How much can you bench press?

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Consistency is the key. Lift, eat, sleep. Your muscles only grow when they're not being used so the quicker you can get your lift done, the more time you have to grow that muscle. Fuel for the muscle is also good. Water, healthy carbs for energy, and protein for muscle growth all help. Consistent lifting, and not giving up, making slow gains in weight every other week will help keep the numbers going up. Stay with it and you'll get huge. :D
 
Started going to the gym for the first time ever in April of 2007. Just 2 weeks ago I was finally able to hit 200 lb for bench press. Woot I’m happy. Mind you that when I started I could only do the bar 3-4 times. Before starting the new life style I weighed in at 154 lbs now I’m weighing in at 168 - 170 lbs. I keep bouncing between those two every week.
 
I press 220 lbs -which is exactely my body weight- every two days 8 times , I think I could press more but the risk is too high to rapture muskle fibres and in my opinion pressing as much as you can is senseless since it does not help to grow muskles.
 
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 91.2Kg
Bench: PB is 115Kg.

Sorry, I'm metric only. I agree with Michael88. It has no point or benefit considering the potential for muscle tear and damage. I'm not sure if there's even a feel good factor either.
 
315lbs for 4 reps at the peak of my bench sets. Flat Dumb Bell presses followed, 80'sx12 warmup 100's x12, 100's x8, 100' x10.

It think I've noticed bigger gains in my dumb bell presses then with my bench press. I'll take it where ever I can. :)
 
I really screwed up my neck doing bench or something or might have even been while I was sleeping. I was out of the gym for close to 3 weeks. Just started going again this past week. I’m just going to stay with light weight 115lbs and high reps for a while just to be sure I am fine. Feels great working out again.
 
Well, on Monday on the incline bench press, I managed to get 315lbs for 4 reps. Two on my own, and a couple more with a light spot. I was pretty excited, the most I've ever done on incline.

For those who don't know, this is what an incline bench is:
incbench2.jpg
 
Well I'm nearly benching my own body weight now.

Weighing 160lbs, I managed to do 155lbs for six with a spot on the last 2. I would have gone for the 160lb but it was the last set of 5 so I think fatigue would have got the better of me.
 
How the hell do you guys do it?

I mean, I'm pressing only 70 lbs right now, and I've got to give it everything to get around 10 reps on the third set :indiff:

When I'm working out, I feel so great, then I come here to read these huge numbers, and I feel like a total n00b :lol: :grumpy:
 
:lol:

I started out at benching 80 lbs, 155 lbs.
I'm now benching over 300 and I'm 215 lbs.

2 - 3 years of solid workouts and precise diets and you'll get there.
 
Bram Turismo
How the hell do you guys do it?

I mean, I'm pressing only 70 lbs right now, and I've got to give it everything to get around 10 reps on the third set :indiff:

When I'm working out, I feel so great, then I come here to read these huge numbers, and I feel like a total n00b :lol: :grumpy:
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I started out quite hight compared to alot of people at about 110lbs, and this was for 8-10 reps. Mostly because I was fairly fit before through press-ups, dumbell flys and presses.


But what's really helped me is my best friend. He comes to the gym with me when he's home from college and passes on his knowledge and experience from what he's learnt there from the weights trainer they have.
Having somewhere there to spot (and you spot aswell giving a welcome rest) not only helps you increase the weight on the bar but also makes sure you do that final, in our case, 5th set.

Though, taking a protein shake after a workout has helped.
 
A good spotter can take you well past your limit creating a environment of muscle shock forcing new muscle growth (a good thing). A bad spotter can help you injure yourself. :)
 
Pako
A good spotter can take you well past your limit creating a environment of muscle shock forcing new muscle growth (a good thing). A bad spotter can help you injure yourself. :)
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:lol:

Funny, yet true.

Also, without a spotter there would be no negatives.
 
TB
:lol:

Funny, yet true.

Also, without a spotter there would be no negatives.
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On of the coolest machines for no-spotter negatives was a pneumatic system what you controlled with your feet or various handles depending on the machine. It actually uses air and hydraulics to add resistance which can be adjusted during the lift. This allows you to extend the machine, then add resistance for the negative. Pretty dang neat, but it just didn't feel like free weights.
 
So it's a case of the sounds-good-in-principal-but-in-reality-not-so-good.

Nonetheless, it still sounds pretty nice for someone like me that lifts alone.
 
I am 19
215 Pounds at 6.1'' / 1.83m
165 4-5 times

165 pound 4-5 times but thats only because I ran out of weights as I usually dont bench press. In the gym I could press 210 but a lot has happened in the last two years so... I guess I could lift something in the 230 pound range - maybe a bit more. But I dont care much about bench press anyway.:yuck:
 
Michael88
I am 19
215 Pounds at 6.1'' / 1.83m
165 4-5 times

165 pound 4-5 times but thats only because I ran out of weights as I usually dont bench press. In the gym I could press 210 but a lot has happened in the last two years so... I guess I could lift something in the 230 pound range - maybe a bit more. But I dont care much about bench press anyway.:yuck:
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Bench, Squats, and Dead Lifts are the three lifts that can really test a persons strength, skill, and determination. I think it's silly to just be a bench guy, or just a squat guy ect..., as supporting muscles can help in those different areas. I think it's healthy to be balanced. I used to bench more than I could squat. There is something seriously wrong with that picture. I weighed 185 lbs and could max press 315 for one rep. That's a 1.7 ratio. Now, with the reps I'm getting, I should be able to single press 365 but weigh in at 238 lbs as of yesterday. That's a ratio of 1.53...not as good. For the same ratio that I had in high school, I would have to bench press 405lbs. which is oddly enough a personal goal of mine.
 
Talking about gains, had a great flat bench today. Without a spot I pressed 315 lbs for 4 reps then my spotter helped on a couple for reps for a total of 6 reps. Feeling pretty good about my accomplishment, I put on 365lbs for 2 reps with a spot. I think fresh it wouldn't be an issue getting up. :D
 
315 pounds = 142.881597 kilograms
365 pounds = 165.561215 kilograms

After a full nights rest, I can tell my chest will be sore this week. It's pretty tired and tender. 👍
 
Hey I'm chris and I'm new to this site

Age: 17
Height: 5'10"
Weight:160
Max Bench (one rep): 270
Max Bench (3x10): 205

Lifting evert other day for the past 4 months shot up my bench from 210 to 270, but now im beginning to plateau. What should i do?
is there any good foods to eat or supplements to take before i max?
all im on right now is creatine and like one protein shake a week.
i take creatine after every workout.
I want to be able to do 300 by the end of August.
 
Have to shock the muscle which means you may have to change your routine for 6-8 weeks to see any noticeable differences.

What is your bench workout like for a typical week?
 
Might give this program a try.
http://www.blueonion.net/bench-program-bak.htm

I was able to get up to about 365 before I hurt my shoulders. I'm only benching once a week now so this program doesn't work for me, but being as young as you are, you can heal up faster for a MWF workout is possible.

With this program, you should be able to go up 5 lbs. per week. In six weeks you should be able to reach your goal. If you have any questions about how to use this program, let me know.

:cheers:
 
Would any isolation and compound mixes work?

Like not only beching, but doing some DB flyes and such as well. Or what about focusing a whole WO day on your chest?


Anyway, impressive numbers dude, I'm nearly 2 years older, but you out-bench me by over my own bodyweight :cheers: Respect 👍
 

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