Just wondering..how much you bench vs. your weight.

[AtifSajid]

Im around 190-195lbs. I maxed out at 210lb.

And the thing is that I hate benching, but lately have found it to be very good with a spotter and heavy weight. I usually always start of my workout benching now.

[mp5o]

Lets just say I weigh about 135... Note, I'm only 5'7ish.... and I bench 180-190 depending on how good of a day I'm having.

[mocha latte cupcake]

i haven't done a max out bench press in a long time but back when i lifted all the time i did like 225 and i weight 185..

[dereksi]

Im about 185 and I max at 215.

[BTEC]

i havent maxed out in years but i can prolly get 200+, im only 150 :D

[4dmin]

probably 20lbs are so :D

[HyPer50]

Hey, I quit lifting a few months back, but was maxxing out at 340lbs, weigh 230.

[1zach4]

170lbs and I don't max out when doing bench but I do 240lbs for 10 reps

[SaraX5]

my weight 108. i max at 15 lbs lol

[JustinSane110™]

I weigh about 215 and got 400 up on the incline machine before. Usually stick to about 320 for reps though. I dont do any freeweight benches (lack of a partner, dont wanna get stuck under the weight). I dont do too much weight for the flat dumbell presses cuz I'm prioritizing the inclines for upper chest.

[soxfan30]

Before I hurt my shoulder at the gym, I maxed out 260 and I weigh 200. Now, working back into routine, I'm at 185...I think...that was earlier this week. This is why I keep a notebook, I don't remember anything I did haha.

[man]

185 and I weigh 135

[1zach4]

Maxing out isn't necessarily a good indicator of overall strength....so what you can lift 350lbs...for one rep...

When it comes down to it, the best indicator of strength is the combination of muscular strength and muscular endurance.

Example: It is overall better for you and more effective if you bench press 250lbs for 8 repetitions than if you are doing 300lbs for one repetition.

In a real-world situation you will more often than not be called to action using your muscular endurance in combination with your muscular strength, and not just asked to lift something really heavy, one time.

::end rant::

edit: also as an example above (one i have personally experienced) maxing out with weight is one of the most common causes of injury during weight lifting (right below incorrect use of weights) I also had a nagging shoulder injury that was caused by maxing out for bench press, hence the reason I have done my fair share of research and had discussions with many professionals on the use of max weight vs. rep weight (it is no coincidence that my shoulder is now not only fully healed, but much stronger than it ever was when i was maxing out)

[AtifSajid]

I really dont mess with maxing out either. I like to try it after every few months, but you still wont get shit up unless you work out with heavy weights on a regular. I was just surprised to even get that much weight up since I never do real heavy weight - too me heavy...lol

[sebastianHoff]

i was 197lbs and maxed out at 285-290lbs. but i was doin 5 sets of 15 at 165lbs.

[AtifSajid]

I also wonder how tall everyone is..at what they bench and all. Im 6'1".

[1zach4]

im 6'1"

[ironchef]

6'0 im a bit of a fatty at 250 but i've maxed out at 300 before. Nowadays though im starting to rep 250 and im going to try and increase that.

[Complete]

135 lbs and i bench 180

[JustinSane110™]

I also wonder how tall everyone is..at what they bench and all. Im 6'1".
Let's make this simple, lol.

6'3
215lbs
7% bf. (most I think I've ever had, lol)
Got 400lbs up on the incline machine 6 times (usually 320 for reps, keep in mind thats a machine though)
Usually do the 80lb dumbells for 4-5 sets though for flat and incline.

[HyPer50]

I'm 5'7"-5'8"... ya ya ya

[Mike]

210-215 i weight 180.

[The Golden Child]

5'7 - 140lbs - 250lbs 4-45lbs 2-35lbs - 3 sets of 6

now im 135lbs and dunno what i can bench cause i havent hit the gym for awhile ..

[NEONRACER]

5'7 - 140lbs - 250lbs 4-45lbs 2-35lbs - 3 sets of 6

now im 135lbs and dunno what i can bench cause i havent hit the gym for awhile ..


The weights you have listed are 295lbs not 250, remember the bar weighs 45lbs. At 140lbs that is alot even for your height.

