Ladies Bench Press Numbers

JessyJ03
JessyJ03 Posts: 627 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So I see very few woman at my gym bench pressing (well in the weights section at all).

How much do you all bench? I'm curious to know what the high end for a female is (including bar weight). I'm nowhere near the high end personally. I bench 85 lbs with a 45 lb bar... but I've never seen women at my gym lift more than 95 without some guy holding the bar for every rep.

Thanks!

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  • kenderkc
    kenderkc Posts: 61 Member
    I don't lift at a gym and I don't have that kind of equipment at home. I use 5 lb itty-bitty free weights but I do 600 lifts when I do my routine. I have 10 different exercises, 20 reps each, repeat the cycle three times. It seems to work well for me. I'd be curious to see what I could do at the gym though.
  • VelociMama
    VelociMama Posts: 3,119 Member
    My 5-rep max is 85 lbs (pre-pregnancy). I'm hoping to work up to body weight + 20% eventually though.
  • JessyJ03
    JessyJ03 Posts: 627 Member
    Congrats on your pregnancy Pregosaur! lol@your name

    I should mention my rep count is 8 and set count is 3
  • JessyJ03
    JessyJ03 Posts: 627 Member
    Guys are all about their numbers whats up ladies! Share :)
  • Lady_Bane
    Lady_Bane Posts: 720 Member
    My 1 rep max without assistance is 105
    5 rep max without assistance is 85
    10 rep max without assistance is 75

    I have a friend who is a beast and her 1 rep max is 160, Dana Linn Baileys is 225 (my fitness godess :P)
  • belladonna786
    belladonna786 Posts: 1,165 Member
    Im new to lifting so right now I am benching 40lbs with 10lb bar
  • AmyScraymee
    AmyScraymee Posts: 12 Member
    Trained power lifting competitivly for a few months in 2010 before injury, my max for 1 rep was 110lb (50 kg) but for 3 x 8rep sets do around 90lb (40 kg) I trained with girls who maxed in the 200 lb range though.
  • aproc
    aproc Posts: 1,033 Member
    I'm at 95 right now. Hoping to hit 100 very soon. 95 was my original goal for my first bulk so now I'm working on getting it up to 135. :P
  • kimleroy
    kimleroy Posts: 50 Member
    Right now I'm at 65lbs for 10 reps and working my way up. Back when I was super fit from swimming and track I used to bench 90lbs for 10 reps. Hoping to get back to that and surpass it!
  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    I haven't lifted in a while (long story, lifting is awesome though, I miss it), but my 1 rep max was 80 pounds, in the form of two 40# dumbbells.
  • vander7679
    vander7679 Posts: 109 Member
    My 1 rep max is 125 w/o assistance; my 5 rep max is 95 w/o assistance.
  • natalie2355
    natalie2355 Posts: 93 Member
    1 rep max is 105# but that was months ago... probably more now
  • LauraJo08
    LauraJo08 Posts: 219 Member
    In high school I could do 115 for 6 reps, but that was when I was in tiptop vball shape. I bet I could do 100 now, but I haven't been benching in particular, doing a lot more olympic weight stuff lately.
  • julesan902
    julesan902 Posts: 79 Member
    my one rep max is 135lbs. working weight is 100 lbs incl 45lb bar.
  • mrpurdy
    mrpurdy Posts: 262 Member
    My one-rep max is 95 hard-earned lbs. I can do 5 reps with 75-80 lbs.
  • jae6704
    jae6704 Posts: 458 Member
    I can do 60 now but my goal is to hit 100!
  • MelisRunning
    MelisRunning Posts: 819 Member
    My one rep max is 165. It is not very pretty, but it is there.
  • JessyJ03
    JessyJ03 Posts: 627 Member
    Very happy to see so many ladies lifting! I see some big numbers I can shoot for now :)
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,953 Member
    8 reps at 45 kg, so 99 lbs. Is half your body weight a decent bench press result? What kind of percentage body weight do the guys do?
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    I haven't lifted in a while (long story, lifting is awesome though, I miss it), but my 1 rep max was 80 pounds, in the form of two 40# dumbbells.

    Same with me and dumbbells. They still scare me, but I can do three sets of 10 with two forty pound dumbbells, but only if I have assistance getting them in starting position.

    With the bar, last week I did 120 pounds for 8 reps, 110 for the next two sets of 10. I was proud :)
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    8 reps at 45 kg, so 99 lbs. Is half your body weight a decent bench press result? What kind of percentage body weight do the guys do?

    My 8 rep max is about 70% of my body weight. I have no idea what the norm was. In fact, I didn't know I was bench pressing an impressive weight until I read this thread. I just knew I was pressing more than I was last month and the month before and so on.

    Just keep lifting. Your own progressive strength gains are the best marks of success.
  • _lizzie_
    _lizzie_ Posts: 130
    3x5 rep still at 75lbs :grumble:
  • msbeeblebrox
    msbeeblebrox Posts: 133 Member
    3x5 at 85lbs. I've been lifting for three months.
  • pooky27
    pooky27 Posts: 5 Member
    3 rep max 99lb

    That was my first try. Im 5"3 and weigh 158lbs. Have been crossfitting for a month.
  • eandrsmom
    eandrsmom Posts: 119
    My one rep max is 115. My goal is to be able to do my body weight. I need to add 10 pounds to the bar and drop 10 on the scale first. :smile:

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