How much can you bench?

[AZNracerx1989]

i am 15 years old, weigh 124lbs, and bench 140lbs

 

[Machher]

im 16, BBing for about 1 year of which 6 months i didnt know wth i was doing...

my 1RM is 225 not tooo shabby, i gained 100 lbs on my bench over the summer + 2 months or so. Believe it or not

 

[fireball]

5'6" 150#
max is 265 and stuck there.

 

[BoneCrusher]

If you can't stand the sight of a human body dont look, I'm not naked and I show far less than a bodybuilder in competition.

Hahahaha ... Mudge did you look at the kid's age?

Hey Shorty welcome to IM. If you want to lose those "get-away-sticks" you're walking around on ask Mudge for some tips instead of telling him to change what he does. He's a good guy and will be one of the most helpful people you will meet here at IM. Good to see you lifting at such a young age. Keep it up!!

 

[BigDyl]

"get-away-sticks"

AHAHAHHAHAHAA

 

[Hutz]

hey man i was skinny back in the day of course u can get up to 150 lbs
justr keep at it work everything to help ur overall look... haha
sound pretty skinny
yeah just work hard n u can do it man
good luck

 

[Hutz]

ignore tht haha

 

[GIZmo_Timme]

ahh i love this thread

 

[Twin Peak]

I won't max anymore, but a week or two ago, I hit 225 for 25 reps on the incline. That was a personal best (never, ever trained in such high rep ranges before).

 

[www.rbray.co.uk]

bench aided by supplements

I can bench at the moment for 1 rep max 286 lbs but a month or two ago i could only do 220 lbs its probably due to the creatine and testex i have started taking from sportlab

 

[Wallsy72]

I can bench 275ilbs for 4-6 reps, I weight approx 190ilbs, unsure as to what I could manage for 1 rep, poss 300ilbs+ if I were fresh and by the way thats whilst I'm off the gear

 

[Iceman]

iI'm 22, 195 LBS.....bench 275 2-3 times

 

[rhouzer]

Don't know how good my bench is. I'm 18 5'8'' and only 135lb. I can bench a max of 170lb (3 sets of 5 reps) but i rarly use a bench press. I tend to do a lot of push ups. Not a whole lot any more but i tend to now to do sets of 40 (i do a warm up of about 60 push ups) and do about 300 push ups (that is with good form and without rest during sets)

 

[titans1854]

17, 5'9, 170 lbs and my bench is 235

 

[bushroot]

26, 5' 10", 225lbs. 295 off the gear, into my 6th week and adding 10lbs. to my max each week.

 

[bracewater]

24 years old weigh 195lbs, 5' 11" Press 310lbs

 

[AnabolicFreak04]

I never max but I hit 225 for 31 reps @ a football combine.

 

[ATFCanine]

20 yrs old, only 175lbs weight, 275 lbs bench. Maybe a lil more. Started my M1T hopefully it'll be around 290-300 after the bottle is gone and weight at 185-190.

 

[Animal 05]

Im 5'9 and weigh 163, give or take 2 pounds on different days. I can bench 290, but I'm turning some corners and closing in on 3 real quickly. I hit a wall for awhile but I switched up my routine a little bit and I'm rolling again.

 

[crazy_enough]

Up to 235....Thought I wouldnt hit my goal of 250 for late feb but I just might...arrrr

 

[BIGDAVE]

I'm 28,252Lbs and my best bench is 415lbs.I hope to do a bit more this year,i'm currently training for a little powerlifting comp in my local gym in a couple of months.

 

[Toughman]

hi

ive just joined and want to get into shape. im 23 and have never lifted a weight in my life (lol). i just had my first go doing a bench press and only managed to lift 40kg / 88lbs and i think this is poor as i weigh about 180 pounds which is proberly all fat . i also had ago at upright rows and i managed to lift 56kg / 123lbs

can anyone give me some sort of workout guide for the complete beginer

thanks

 

[soxmuscle]

Read the stickies. I can't express that enough. Alot of the information your looking for is in those articles. Go for it, man.

 

[Mudge]

Very very strange to upright row more than you bench, start with working on form.

 

[Seanp156]

I haven't done a barbell bench for as long as I can remember, but based off of my dumbbell bench presses I would estimate, after my body's used to holding a barbell I could do 160 lbs if I really pushed myself (with a spotter for safety of course).

 

[Toughman]

Very very strange to upright row more than you bench, start with working on form.

it might be because im a delivery driver and have to pick up heavy boxes so maybe that muscle gets used more

i thought it was strange myself as i was tryin in out with my mate who has been lifting weights for over 6 months now he could only manage 51kg on the upright rows but lifts almost 75kg on the bench press

 

[Tha Don]

i'm 20 years old, weigh 90lbs and i can bench 560lbs! (4-5 clean reps)

 

[spartan]

I'm 29 5'10 and my best lift was 455 on gear when I was peacekeeping in Bosnia 2000

 

[BigDyl]

Back when i was in Iraq for peacekeeping, i benched 721 LB's for 3 reps @ 0% bodyfat.

 

[westb51]

One time i was peacekeeping on the moon, and in first gear i did 454lbs, then i hit second and did 540, my rpm's were out of control @ third and i could only lift neil armstrong.