[NEONRACER]

5'11
168lbs
250lbs (before shoulder injury)

[The Golden Child]

The weights you have listed are 295lbs not 250, remember the bar weighs 45lbs. At 140lbs that is alot even for your height.

yes i know ive seen ppl my height & weight do 3 plates of 45s no problem all natural ..

[NEONRACER]

Are we talking a Hammer Strength machine or free weights?

[The Golden Child]

Are we talking a Hammer Strength machine or free weights?

free weights .. dont like using machines ..

[dwnsthGABOY]

I'm about 5'8 230 and during my senior year in HS I was able to lift 220lbs 5 times. woot woot!!

[SLOWR/T]

5'9 235lbs maxed 260 junior year in school. now im 260ish and havent been to the gym since school :( .

[Jimmy B]

when i was workin out, way back when.. lol 190 or 185, not sure..
im 5'8
i was 145 then

[1zach4]

250lbs for 2 sets of 10 yesterday

[{X}Echo419]

5'9
165lbs
I got 90's w/dumbell flat 6 reps alone. I don't know what my bench is cause I usually work out alone.

[brads94accord]

my senior year of high school i weighed in right around 125lbs and could bench 200lbs..now i struggle to throw up 160 lol..i need to start working out again.

a buddy of mine who wrestled weighed about the same as me 125-130 but he benched 275..it was ridiculous!

[1zach4]

i'm up to 270lbs for a set of 10

[kaotickaozpunk]

you need to max out guys...if you want to hit and gain more weight on the bench you must max out...anyone should know that...im 17 and i play football for my school and im currently interested in body building...i weigh 180 and max out at 250..im only 5'5...im trying to hit 300 by this summer...and i believe i can do it...maybe even before then...but like i said if you want to gain weight on the bench you must max out...if you do 200 for 8 reps...thats good but thats only recommended if you want to tone out and build some muscle...but if you want to gain strength fast you must max out and im pretty sure thats final...

[robbyrob016]

I put up 140 and weigh 135.. alllll muscle tho. haha (im a runner)

[toomuchpeso]

i weigh bout 135 and i did 225 max

[{X}Echo419]

i weigh bout 135 and i did 225 max

waht!

[1zach4]

you do not need to max out...don't listen to the 17yr old high schooler...i'm a semester away from my dual bachelor's in exercise and health science and biology (with a minor in human anatomy/physiology)

You only need to get your muscle to the point of exhaustion, yes a 1RM, or what you like to call a max, will sometimes do this, but it is not as effective as say doing negatives...or pyramids.

There are much better exercises to fatigue your muscle and start the breakdown/rebuilding process of your muscular fibers than trying as hard as you can to lift a weight one time.

Say you can bench 300lbs...and it's pretty hard...well how about trying to do a pyramid like this

6 reps @ 275

4 reps @ 285

2 reps @ 295

4 reps @ 285

6 reps @ 275

and then tell me which exercise you think will develop your chest quicker.

oh and on a sidenote...if you want to develop your pectoralis major/minor there are much better exercises than a standard bench press, and do not neglect your latissimus dorsi (lats) or your teres major/minor, or you will not see the chest gains you are hoping for

Just for a reference point, last time I posted in this thread was about 2 months ago
I don't bench press as a part of my regular workout, and I definitely do not max. I do bench press simply to have a reference point with friends of mine and our strength gains.

Last time I posted was 270lbs for a set of 10

I completed this bench press pyramid yesterday

6 reps @ 295

4 reps @ 310

2 reps @ 325

and then I went back down the pyramid

proof you do not need to perform a one rep max to gain strength.

AND!!




As a reply to the comment above about having to max out to gain strength:

anything 6 reps or lower with a weight that will take you to muscular failure is considered an exercise to gain strength and not "tone" the muscle

It is more effective to workout with weights ranging for 85 - 95% of your one rep max to achieve an overall stronger/healthier muscle
AND DON'T FORGET TO SLEEP!!! Your muscle does not get bigger @ the gym lol it repairs and grows overnight, be sure to get enough protein in your system and the proper amino acids to help this process along!

[2.0civic]

its also alot easier for you guys with short arms too. i got some gorilla arms and when i last maxed out when i weighed 140 i benched 180.

