bench reps at 225

for football we do as many reps as we can at bench for 225 and for poweclean. I already can do 225: 22 times at bench and 16 times at powerclean. I need a workout or some ideas to get my powerclean from 20-25 reps and my bench from 27-30 reps

you say you can bench 225lbs 22 times? lol

okay we have a testing and they have 225 for bench and we do it as many times as we can. Then we do 225 powerclean as many times as we can. I was wondering a good workout to help me get the reps up. And 8pack just because u cant do a weight doesnt mean i cant. I weigh 290 and im 6 foot. A big difference between u and me plus im 17 and have been lifting since i was in 6th grade

I dont suppose a kid asking for a good routine knows how to workout, meaning where did he get all that firepower
 
 plus the fact that I, MYSELF going to a highschool packed with JUICERS that are at least 6 times the size of me, have never met a kid that can bench 225lbs 22 times. Im supposing your not a JUICER too. plus your not even a senior yet!
 
my school is like the ones in the movies, you wouldnt believe the # juicers in my school, this, for some reason doesnt allow me to believe you.
 
then again, i could be wrong, I really dont care, Im not jealous, but your the first I have ever seen other then all the kids like you on websites.

A good routine for strength:

while all your FB buddies are trying everyday to get the 225lbs to upper reps by repping 225lbs, when your not with them, you should pick up a weight that you can only do 3-4 times and do that taking 2 minute breaks in between

you could go maybe like this:

5 sets would be fine with 2 min rest

1-385lbs 5 reps
2-390lbs 4-5 reps
3-395lbs 4 reps
4-400lbs 3 reps
5-400lbs 3 reps 
 
 
edit: i'm guessing you max at 415. saw your post on the strength thread

Your nickname wouldn't happen to be Goalkeeper would it?

okay we have a testing and they have 225 for bench and we do it as many times as we can.

by the way, I still dont get WTF this is for. your coach a wack off? or a good coach?
 
i've had 3 coaches(changing too many schools) and none of em did anything like it.

hes a great coach, but its my teams strength coach that does it. I think in his mind that he wants to be liket he NFL. Or just wants to know that we have been lifting. We also do a mile run and a 40 yard dash time. The coach takes all the times and reps and who got first and what not and decides who is the top ten. The testing is called top ten. So ur trying to say that doing low reps is muc h better for gaining high reps but do a lot of sets?

ohh $hit, i got all confused with the strength adn all that and its posted in the strength forum.
 
doing low reps will get you strong but it will not give you ENDURANCE. sorry that routine is no good for endurance. however, adding that routine to your endurance routine to do it once in a while will give you an incredible boost.

Your coach is doing everything wrong...how can you be good on the field if he kills you in the gym...I can understand you need power and strenght but what the hell with benching it more and more...this will overtrain you and might lead to serious injuries...
Anyways this is just up to you but give him a training book...this is almost dangerous...I don't think you want to get hurt because you wanted to bench 225lbs for 1000 reps...USELESS ! A good football players does not need to bench a lot, he needs to be quick, powerful, strong and be able to have some endurance...no need to clean and bench that much !

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

We dont do it every time that we lift. We do it once out if the entire year. We do it because football is a game of strength and endurance. And repping 225 a lot is a test of both. f this is os dangerous why do most colleges and all MFL combines do it. Every workout we dont do it. Just once the whole summer

A little misunderstanding here...I read wrong I guess, but I was thinking you had to do that more often....sorry about that...but this is still useless IMO. 

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

Ya benching 225 for reps is a common practice at football tryout camps and whatnot, they even do it at the nfl combine, so I would assume that it's good for something.

my 2nd cousin who plays football for the University of Manitoba Bisons is 6 ft 5 and 305 lbs and does 225 22 times aswell. He is 22 years old though. I have done 225 8 times before and figure I could have done it 10 if I pushed it harder.

