Thread: Bench vs squat!

BW-175

Bench - 235 x 1
Squats - 225 x 4
Deadlift - 315 x 1

Started legs 6 months ago. Gotta get stronger

LOL at post # 31.

So this is from the last time I maxed out:
Bench - 280
Squat - 325
Deadlift - 410

200 lbs, bench 185, squat 315, this would be for a good three reps as I never attempt 1 rep max. I struggle with benching mentally due to a previous accident in the gym

Originally Posted by ANIMALHOUSE

It doesn't look like anyone singled you out, so why are you defending yourself?

I just misread/misinterpreted what was said by the guy saying about benchin beeing more manlier i dont know just a misunderstanding lol... its all good train hard eat well and rest well..

Originally Posted by Anabolic5150

I'm fat.
I am benching the pink dumbbells now, hoping to move to the teal ones by the end of the month though.
I squat on one of those half round dome things my trainer recommended because it's not about how much you lift. It's all about core!!

LIGHT WEIGHT BABY!!!!

you eat dbol for breakfast... if you keep at it i am sure you will be smashing the teals in no time, i have no idea what teals are but yeah..

Originally Posted by jimm

you eat dbol for breakfast... if you keep at it i am sure you will be smashing the teals in no time, i have no idea what teals are but yeah..

The teal dumbbells Bro! They're mine!!

Nuthin' but a peanut!!!!

I Bench 300.

Originally Posted by Bonesaw

165
bench 140
squat 150
I'm only about 6 months into working out before you start laughing.

i was able to raise both of these up five pounds in the last week. Yes
162-165 body weight
bench 145
squat 155

Bench is always something I've done very well at, squat has just been ok. I'm 35 now and my knees seem to limit my squat as much as anything. But at last max, bench was 435 and squat was 465x2. Body weight 213 and falling fast. I never seem to 1rm squat. I can't hardly walk the next day as it is. Damn winny......

435 @ 213, not bad.

It's always been something I did better than other things. I hit 275 as a 165lb high school freshman. I should be doing more, but I seem to let myself go too often since marriage.

anything over your body weight is awesome to me

Originally Posted by WG 3.0

435 @ 213, not bad.

no kiddin

245lbs bench:495 *chasing the 500lbs* Squat 515 as of 3 months ago, I try not to go as heavy on squats though with a bad knee

179lbs
270 bench
395 squat

me
firstly im not a body builder,powerlifter or even regular bicep curler in the local gym my sole focus is mma
body wieght 62-63kg
bench -75-80kg
squat -50-60kg

yes my squat is very poor but i hardly ever do 1 rep max's i like high reps as i want endurance and explosive strenth.

im 145 bench 220 sqat 300
dont really push my squats as i dont want to loose flexibility on my legs as it will be counter productive for fighting

Originally Posted by Anabolic5150

I'm fat.
I am benching the pink dumbbells now, hoping to move to the teal ones by the end of the month though.
I squat on one of those half round dome things my trainer recommended because it's not about how much you lift. It's all about core!!

LIGHT WEIGHT BABY!!!!

Anabolic5150,

There isn't much value in training on stability devices such as the "half round dome things" (BOSU Balls). There are much more effective method of increasing core strength.

Functional Training

"Functional training is a classification of exercise which involves training the body for the activities performed in daily life."

Very few times in life will any ever squat on a unstable surface in real life.

Muscle Activation Patterns While Lifting Stable and Unstable Loads on Stable and Unstable Surfaces Muscle Activation Patterns While Lifting Stable and Unstable... : The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research
Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research:
February 2010 - Volume 24 - Issue 2 - pp 313-321

"...physical activity is rarely performed with a stable load on an unstable surface; usually, the surface is stable, and the external resistance is not."

Real Fucntional Exercises

Real fucntional exercises are squats, shoulder presses, deadlifts, etc. These movements are used in everyday activity...thus they are fuctional.

These exercise also strength your core moreso than training on an unstable device.

Squatting with heavy load place an enormous amount of work on your core. Your core has work to maintain you in an upright position.

The same applies with the deadlift, shoulder press and every type of standing movement you perform.

Even More Effective Functional Exercises

Kettlebell exercise are even more effective functional exercises

EMG studies show the "Turkish Get Up" to be one of the most effective core training exercises there is.

Less Strength

Strength is the foundation on which movement is built.

Training on BOSU Balls have been shown to severly limit strength gains and power development.

Physcial Therapy

The greatest value of instatility devices is in physcial therapy. Instatility devices rehabilitate your proprioceptors.

Kenny Croxdale

Ummm, I was joking around Bro. But thanks for the info!!

Originally Posted by Anabolic5150

Ummm, I was joking around Bro. But thanks for the info!!

lmao

Weigh 225
Bench 290
Squat 360
Deadlift 495


...Or at least those were my numbers before I hurt my back a few months ago. Bench has gone up to 315 since then, but I haven't maxed out on anything lower body since then. I don't squat heavier than 225 or deadlift more than 345 now. Just working my numbers back up little by little and repping out.

Weight: 185lbs
Squat: 225lbs
Deads: 245lbs
Bench: Maybe 135?

I have not benched in a long time, and certainly not since my shoulder surgery. I don't go heavy on upper push exercises anymore, rather I choose to do high reps on a weight I know my shoulder can handle and only slowly increase the weight.

Weight: 240lbs
Bench: 425lbs
Dead: 600lbs
Squat: 675lbs X 5