[ironchef]

oh and on a sidenote...if you want to develop your pectoralis major/minor there are much better exercises than a standard bench press, and do not neglect your latissimus dorsi (lats) or your teres major/minor, or you will not see the chest gains you are hoping for

Can you name some? Ive been trying to change up my routine from the standard 3-4 sets of just increase weight type things to something new to shock my system so to speak. What would be a good routine for chest and arms?

[speedminded]

I fully agree with 1Zach4, you can't continuously max out, it's pointless...do the pyramid. We did sometimes max out once a week though, just to see how much we improved each week while days before alternating upper and lower body.

As a freshman to sophomore in HS a million years ago i was "maxing out" on the bench at 220 and weighed 155-160 (6' tall, long arms)...i was more into endurance and reps though and did not want to get big. Could do many reps of curls with 100lb. dumbbells though which no one believed until i showed them, lol..then 100lb leg extensions all day long...amazing what 12 years of soccer and living on a farm would do (could only go 90% straight though until after knees surgeries b/c they were trashed). I just loved showing off and placing bets on the leg press...long ass legs and maxed at just under 400lbs. at 15-16 years old (never broke 400)

Weight training is necessary for any sport but i believe practice is the most important. After i was told i couldn't play soccer anymore i quit weight training and went to down hill mtn bike racing, kayaking, and rapelling/mtn. climbing. :super:

[ironchef]

100lb per arm for curls? If so, goddamn!! Teach me lolol. I got a buddy i workout with, and im pretty much consistenly stronger than him in everything we do besides curls. I need some good exercises to build up the biceps. List some people.

[speedminded]

100lb per arm for curls? If so, goddamn!! Teach me lolol. I got a buddy i workout with, and im pretty much consistenly stronger than him in everything we do besides curls. I need some good exercises to build up the biceps. List some people.That's easy...10 years of living on a farm by then...chopping and stacking a couple cords of firewood every year, bagging and loading 100lb. bags of feed, then baling and picking up, stacking unloading, restacking, moving, selling and stacking and unloading again 50-75lb bales of hay...few thousand a year...Sometimes square bales then sometimes rounds bales (always prayed for round bales if we didn't think it would be good enough to sell for horses...didn't have to pick anything up, just use the front end loader with a spike :D ) Doin shit like that everyday will make you stronger and keep you in shape...in a miserable good way that is.

[Tasuki_Civic]

i bech 145 and im 5'3.....imma strong one now

[speedminded]

i bech 145 and im 5'3.....imma strong one nowwow, that's kinda impressive...as long as you look like a girl that is. :tongue:

[Tasuki_Civic]

wow, that's kinda impressive...as long as you look like a girl that is. :tongue:


lol im jus fuckin with ya'll im 5'3 alrite but i dont bech press shit. but i can box like no other

[speedminded]

lol im jus fuckin with ya'll im 5'3 alrite but i dont bech press shit. but i can box like no otheraw, gotcha...i was thinkin that's gonna be a manly looking chick.

[wannab20hatch]

depends on how much juice i take :) im 140 and lifting my own weight. i have a mis aligned collar bone so bench press sucks for me

[josh nixon]

i'm 5'10"/165 pounds. dont really max out but i can get in the 235-240 range. i do it more for the conditioning aspect, not for the "get as big as i can" aspect. i want to be tone, not Hulk Hogan...

[98Impreza234]

130-180

[NEONRACER]

As a freshman to sophomore in HS a million years ago i was "maxing out" on the bench at 220 and weighed 155-160 (6' tall, long arms)...i was more into endurance and reps though and did not want to get big. Could do many reps of curls with 100lb. dumbbells though which no one believed until i showed them, lol..then 100lb leg extensions all day long...amazing what 12 years of soccer and living on a farm would do (could only go 90% straight though until after knees surgeries b/c they were trashed). I just loved showing off and placing bets on the leg press...long ass legs and maxed at just under 400lbs. at 15-16 years old (never broke 400)

:super:


I am sorry but I have to say this. There is no way that you can curl 100lb dumbbells. Not doing standing db curls, inclince db curls, seated db curls, concentration curls, hammer curls or any other variation of curls. I am sorry but I have seen you and there is no way that you could of curled 100lb db. I have pleanty of friends with arms bigger than your legs and they don't curl 100lb db regularly. I could believe 100lbs with a bar but I can't believe you used db's. Sorry but I had to say this.

