How much do you BENCH PRESS?

[Kwame Odoom]

we seem to have a lot of strong fellas here

[soloooooo]

90kg 5 reps
120kg 1 rep

[atar90plus]

25Kg

[atar90plus]

Beast

90kg 5 reps
120kg 1 rep

[jackerino]

90kg 5 reps
120kg 1 rep

But ur a girl! WTF!

[Rixon]

if the bars not bendin ur just pretendin

[eshay lad 69]

145x5

[b00m]

one rep max is 82.5kgs

very very inconsistent though

have also tried 90kgs with too fast and uncontrolled of a negative to count

one rep max is now 90kgs. can probably get out 92.5kgs next time

also got greedy and tried 95kgs, got to a sticky point and failed. hope to hit 100kgs in a few months

[Brovy]

Bench press is my most favorite workout in gym. I like to do 20 minutes bench press in gym.
Anyway its a nice topic and i like this threat. Thanks for this sharing.

[unknown88]

1 rep max is 100kg

[soloooooo]

Rowing machines are the best gym equipment in my opinion, followed secondly by cycling machines.

[favvify]

Like, 25kg for 3 sets of 12 if I'm lucky? 12.5 chest press on cables? I have to thank a previously torn and tendonitis 'infested' rotator cuff for that :L
I literally can't even attempt to find my 1 rep max, or I'll do something stupid - like re tear it, lol.

[Spiritual Being]

70kg x 10
5 sets

[Lolsmith]

Like, 25kg for 3 sets of 12 if I'm lucky? 12.5 chest press on cables? I have to thank a previously torn and tendonitis 'infested' rotator cuff for that :L
I literally can't even attempt to find my 1 rep max, or I'll do something stupid - like re tear it, lol.

you should not be benching or pressing if your rotator cuff is that fucked up

[favvify]

you should not be benching or pressing if your rotator cuff is that fucked up

I could be doing a lot worse, trust me. Attempted a pull up once, that wasn't a good idea. Anything that remotely mirrors butterfly is dodgy.
I'm a big girl, I can tell when I've pushed myself too far... but hey, I need to strengthen it somehow.

[Lolsmith]

well yes preferably you can know when you've pushed yourself too far before you snap your shit up

you've been to a physio/had scans right?

[hayabusaboston]

I bench about 85kg, not many reps. BUT I can do over 100kg on the abdominal twisting machine thing.

My abs are much much stronger than my arms.

[Lolsmith]

My abs are much much stronger than my arms.

is this a non-sequitur or are you trying to say that the bench press is an 'arms' exercise?

[Spiritual Being]

I can bench more but I have no support so I'm always careful (its at home)

[favvify]

well yes preferably you can know when you've pushed yourself too far before you snap your shit up

you've been to a physio/had scans right?

Yep, since mid 2009. Already had the tendonitis due to swimming practically every day, but colliding mid stroke with a guy 3 times bigger than me and then getting caught in the lane rope didn't help the situation much either :') Those were fun times, those days. Since then I've graduated from therabands (with black being too easy), but I'm not allowed to swim competitively/butterfly ever again or I'll have to have surgery, which currently has a 70-75% chance of stuffing me up more than I am already.

Just thought I'd interrupt the tread with my sob story, 'cause that's how I rollllll

[favvify]

I bench about 85kg, not many reps. BUT I can do over 100kg on the abdominal twisting machine thing.

My abs are much much stronger than my arms.

I think the real question here is 'how much can you squat?'.
#chickenlegsmakemewanttokillmyself

[Lolsmith]

Yep, since mid 2009. Already had the tendonitis due to swimming practically every day, but colliding mid stroke with a guy 3 times bigger than me and then getting caught in the lane rope didn't help the situation much either :') Those were fun times, those days. Since then I've graduated from therabands (with black being too easy), but I'm not allowed to swim competitively/butterfly ever again or I'll have to have surgery, which currently has a 70-75% chance of stuffing me up more than I am already.

Just thought I'd interrupt the tread with my sob story, 'cause that's how I rollllll

jesus christ that's pretty intense, I hope it improves

I can bench more but I have no support so I'm always careful (its at home)

it's not a roll of shame if there's no one around to see you do it

[Trebla]

I hate the fact that I can go progressively heavier in squats in a short space of time, but it takes me ages to do so in the bench press

[hayabusaboston]

I think the real question here is 'how much can you squat?'.
#chickenlegsmakemewanttokillmyself

I havent done weighted squats, only ordinary. I weigh about 90kg, and can do continuous squats for many minuts. And I can wall sit/captains chair/wall squat for over half an hour. So no I do not have chicken legs.

[Lolsmith]

I hate the fact that I can go progressively heavier in squats in a short space of time, but it takes me ages to do so in the bench press

A lot of people feel this way, a bunch of friends at uni have comparative squats/deadlifts to me but my bench is 20kg heavier.