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Your max bench press.

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PhatE1vis

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Is there a way to estimate a 1 rep max from a set? I don't have anyone to spot me so I never max out, but I can do 235 x 8.
 

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PhatE1vis said:
Is there a way to estimate a 1 rep max from a set? I don't have anyone to spot me so I never max out, but I can do 235 x 8.
I'd reckon 290-310, depends on your fibre makeup.
 

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playa99 said:
lol i dont i can only deadlift 150lbs 1RM lol but my bench 1RM is 205lbs and my squat 1RM is 264lbs,so yeah need to work on deadlift a lot ;)
lol i as being a little ***** doing deadlifts when i said it was 150lbs 1RM for my deadlift tested today and was 220lbs:)
 

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DoctorLW said:
Let me clarify. I did a "full" squat but I did not subscribe to the "ass to the grass" philosophy which is what many people seem to consider the only true type or "full" squat. I believe squatting to parralel is fine.

Don't tell me that I didn't grow. I did. I'm a very experienced lifter and probably know all sorts of things you have no idea exist. My quads (and rest of my legs except calves) grew so fast that I literally had to stop doing legs for 3 months because I didn't want permanent stretch marks on my legs. The stretch marks were so bad I looked like a bengal tiger down there.

Yes, I could squat 600 pounds.

Finally, if I was such an idiot about it how come every single day I had personal trainers coming up to me to tell me how impressed they were with what I was lifting? Granted, not all personal trainers know what they are doing but most have a good grasp on personal fitness and I doubt they would compliment someone who is clearly doing something incorrectly or dangerously.

The point I was making in my original post was this: there is no "RIGHT" way to do things. There is the way that works for you, and that is all that matters.
Neither of them have big legs and/or squat that much weight, so don't worry too much about it. BTW 272 kgs? No offense but I'm very skeptical of that number. That's probably more than Jay Cutler can squat. So you must have competed in powerlifting comps?

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