what do you bench press?

[ride_red_95]

i'm 13 and i bench 155lbs. i'm 5'6 195lbs. how much do you bench?:beer :TrikesOwn :w00t:

[Cody]

I can bench 1lbs! BEAT THAT WITH A STICK!

[SpeedBump]

When I was 13, I could bench 200 lbs going UPHILL both ways!!!! LMAO!!!


No idea how much I can bench now....back in my GOOD days 5'10" 175lbs....around 220 give or take.

[nouseforaname90]

Oh boy. Well I'm 6' 4", 260 lbs and after lifting all summer and gaining quite a bit of strength, I think my max was around 230 (240 might have been my one-rep max.. I can't remember and I can't find my lifting log..) before school started and I didn't have any more time to lift. I fully plan to start lifting ASAP, though. I don't think I'm doing bad for 15 years old.. lol (goin on 16! YEA!)

[wolfguy]

i can hoist my atc into the back of my truck by myself. i dont know how much the bike weighs but it's a big red with two filled tool boxes, and my truck is an f250 with a 7 foot lift kit.
i guess nobodies being serious so why should i?
your doing good for your age keep it up

[200x Basket]

6 years ago i was benching 275 and i am 5'5". i quit the gym for 6 years. last week i rejoined and i am sure i could still lift over 200. i am getting back into it slowly since i am now 31!!!

[ride_red_95]

when i was 12 last summer i was helping my dad in the oilfield and was carrying 30ft. 3in. pipe around to work out and help him.i think i'll be benching 185lbs. by the end of the summer.

[firefirefire90]

I doubt you will bench 185 by the end of the summer doing a full touch your chest bench press. But ok to try I guess. My maximum bench press was 210 but i am sure it could have been better. I am 6'2" 188lbs(weigh in today). But really, what good is bench without squats? Oh and i am 16 by the end of March..so i guess that is good? :wondering:

[200xcellent]

Yeah bench press is overrated, but isnt that what all the skinny guys say?haha. Lets see, when I was 17 was the last time I worked out regularly for B-ball. I was 6'3" (with shoes on, who plays B-ball in socks?) 175lbs and did the 220 workout. But I tested at 203lbs I think. Squats and Hang cleans is all the football guys cared about.

[cliff2302]

i do reps of dumb bell bench at 130, i dont know what i could max barbell at. I like dumbbells better for excercises because it helps all your small muscles as well These are usually the ones that keep your joints working properly, and minimize injuries. just an idea for you. oh yea, i'm 5'10 185 right now.

[Pistonhead]

I'm 6'3" close to 200 lbs, and I start my workout with 150lbs and keep adding 20 lbs every 15-20 reps until I max out around 220. I've never tried to do a max weight 1 lift, but I'm pretty sure I could hold 260 in the air. I'm 16 and been lifting on and off (pretty much all on until I started getting 66% averages in classes and spent all night lifting, now I get 80's-90's and lift mostly light workouts before I hit the bed and on weekends) since I was about 12

[Pistonhead]

Keep on lifting and working out man, you don't get in trouble with the police or get into street fights from spending time at the gym. I worked out insted of doing drugs like alot of people I know. I'm alot happier than they are now.

[MTS]

Heh i SHOULD start working out again......and holy frick pistonhead your gettin Big LOL im a measly 5'3 135lbs.....Can probably bench 150ish repetedly..

[wanta250r]

6'0 210 here. I got up to about 200 in bench press but then I quit, that was about a year ago. I need to get back into it.

[TRI Z Racer]

I havent been to the gym in 4 years, but i worked at a concrete foundation and floor company all summer. The other night while at my friends place we got in an argument about something stupid do we settled it on the bench. I put up 225 cold, no warm up and half in the bag. Needless to say i lost the argument.

[jsimonh]

I've been lifting for several years and I graduated with a B.S. in Pysical Science because I wanted to work in the physical fitness world. If your 13 and benching 155, that's pretty good. Not trying to sound like a party pooper, but you should be careful lifting at a young age. Your bones and joints are still growing and you could do damage to them easily.