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okay we have a testing and they have 225 for bench and we do it as many times as we can.

by the way, I still dont get WTF this is for. your coach a wack off? or a good coach?

i've had 3 coaches(changing too many schools) and none of em did anything like it.

 
BP 225 as many times you can is a general test of strength for football players.. just like the 40 yard dash is a general test of speed.. I did the same thing at a combine, but not for a weekly workout

are you sure your not cannon432 with the one post?

its true, the 225 bench IS a common football test. I asked soem of the footbal players at school.

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i did too!! one from tennesse said yeah

They do it at my school, too.

While we're on the subject of football, there was a kid in my state who weighs about 320lbs and is like 6'6".  He just got a scholarship for college football.  He went to a combine and they posted some of his stats for the events in the paper.  He benched 185lbs 24 times.  My dad was really impressed, but I'm not.  I mean, he weighs over 300lbs, and can only push it up that many times?  I tried benching that same percentage of my weight (which is 57%, approximately 95lbs), and I got it up 37 times.  So, since I play football, I should not only have a scholarship for college, but I should have NFL coaches lookin' at me now.  Those combines are a bunch of crap

Age: 16
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 165

Bench: 205
Squat: 365
Deadlift: 385
Total: 955

Goal: 1000 by January of 2006

Hey man I play college football...am a runningback bench 225 12 times. Have linemen on my team 300+, linebackers 225+....probably 4 out of 140 players on my team that can bench 225 22+ times. Try not to exaggerate your numbers. Everyone here is just trying to help you.

Im not exaggerating

Hey pennsylvania jock
 
 
That would mean I would have to bench 80.71 lbs as many times as possible, which would probably be like 50 times. LOL I have done 135lbs 25 times for warm up before, so that would be a cake walk I would guess.

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Height: 5'9"

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"TRAIN LIKE AN ANIMAL"

That's exactly what I'm trying to say.  All those guys making the teams are not strong for their weight.  They have lots of fat.  It's just a thing that's been bothering me a lot recently, because I don't weigh a lot, but I'm stronger than most guys in my school by weight.  The coaches are just looking for guys who weigh a lot.  I just think football should be about strength and speed...not how much you weigh.  If it keeps going like this, we should just call it sumo-ball.  The people out there will be guys the size of sumo wrestlers.

Age: 16
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 165

Bench: 205
Squat: 365
Deadlift: 385
Total: 955

Goal: 1000 by January of 2006

Yeah, I agree. I wish i played football when i was younger. I would have played receiver or something, maybe defensive end. I am fast, quick and strong and don't forget full of aggression lol.

AGE 23
Height: 5'9"

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"TRAIN LIKE AN ANIMAL"

That's exactly what I am, and I play defensive end.  I'm the fastest lineman on the team, and every other lineman weighs at least 40lbs more than me.  I mean, getting 18 sacks in 8 games has to prove something along the lines of "weight doesn't matter in football."

Age: 16
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 165

Bench: 205
Squat: 365
Deadlift: 385
Total: 955

Goal: 1000 by January of 2006

All it is, is technique and how bad you want to go.  That is my opionion and i think it seems to prove the point of weight vs. technique.
 
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I need a workout or some ideas to get my powerclean from 20-25 reps and my bench from 27-30 reps

I remember watching last years NFL All Stars strength competition, which was measured by, that's right, you guessed it, how many times they could bench 225. As I remember it, no one could break 30 reps. So your goal of 27-30 reps as a highschooler is pretty impressive.

I remember shaun rogers doing like 36 and like ten other guys doing like close to 40 or over that.

gtown, where you play? I'm about to be a senior in high school, and I got it 16 times the other day, which I thought was pretty good. I dont think you can powerclean 225 16 times or how many it was. That is putting your max at like 380 on cleans? Thats a huge number for a high school kid.

Seeing how many times you can rep 225 is a College and NFL combine test for upper body strength. They test you in the 40 yard dash for speed. You test in the vertical jump to see the explosivness in your legs. You test the pro shuttle to see how quick you are and how fast you can change direction.