How much do you bench??

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  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,543 Member
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    Late November: 335lb T-&-G
    Late December: 335lb Paused

    Currently: Waiting until mid-February.
  • dstromley90
    dstromley90 Posts: 60 Member
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    _incogNEATo_ wrote: »
    dstromley90 wrote: »
    405 touch n go. 385 paused

    That's pretty damn impressive. What's your weight if you don't mind me asking?

    208 today
  • ash_law
    ash_law Posts: 70 Member
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    Not enough. 135lbs paused single. :(
  • xmichaelyx
    xmichaelyx Posts: 883 Member
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    My joints are a mess thanks to a childhood spent doing lots of manual labor (thanks, dad) so I've made it a rule to never lift anything heavier than my body weight. As a result, I look a lot stronger than I actually am, which is neither good nor bad, IMO.
  • ucalegon
    ucalegon Posts: 43 Member
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    Look at all these overachievers! 65lbs here. (But then, I started recently and have gone up from 45 pretty steadily!)
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    edited January 2016
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    My max with full commands/paused is 65kg/143lbs, both in competition (IPF) and in the gym. My max touch & go (no pause, in the gym only) is 70kg/154lbs.
  • sheepisfat
    sheepisfat Posts: 1 Member
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    205kg/452lbs USAPL @ 268lbs BW
    Go me!
  • jpaulie
    jpaulie Posts: 917 Member
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    with a double rotator tear, not so much, 100lbs is about as far as I can go right now.
  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
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    "Back in my day I used to bench 405" But you only see me bench 265 in the gym.
  • born2transform
    born2transform Posts: 209 Member
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    _incogNEATo_ wrote: »
    born2transform wrote: »
    Wow!!! I need to step my game up

    Step your game up for you, not for anybody else's number.

    I know, I have been working on my overall upper body strength for quite some time. It's definitely my weakness
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited January 2016
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    I've been working on increasing reps at 75 lb (can do 8 consistently, 10 on occasion) rather than going up. It's always humbling, although not as humbling as press, heh.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    I55# paused for sure
    pretty sure 165 as well- but it's been a while

    185# solid Tc'NGo
  • christch
    christch Posts: 238 Member
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    Only 37.5kg 82.5lb slowly creeping it's way up from the 5kg db started with a year ago.
  • youngmomtaz
    youngmomtaz Posts: 1,075 Member
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    Sets of 8 @ 120lbs. Too bad my squat isn't as nice.
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
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    185lbs 1RM, parallel bar dip x6-8 with 35lb plate
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
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    I haven't benched in over 2 years, I did 265lbs. I'm likely still very close to that number. A far cry from what I put up in my 20's
  • robertw486
    robertw486 Posts: 2,388 Member
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    I haven't benched hard in several years and the advice from my doctor regarding my shoulders is "when you hear that bad pop, don't do it any more!"

    So right now, I'd say I'd be lucky to bench much more than my weight. Even when I was a young buck, getting up to my body weight was quick, after that the effort paid off slower. I think the most I ever hit was about 75 pounds over body weight.

    Though my body weight is lighter today, I wouldn't shoot for that 275 without practicing the "roll of shame" with less weight and multiple reps.



    Good job everybody, some beasts and some in the making here.
  • angelamichelle_xo
    angelamichelle_xo Posts: 646 Member
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    60.
  • holland16
    holland16 Posts: 20 Member
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    Well, I went to check my bodyspace account cause i wasn't sure what my 1RM was. Took a 4-5 week hiatus from lifting and exercising in general at the tail end of 2015 due to personal issues. Glad to be back though!

    Current 1RM is 247.
  • holland16
    holland16 Posts: 20 Member
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    Doing each exercise with correct form trumps any load you can put on the bar. Bad form can cause injury to one self besides the ego.

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