[Rm250RF900R]

cant you stunt your growth from lifting at a early age?

[MyMistress86R]

I only do curls and it's 12~16 ounces at a time. Many reps...lol. :beer

[jsimonh]

cant you stunt your growth from lifting at a early age?

Yes, but only with heavy lifting. Any coach or physical instructer should be able to put together a program for a young lifter.

[cliff2302]

I'll tell you what TRI Z RACER, i would rather have work muscles any day of the week. Me and a good buddy who dropped out of college started wrestling around last weekend and he was literally throwing me around with one arm. We weigh within 2 lbs of each other. Lifting muscles are great and all, but its no comparison to the real ones.

[max]

Yeah bench press is overrated, but isnt that what all the skinny guys say?haha. Lets see, when I was 17 was the last time I worked out regularly for B-ball. I was 6'3" (with shoes on, who plays B-ball in socks?) 175lbs and did the 220 workout. But I tested at 203lbs I think. Squats and Hang cleans is all the football guys cared about.
What is the 220 workout?

Ive been working out for about 3 mos strong. I could care less about a max bench. But what your repping is pretty important imo. I rep 255lbs 4 sets of 7. I try to hit heavier weight and less reps because it builds muscle mass. Im a skinny doggie and i need the mass. Ive gained 20lbs in 3mos just working out. I recommend lifting weights to everyone who rides. When im in good shape like i am now. I throw my bike around instead of it working me. I way 195 and im 6'3".

[200xcellent]

The 220 workout is just a 10,8,6...2 workout that if you complete it you SHOULD be able to do max bench of 220lbs. Its pretty deceiving. I could do the workout but I couldnt bench that much. 4 sets of 255 is pretty awesome man. My cousin used to hold the bench record at my old high school of 395lbs. Just imagine garageboy x 5 haha.

[max]

Ive been hitting it hard man. Im still skinny but you will definately notice a difference. Got to look good for the babes at trike fest this year:lol:

[ride_red_95]

i'm a wrestler and we lift weights about 3 times a week.but i have a weight bench a home so i usally bench the day when we don't bench at practice.

[tecatecrazy]

i'm gettin kinda old now (30 lol) but can still bench 310lbs. a few years back when I was hittin the weights harder I was finishing my workout at 350lbs. I'm 6'3" and 225lbs by the way.

Joe

[nouseforaname90]

The guy that I lifted with over the summer is 45 years old, and he has been lifting since he was about 14. He used to lift with all of his friends from school, but they stopped lifting with him when they got to be about 20 because they all got jobs. Well he has started going downhill as far as lifting is concerned, but he can still bench 375 (he can do it 3 times). He told me one day when we were lifting that his max when he was in his lifting prime was 420. My jaw dropped to the floor. You don't think that 375 is a very impressive number when you see it on paper, right? Well you get a whole new respect for that number after you see it on the bar!

[firehart]

I can bench 12oz. Sometimes on a really hot day I can bench a couple of pounders. I used to be able to bench a half rack but that was 30 years ago. (Just kidding). I have never even tried to lift weights. My son used to be pretty good. All I know is that he can lift me over his head and I weight 185.

[Tri-ZNate]

I have a bench press in my room but I only bench every now and then. Right now I can rep 205 4 times and I do 5 sets in 10 minutes. Guess i'll go better go bench now. Oh 5' 10" and 280lb.

[ATC crazy]

I'll tell you what TRI Z RACER, i would rather have work muscles any day of the week. Me and a good buddy who dropped out of college started wrestling around last weekend and he was literally throwing me around with one arm. We weigh within 2 lbs of each other. Lifting muscles are great and all, but its no comparison to the real ones.


That's exactly how I feel. Kinda like arm wrestling....the muscles you use doing that are the most unused muscles in the body. Pointless if you ask me.


But anyways...3 years ago, I was benching 285 lbs. I was 6'4" and 275lbs at the time.

[GreyhoundRugby]

I am 6'1 270 and i do about 325-335. Wat about the man lifts like deadlift and overhead press?

