in nothing serious really. |
110kg is pretty light?
Man, I'd love to get you in the gym and see if you could sustain one of my strength training workouts when I'm prime. You're probably one of those poopie talkers, yet, can't even lift the bar, eh? Dude, we aren't professional lifters here. 110kgs light? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAA.
Move on troll, move on. |
what on earth are you on about?!!
the way youre talking you sound like you have a g-string wrung around your balls!!
lol! relax!
yes i can bench 110kg. i am nowhere near big!
110kg is not heavy, man! if i can lift it, it is NOT heavy. ok, its not light either, but it is not something to be proud of either.
i am VERY PART TIME with the weights... most of my time is spent with yoga and cardio.
you think im trolling?
ok, come to gongju and if i can lift 110kg, give me 1mil won, ok?
fair? money where mouth is and all that jazz?
ive seen people who are serious with the lifting and they could almost lift what i do with one arm!
repeat after me:
110kg is very pedestrian... 110kg is very pedestrian....
got it?
p.s. why do you take this [MOD EDIT for swearing] so seriously anyway?? |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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110kg is not heavy, man! if i can lift it, it is NOT heavy. ok, its not light either, but it is not something to be proud of either. |
240lbs is not heavy for bench? I guess heavy, to you, is relative. To 90% of the people out there working out, 240lbs is heavy, i.e., not a weight they usually workout with. You're a beast, what can we say? Repping 4 sets of 10 with 110kgs is definitely your weight. Man, I really need to workout more!
| hauwande wrote: |
ok, come to gongju and if i can lift 110kg, give me 1mil won, ok?
fair? money where mouth is and all that jazz? |
After school, at the playground, right?
| hauwande wrote: |
| ive seen people who are serious with the lifting and they could almost lift what i do with one arm! |
Now I know you are not only a troll, but you also live in a fantasy land that is unfamiliar to all of us weight-lifters.
| hauwande wrote: |
| 110kg is very pedestrian... 110kg is very pedestrian.... |
You're the man. We got it. You can lift 500kg on an off day with a broken arm and arthritis. You're the man to be. We got it.
| hauwande wrote: |
| why do you take this [MOD EDIT for swearing] so seriously anyway?? |
I don't. By your post, it seems as though you are the man to be! I'm envious. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject: Re: How much can you bench? |
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| phoneboothface wrote: |
| Actually I am more interested in what you did to increase your bench ... |
Well....On Triceps and chest, when strength training, I have a spotter, that can support/lift similarly to me, spot me. If my max is 110kgs, then I go to 100kgs and do 4 to 5 reps in 4 sets. If they have to spot me, they spot me. But, when they do, they help very little. If I have them help too much, it defeats the purpose. My muscles have to get used to the weight so that I can increase (glutamine helps too!!!!)
I overload triceps, usually, 4 to 5 sets of 15 with heavy weight. Finally, I get on bench, put on usually 50% of my max., and work on my breakpoint (you know, the area of bench where your arms are about 90 degrees and the bar is just a few inches from your chest? the hardest part about bench?)
Oh, also, I tend to raise my feet from the ground and cross them. That way, my chest is even more isolated. I have a nasty tendency, when I go heavy, to put too much pressure on my legs. |
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hauwande
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: gongju
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| cubanlord wrote: |
| hauwande wrote: |
110kg is not heavy, man! if i can lift it, it is NOT heavy. ok, its not light either, but it is not something to be proud of either. |
240lbs is not heavy for bench? I guess heavy, to you, is relative. To 90% of the people out there working out, 240lbs is heavy, i.e., not a weight they usually workout with. You're a beast, what can we say? Repping 4 sets of 10 with 110kgs is definitely your weight. Man, I really need to workout more!
| hauwande wrote: |
ok, come to gongju and if i can lift 110kg, give me 1mil won, ok?
fair? money where mouth is and all that jazz? |
After school, at the playground, right?
| hauwande wrote: |
| ive seen people who are serious with the lifting and they could almost lift what i do with one arm! |
Now I know you are not only a troll, but you also live in a fantasy land that is unfamiliar to all of us weight-lifters.
| hauwande wrote: |
| 110kg is very pedestrian... 110kg is very pedestrian.... |
You're the man. We got it. You can lift 500kg on an off day with a broken arm and arthritis. You're the man to be. We got it.
| hauwande wrote: |
| why do you take this [MOD EDIT for swearing]so seriously anyway?? |
I don't. By your post, it seems as though you are the man to be! I'm envious. |
i didnt say i could do 4 sets of 10!!!
i said i could lift it......i meant once!!
