Bench pressing

[MJR]

How much can you bench press?

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A few months ago I maxed out at 160lbs, but my arm grew like two inches around and Im going to try 180 or 190 next 2 weeks.

 

[insane_alien]

i know i can bench press my own weight(or mass if you want to be perfectly accurate) which is ~80kg.

but i can only do two or three reps max before i'm liable to drop the thing on myself. i don't actually do a whole lot of stuff in the gym, i mostly stick to climbing either indoors if the weather is crap or outdoors if its nice out, i know some good little rocky outcroppings which aren't particularly tall or dangerous(worst case scenario is you fall 3 meters into some soft mud maybe getting a scrape from the rock on your way down, its softer than the crash mats for indoors) but quite challenging.

not bad for the school geek well, ex school i'm in uni now.

 

[MJR]

Thats not too bad depending on your age. Im only 14 though and I am a gym freak.

 

[markl316]

I just got 190. Scarily, 8 months ago, I could barely get up 95

 

[Linguofreak]

I'm not sure I can even remember the last time I even tried. I think it was something like 40 lbs back in my freshman year of highschool, and I'm not sure it's improved since then.

 

[Bj]

I'm not sure I can even remember the last time I even tried. I think it was something like 40 lbs back in my freshman year of highschool, and I'm not sure it's improved since then.

40 pounds? that's not even the bar... The bar alone weighs 45.

 

[Hielor]

yeah, your choices don't go low enough. Back in sophomore year of high school I took a weight training class. At the start of the semester I could just barely bench the bar alone (~45lbs) just barely; by the end of the semester I think I could manage 65 or 70. I haven't worked on it since then.

 

[Bj]

When I started in Junior year, I could barely do about 100 pounds, When I ended the school year (about 8 months) I was doing about 175 (bar + 2x45 weights + 2x20 weights)

 

[tblaxland]

I normally do 2 sets of 15 reps at 52.5 kg. I selected 125-135 lbs since I know I can do half a dozen reps at that weight.

 

[simonpro]

Can't stand gyms, they bore the hell out of me and at least here are usually full of posers but I can bench somewhere around my own weight. Not done it in a few months, though.

 

[tblaxland]

Can't stand gyms, they bore the hell out of me and at least here are usually full of posers but I can bench somewhere around my own weight. Not done it in a few months, though.

I managed to find one of the few gyms in Sydney that does not have the walls lined with mirrors. They also have great facilities for kids, tennis & squash courts, pools, etc. As a result, the clientele is significantly different than most gyms around town.

 

[Notebook]

I can press my own trousers, does that count?

N.

 

[astrosammy]

Shoul be less than 40kg for me.

 

[Ghostrider]

Power-amp on or off?

 

[MJR]

Ha ha. I can get more than most of you guys here and I'm 14. My friend who is the same age can get 215.

 

[ThatGuy]

I can get 120-135 lbs (54-61 kg) usually.

 

[Notebook]

Power-amp on or off?

Sometimes, though I have to use the steam vent occaiosanlly(now and then...)

N.