[hancadam]

I am 250 and press 230. Me and my cousin work out together at his house. That is all the weight he has, but I struggle to put that up.

[nate b]

nothing personal to anybody, but I always thought lifting weights was gay.

[jsimonh]

nothing personal to anybody, but I always thought lifting weights was gay.
:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :lol: :lol: :lol: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[Aussieboy1]

Im 6,3' 285 ponuds and an ex powerlifter ( been 8 yrs since l lifted in comp) but lm back into the gym and can now bench ( 1 rep max after warm up) 350. But used to lift in comp with bench shirt about 440 pounds ( l was 30 yrs then).

[Yamaha Tri-Moto]

I can bench like 450 easy. :w00t:

[firefirefire90]

You know for all you super big bench lifters, I must ask, what is your 40yrd time and are you all in realy good shape or just arm strength? I know a lot of "Fat" people that can bench a lot. But what use is that if you can't run fast?

[Billy Golightly]

You know for all you super big bench lifters, I must ask, what is your 40yrd time and are you all in realy good shape or just arm strength? I know a lot of "Fat" people that can bench a lot. But what use is that if you can't run fast?


And what use is all that speed if you cant even toss a sack of patatoes?

[thefox]

You know for all you super big bench lifters, I must ask, what is your 40yrd time and are you all in realy good shape or just arm strength? I know a lot of "Fat" people that can bench a lot. But what use is that if you can't run fast?

lol Thats what I say! but I would have a slow 40 yard time too:lol: I Have a respectable half marrathon time though and my first full marathon is about 3 months away:D .

[nouseforaname90]

You know for all you super big bench lifters, I must ask, what is your 40yrd time and are you all in realy good shape or just arm strength? I know a lot of "Fat" people that can bench a lot. But what use is that if you can't run fast?

I can sprint 40 yd's in about 3 minutes with only 2 beer stops. :rolleyes:

[eh_tee_see]

Nothing wrong with staying in shape.. nothing wrong with working out. But just trying to get big numbers is pretty lame. If you're thighs and calve muscles are not up to par you are just a top heavy bowling pin that can lift heavy stuff when on your back. Work muscles = real muscles.

And in these two situations see how the two are different.

Situation 1

Considerably Hot Chick: Wow... Your muscles are really big.. Do you work out?
You: (totally honestly) Yes... I spend several hours a day at the gym for the sole purpose of impressing people like you. I drive a toyota with power steering and I work at an office answering telephone calls.

Situation 2 (you work at a farm shoveling horse manure and pushing wheel barrows full of cattle kidney stones uphill.)

Considerably Hot Chick: Wow... Your muscles are really big.. Do you work out?
You: (totally honestly) No.

[TRI Z Racer]

I'll tell you what TRI Z RACER, i would rather have work muscles any day of the week. Me and a good buddy who dropped out of college started wrestling around last weekend and he was literally throwing me around with one arm. We weigh within 2 lbs of each other. Lifting muscles are great and all, but its no comparison to the real ones.


amen to that, Id have to say that working on a concrete crew has got be one of the more physically demanding jobs there are out there. But the best job i have had becasue of it. Makes you feel alive every day!! for 12hrs a wack in summer heat!!

[firefirefire90]

I agree with working muscles....and dont make fun of horse crap movers...i am one of them :lol::lol::lol: I also agree with you billy. But with all those muscles for moving potatoes, once you finaly move the potatoes, the guy has scored a tochdown, and the potatoe thrower is on the bench

[200xcellent]

I can sprint 40 yd's in about 3 minutes with only 2 beer stops. :rolleyes:

You're 15 :crazy: :wondering

[Tri-ZNate]

When was the last time you heard a girl say, "oooo just look at his thighs"?

[MTS]

And what use is all that speed if you cant even toss a sack of patatoes?
*potatoes Billy....and i Agree...even if it is a measly 75lbs....1 on each shoulder is all the weight traing i did last summer....:lol:

[hrc85250r]

i am 6'1" 220lbs and i can bench 220+the bar, i dont know how much that weighs..