1 rep!
sorry, i misunderstood the op's question...
i thought the question meant how much can you bench - 1 rep!
1 rep is a far cry from 4 sets of 10...
you win...i misunderstood... if you talk about 4 sets of 10, then my bench is only 85kg!!! i could never do 110kg 4 sets of 10 - not in a 1000 years!
i do too much cardio, dont do enough weights and have a too small a build anyway...
haha! internet message boards...lol!
so that is why i said 110kg is not so heavy - 1 rep!
sorry  |
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Electron cloud
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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A good way to break through the wall is change your rep / set ratio
For pure increases in strenght BUT slight losses in mass (not a big loss, but less mass gain certainly) go for 5 sets of 5 reps.
Then what you do is when you've gone up - say from 90kg to 95 kg 5x5 - you change it to
4sets of 6 reps 95 kg. When you have this down you can go back to your 3 sets of 10 reps if you like doing what you can - say 3 x 10, 2nd set 3 x 9, 3rd set 3x7 etc until you can do a full 3 x 10.
5 x 5 is awesome for being able to handle new, heavier wieghts.
4 x 6 is a good comprimise.
Once you try it you wont ever go back to 3 x 10 (assuming that's what you do, maybe you don''t...) |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP wrote: |
A good way to break through the wall is change your rep / set ratio
For pure increases in strenght BUT slight losses in mass (not a big loss, but less mass gain certainly) go for 5 sets of 5 reps.
Then what you do is when you've gone up - say from 90kg to 95 kg 5x5 - you change it to
4sets of 6 reps 95 kg. When you have this down you can go back to your 3 sets of 10 reps if you like doing what you can - say 3 x 10, 2nd set 3 x 9, 3rd set 3x7 etc until you can do a full 3 x 10.
5 x 5 is awesome for being able to handle new, heavier wieghts.
4 x 6 is a good comprimise.
Once you try it you wont ever go back to 3 x 10 (assuming that's what you do, maybe you don''t...) |
Nice. Have you done this? I never thought to change my reps/sets up. I've always just lowered the reps and increased weight. Sometimes though, I have just gone to failure, especially when I have a spotter. I'd go to failure 4 different times. Sometimes get 3, sometimes get 5, etc. You get the point. |
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Electron cloud
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| cubanlord wrote: |
| DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP wrote: |
A good way to break through the wall is change your rep / set ratio
For pure increases in strenght BUT slight losses in mass (not a big loss, but less mass gain certainly) go for 5 sets of 5 reps.
Then what you do is when you've gone up - say from 90kg to 95 kg 5x5 - you change it to
4sets of 6 reps 95 kg. When you have this down you can go back to your 3 sets of 10 reps if you like doing what you can - say 3 x 10, 2nd set 3 x 9, 3rd set 3x7 etc until you can do a full 3 x 10.
5 x 5 is awesome for being able to handle new, heavier wieghts.
4 x 6 is a good comprimise.
Once you try it you wont ever go back to 3 x 10 (assuming that's what you do, maybe you don''t...) |
Nice. Have you done this? I never thought to change my reps/sets up. I've always just lowered the reps and increased weight. Sometimes though, I have just gone to failure, especially when I have a spotter. I'd go to failure 4 different times. Sometimes get 3, sometimes get 5, etc. You get the point. |
Yes. Doing 5 x 5 really got me lifting and used to handling much heavier wights than I had before. Also a really good way to improve form too as you slow down and go for intesnity. I'm a runt now though, haven't lifted for years.... |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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Why not just ask 'how much do you make teaching privates?' or 'how many K-girls do you score in a typical month?'.
I could probably do 90 once (but I'd sure want a spotter) and I'm pretty sure that would put me at the top of the dozen-or-so guys in my school district. I'd love to meet the three guys who can bench 170 (375 pounds). I can think of exactly one FT I've known in Korea who could probably do that. |
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