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Re: Benching your own weight once
I can pretty easily bench my own weight, but then again I only way 135 lbs. so it's not really very impressive.
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#72
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Re: Benching your own weight once
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The truly elite feat is a 3X bodyweight bench but that is usually only seen from competitive lifters and may be what you are thinking of. [/ QUOTE ] |
#73
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Re: Benching your own weight once
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by the way, people who can't make any statement without going to extremes (for whom "there is absolutely no way" is used in place of "i doubt highly") are annoying. [/ QUOTE ] I do agree with you in principle, but aren't you doing that same thing by saying people who "can't make any statement without going to extremes" are annoying? I supppose that there could be some people who can't make any statement without going to extremes (and they certainly would be annoying), but I doubt it. I would guess that everyone at least occasionally makes a statement that is not extreme. Shouldn't you have instead said that people who almost never make a statement that is not extreme are annoying? Otherwise I think that you're probably left with no one who is annoying based on this principle. Will P.S. I only ever lifted recreationally (i.e. about three times a week for 1-2 hours) and haven't even done that in about 4 months, and I would bet my life, my wife, and my bankroll that I could still bench my body weight (5'8", 165 lbs). |
#74
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Re: Benching your own weight once
doing your weight in dumbbells might take a year, but bar should be a couple months depending on how heavy you start.
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Re: Benching your own weight once
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[ QUOTE ] The truly elite feat is a 2X bodyweight bench but that is usually only seen from competitive lifters and may be what you are thinking of. [/ QUOTE ] I have a hard time believing this is really that elite. My senior year in high school, after having only trained in the gym six months, I benched over twice my weight. (I weighed 180 and benched 2 reps of 375.) I was on a hardcore lifting routine for wrestling season, but if I was able to do it with less than 6 mos training, I can't imagine it's all that elite. [/ QUOTE ] If you were a wrestler, your standards for "elite" are going to be a little higher than the average human's. |
#76
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Re: Benching your own weight once
Back when I was only 185 pounds I could bench 310...Now I weight 215 and havent worked out much since then and could prolly get up about 265-275 I would hope.
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#77
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Re: Benching your own weight once
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There is absolutely no way Lance Armstrong can dunk a basketball. Percentage wise, almost no one under six feet tall can dunk. [/ QUOTE ] I am 5'10 1/2 and could dunk a basketball in high school... |
#78
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Re: Benching your own weight once
I was a wrestler, and I understand what you're saying. And yes, I did go way beyond what most people do in lifting routines. (I had a former professional body-builder training me.) But still. I have a hard time imagining that I did anything really all that "elite" with less than 6 mos training.
Oh, and to those of you who think that because Lance Armstrong's legs are so strong that he can probably dunk: no. It doesn't work that way. |
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I am 5'10 1/2 and could dunk a basketball in high school... [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, but you're a douche bag. |
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Re: Benching your own weight once
FWIW I have what appears to be a similar build to you (6'2, 205) and it took me about 7 months to go from benching 115 three times to benching 220 twice. I worked chest once a week with a training partner that really knew what he was doing, with a couple breaks for injuries (4 weeks off total for a back injury). It's definitely within reach.
A fair bit of it though is getting really, really solid technique down pat. After that the weight comes on quickly. -Diplomat |
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