[corndawg]

not real strong for my size 6'6" 260lbs...i bench 255, squat 375, and power clean 235. oh and my last 40 was 5.8, best is 5.5.not fast but respectible... i lift 5 days a week in weight training class and hit the machines lightly at the gym on nights i dont have to work

[82300R]

i can lift two fluffy feather pillows before i lay on the couch.:naughty:

[hotroddal]

i am 16 years old, I weight 135lbs, and can bench 185lbs 2 times.

[jsimonh]

i am 6'1" 220lbs and i can bench 220+the bar, i dont know how much that weighs..

If it's an olympic bar it's 45 pounds.

To all those talking about "working muscle" instead of "gym muscle", I know what your talking about. My family farms and my dad has worked on things and carried parts that his hired hands couldn't begin to budge. But if you lay him on a bench his lift is not to impressive, and his handshake could crush your d@mn hand:lol: .

[yamahaman89]

im 16 and 6'1" and weigh 270 and bench 240, slowly been working up

[Rm250RF900R]

I can bench 50 and I'm 17 :D

[Mike_Ham_250R]

Im 9 years old, 4'3, 527lbs, and I can bench the next cheeto's bag.

[yamahaman89]

real funny remark dumba$$

[westcoast TRI-Z]

I Have a respectable half marrathon time though and my first full marathon is about 3 months away:D .

:Bounce That's the spirit FOX! Screw all this weighlifting BS :D It's all about the running, I may be a lean 160lbs 5'11" who can only bench 100lbs. but them weightlifters sure as heck aren't going to keep up with us in a long distance cross-country/marathon race!:rolleyes: :crazy: ;)

[kimmer250r]

I can bench weights that are important....like kegs.:beer

In a fight, I perfer to be decent strength and quick and in a full rage over big and bulky. Never had my ass kicked yet and don't plan on it. Only problem is.....if they are still standing after my 1 min rampage (used to be able to go nuts full out for 10 mins) then i'm screwed...lmao. Not quite in the shape I used to be. Was 205 lbs with 4 % fat, now I'm 230 with 96% fat.:lol: Best bench with no b.s. was 310 rep 5 times. Now, lucky to get 225 up.

[Bender]

im 5foot 8 and 190lbs

Bench 270
squat 385
power clean 225
40 time 5.2

[Billy Golightly]

What kind of c url weight can you guys do with a straight bar?

[edog]

Mine is bigger than yours is.:p

[Bunyan]

This is interesting.....To some city kids lifting is a way they can get the same workouts that the country kids are getting. I was a city kid but worked out on a farm whenever I could. I have lifted for approximately 16 years. I used to think the motor-heads in school were lame. Not true.....If I could go back I'd have a healthy mix of recreational vehicular fun and still lift my ass off. I'd be farther ahead then I am now just getting into atc's and would have had more fun! Speed and coordination are great if you have it or can get it through training. For the uncoordinated slow guys like me lifting is the difference between playing or sitting. Now as far as strength is concerned leg power is king in football for sure. Repitition helps tons too. Anyone out there remember Tony Manderich? The guy the packers drafted instead of Barry Sanders :-(........I think he bench pressed 225 41 or 42 times. I was amazed at that until during lifting tests in college I witnessed one of my teammate at 6' 5" and 280 lbs bench press 225 for 51 times. If you guessed that he was on the same regimen of suppliments that some of the baseball players of today are on you would surley be correct. I am sure he is regretting his supplement taking now a days after the side effects have wreeked havoc on his body. Anyway I am 6' 5" and weigh approximately 225 depending on the time of year. At that weight I have benched 225 for 37 reps and 315 for 19 reps. *CLEAN/Drug free* Remeber the amount of work you can do over time (repitition) will generally win over the one rep max. So maybe how many times can you do whatever is a better question. And make sure you lift legs or like some have stated, you will look like an idiot or you will always where pants cause you know you have chicken legs. :-) Thats all I guess. Sorry if I rambled. I was doing my taxes and this was a good healthy break. But now I feel like lifting..........