What is your weight/bench?

[One on One]

Just curious as to what everyone is lifting.

I'm 185 lbs. and can bench about 240 lbs.

 

[Oxide]

im 155 and my max is 180

 

[chim_chim]

I'm 180 and my 1RM is 250 now, was 270 three months ago before I started track though.

 

[Ofus]

I weigh 165lbs and I can bench 160lbs

 

[semag]

180 lbs with a 1RM of 240 before starting to cut up

170 lbs with a 1RM of about 230 now...

 

[Amorican23]

165 lbs bodyweight, 340 is my best on the flat bench

 

[Alpha male Female Catcher]

255lb body weight, 370lb bench

 

[RIchardo]

140 body weight 255 bench

 

[AKA FLEX]

182 Weight (5'10"), 345 Bench

 

[wheelin&dealin]

bodyweight 200 lbs, bench 600 lbs!

I'm better than ALL of you!

 

[supertrooper]

Originally posted by Amorican23
165 lbs bodyweight, 340 is my best on the flat bench

How in the world are u able to do this? Are you really short? I'm so amazed by this Your joking right? I'm 5'8 162 benching 230lbs

 

[Alpha male Female Catcher]

Originally posted by supertrooper
How in the world are u able to do this? Are you really short? I'm so amazed by this Your joking right? I'm 5'8 162 benching 230lbs

If its true then its pretty impressive but not impossible. The USA bench press record for 165lb body weight class is 480lb for example see this link

http://www.usapowerlifting.com/records/american/men-open.htm

 

[Alpha male Female Catcher]

Originally posted by wheelin&dealin
bodyweight 200 lbs, bench 600 lbs!

I'm better than ALL of you!

Congratulations on beating the current bench press world record for your class by 38lb (assuming you can drop the 2lb to get into the 90kg division - not that it really matters because you've also broken the 100kg class record by 23lb. In fact you've even beaten the 110kg class record by 5lb).

http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/

 

[jakethasnake]

Uh, Alpha....


I wouldn't take much of what wheelin n dealin says too seriously. He's constatnly fvcking around.

 

[semag]

haha

they were both being sarcastic... .

 

[StuartScott x 2]

6'3" 200 Benching 315

Incline Max 265

Decline Max 345

 

[Alpha male Female Catcher]

Originally posted by semag
haha

they were both being sarcastic... .

So was I (or at least I was attempting to - why does everyone take me seriously when I try to be sarcastic?) For wheeling I was pointing out that in order to bench 600lb at a 200lb body weight he would have to be a world record holder. It is very unlikely that if wheelin&dealin could do that that he wouldn't have officially competed and got his amazing strength officially recognised. In other words I was calling him a bull**** artist but in a very polite manner.

On the other hand Amorican23's claim is vaguely plausable. Though it would be impressive there are people who can bench twice their body weight for real. The owner of my current gym (a previous Mr Canada many years ago) claims he once did 400lb at 200lb body weight. As I pointed out there is (or was) at least one 165lb guy out there who could do 480lb. In fact with a bench of only 340lb Amorican23 would still be out of the running for medals in the 165lb class at national level power lifting competitions.

It is entirely plausable that I may yet increase my bench from 370lb to 400lb (or more) and as I'm now probably about 25% fat level if I were to drop my body weight to 5% fat then I could be benching 400lb at 205lb and I too would be benching twice my body weight so I know from my own experience that it is possible to bench twice your own body weight. I'll admit I too am skeptical of Amorican23's claim but for all I know it could be true.

 

[Templeton]

He said he weighed 165 and his best bench was 340. Doesnt mean he was only 165 when he did that particular bench. He could have been more. My best was about 340 but i was 210 at the time. I'm lighter now and obviously not as strong.

 

[prosemont]

I've seen some small guys put up some relatively big benches.

My best (relative) bench is 315 at a weight of 165. My then training partner was roughly the same weight and put up 340. My best absolute bench is 330 but I weighed about 190 when I did that. But, my pound for pound best is 315 I believe.

I've also seen a guy at 160 put up 350. This guy was pretty skinny and the entire gym would just stop and watch him bench. He was just built for benching somehow although I swear he didn't look very big. I'm being generous with giving him a weight of 160.

I know of other amazing benches but it's been awhile now and I couldn't accurately tell you numbers. I've seen guys who were not super-huge bench about 450, but I don't know how much they weighed.

Sometimes a heavy bench, in my view and from what I've seen, has a lot to do simply with how someone's joints and tie-ins are constructed, short muscle strength, and the like. In short, they are strong. They may not have the most massive chest pound for pound, however.

 

[wheelin&dealin]

Originally posted by wheelin&dealin
bodyweight 200 lbs, bench 600 lbs!

I'm better than ALL of you!

Sorry for all the confusion... I haven't tested my max in a while.


I went to the gym yesterday and put up 715 lbs for 3 reps, then left. My max is probably 800+.