[speedminded]

I am sorry but I have to say this. There is no way that you can curl 100lb dumbbells. Not doing standing db curls, inclince db curls, seated db curls, concentration curls, hammer curls or any other variation of curls. I am sorry but I have seen you and there is no way that you could of curled 100lb db. I have pleanty of friends with arms bigger than your legs and they don't curl 100lb db regularly. I could believe 100lbs with a bar but I can't believe you used db's. Sorry but I had to say this.I have no need to exagerate or make up anything to make myself feel better. On a "preacher" curl bench...alternate 4 to 6 with the right and normally 4 reps at the most with the left with the 100lb dumbell (never one in each hand, hell naww). With a bar i could curl almost as much as a I could bench, yet do several more reps (regular routine curling with a bar: 125 first set, 150, then 175lbs...can't remember what my max was) Pecs and triceps were never as strong as my biceps and shoulders.

[NEONRACER]

I find these numbers very hard to believe. I have seen guys twice your size not lift these weights you are stating. I would have to see you do these to believe, even using your shoulders and swinging your body I can't see how you can curl 175lbs. I wasn't trying to bash you but I see people in the gym all the time trying to lift big weights with the worst form they turn a standing curl into a full upper body workout.

[speedminded]

I find these numbers very hard to believe. I have seen guys twice your size not lift these weights you are stating. I would have to see you do these to believe, even using your shoulders and swinging your body I can't see how you can curl 175lbs. I wasn't trying to bash you but I see people in the gym all the time trying to lift big weights with the worst form they turn a standing curl into a full upper body workout.Nothing but proper form, there's not too much of a point of working out if you're just asking to injure yourself.

lol, fullbody work out...Power cleans were about the only "fullbody" workout i'd do, touching the knee each time and the weight was the same as my max bench, 225. I couldn't bench for shit but everything else i excelled at.

It would take me 3 to 6 weeks to get back to those numbers again and i've been tempted it...

[Pher]

I find these numbers very hard to believe. I have seen guys twice your size not lift these weights you are stating. I would have to see you do these to believe, even using your shoulders and swinging your body I can't see how you can curl 175lbs. I wasn't trying to bash you but I see people in the gym all the time trying to lift big weights with the worst form they turn a standing curl into a full upper body workout.
Jason grew up on a farm. Doing farm work builds muscles that your "twice your size" friends didn't know they had.

[NEONRACER]

Yeah that was a smart response.

[Pher]

Yeah that was a smart response.
I'm being serious. I wasn't trying to be a smart ass, simply giving you some info that you were previously unaware of.

[babowc]

135, bench like 130..
haha fucking sad eh?

[secrets out]

well i'm 5'6, weigh around 105, and i bench 45 lbs.

my legs get about 100 lbs while in soccer season and 80 at other times.

my legs are so much stronger...

[babowc]

er? leg press is 100lb?
when i was your age.. three years ago..
i couldnt bench for shit but i played soccer too.. i was legpressing like 400 or something.. lol

[Flip]

I've been sick but last time i did a partial max (went easy since i was oging to do a full workout afterwards) i did 215 and i weigh 170...

[babowc]

i take everything back i said about secrets out.
i didnt know you were a girl -_-;
i guess thats normal for a female?

[CALIWEST]

186-191lbs..bench usually 225lbs doing 6sets 10reps...haven't maxed out in long time

[EclipseE16g]

i weight 160lb 5'6 and i max out at 225lb. i have a friend who is 5'8 weight 135 and he max out at 305.

[1zach4]

now weigh 197 and bench 305 for a set of 6

[Sibious]

weigh 178 and bunch about 125, never work out and never maxed yet juet messing aorund at gym. what is best cuase want to work out more. less weight more reps more weight less reps.?

[TheSnail]

Most I have benched was in 9th grade. I weighed in at less then 135lbs, and benched 185. Now, about 7 years later, I got a beer belly, the most exersice I have done in the past 3years was lift up and drink cans of beer, and recycle the cans with one of those wall mounted crushing things. My weight fluctuats between 145-155, and I if right now I got on the bench down stars, I would probably do 145-165 max.

[Hondatwin23]

5'9 165lbs: max at 255lbs bench and rising

[coolZero]

5"10" I weight 198 and bench 235. I never tried to go above that weight. Not bad for an old guy. lol

[1SwollDude]

i weigh 180 and i max on bench about 330

[{X}Echo419]

i weigh 180 and i max on bench about 330

are you sure you don't mean 230???

[Nyteryder]

I am 6'3" and I weight 240 and can push up 350 free weight.

[fight club]

im 5'11 and i weight 165lbs and max my weight LOL. but i leg press 600+ in reps, haha gotta love skateboarding.

[Brut]

kinda old thread im 16 weight 170 bench max is 270 and i can do 18 reps of 185 my max leg press is 947 ;)

[sirhatch1030]

im 250 and and can bench 414 on a good day.

[Hondasi]

i maxed out at 450-500






lolz jp 180

[lexi2003]

my weight is 105 height 4 11 and i maxed out at 90 lol i lifted 3 years in high school pretty good for a little person LOL but i am a girl =)

[Z33_kid]

im bout 150 or 155 been losing weight lift 180 last time i did

[b@d @pple]

i weigh about 205 and max'd at 260...3 reps only!

[sebastianHoff]

kinda old thread im 16 weight 170 bench max is 270 and i can do 18 reps of 185 my max leg press is 947 ;)

i dont think i our press machine will hold 900lbs. id like to try though.

[Brut]

i dont think i our press machine will hold 900lbs. id like to try though.

ours holds over 1k i know that for sure. I watched another guy do 1005

[ironchef]

I legpressed like 1100 something at the gym, we had to go to the machine that had two sets of racks per side to fit enough 45's lolol.

[nDrew]

5'6" Weigh 132lbs Max out 145lbs Work out with 4x6 110lbs. I just started working out so I am quite the weakling lol.

[sebastianHoff]

ok i went in the gym and tried it this morning, ours only holds 800lbs and i did that 6.25 times, got a girls phone number in the process though. i figure if i really wanted to i could get 2 200lbs guy to sit on the machine and that'd be like 1200lbs, maybe i'll try that.

[b.a.d. s2000]

i am 185lb, i maxed at 315 bench. that pretty good? consider i am asian, most asian are short and skinny. haha

[hemi]

Weigh 245 bench 375 max, 225 x 30, squat 405 25 times, hack squat 900 x 10. I agree that the max not a good measure of strength, but is more common.
A good guide is 225 on the bench, and 405 on the squat... Also safer, less injuries.

[Scgrandprix]

im 165 and im benching 190

[2.2L]

im 160 and i bench 160 even

[1SwollDude]

are you sure you don't mean 230???


im positive im 5'10" weigh around 180 and i can max out on bench at 330

[FaSaleen]

I wiegh 215 and bench 265lbs, Im working on 315lbs.I've been working out for 5 1/2 months and my max has jumped 60 lbs. Go heavy or go home.Im working out with no less than 225 lbs. just can't loose that beer belly.

[1zach4]

My last post in here was 197lbs/12% bodyfat and 305 for bench

NOW:

205lbs/10% body fat and i'm benching 340lbs for 6 reps!

[Z32redondo]

5'9
125 lb
6% body fat
bench 185

[{X}Echo419]

well last week I got 265lbs and I weighed in @ 171lbs(5'9") :boobies:


im positive im 5'10" weigh around 180 and i can max out on bench at 330

HOLY SHIT! are you amputated from the waist down? :lmfao: J/K that's good.

[1SwollDude]

lol i just workout a lot tryin to get up to 200lb and bench around 400

[AtifSajid]

We'll the only thing that has changed with me since i started this thread is im lucky if you find me benching, its usually my burnout with 135lbs only, but yesterday i got the urge to bench, and I maxed out at 235lb. weight still 190lb.

[redrumracer]

when i was working out i could squat 440(never maxed out), bench 300. im 5'10" and 300 lbs

lol its funny though, i look at what some of yall max with and its what i warmed up with. it doesnt help any that all through out highschool i had a class dedicated to lifting weights for football.