i can bench my bodyweight!

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (Booya)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:58:14 GMT

I cant bench my own body weight

i feel like by this time in my life i should be though, if my shoulders wasnt so knackered i might be able to progress faster

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (Neutralyze)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:54:54 GMT

Ive been going to my current gym for two years. during that time i think i have seen maybe 4 people ever do deadlifts and about 10 people do squats. out of the 10 people who do squats only 2 do them correctly. i even walked over to the guy doing quarter squats on the smith machine(lol) and told him everything he did wrong. It was just far too painful to watch! i felt my knees breaking....

I talked to him and showed him how to properly do the squat. he hten tried to do the same weight he was doing with 1/4 squats and after one rep removed a ton of the weight. i then pointed him to the squat rack over the smith machine.

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (thehardway)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:41:56 GMT

ORIGINAL: brihead301

ORIGINAL: dmobley01

burn!

Eh, she knows I can run faster then her, which means she won't be able to even catch me to beat me up.

Forget I ride a rather fast road bike didn't you.

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (brihead301)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:32:15 GMT

ORIGINAL: dmobley01

burn!

Eh, she knows I can run faster then her, which means she won't be able to even catch me to beat me up.

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (crx81)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:22:14 GMT

ORIGINAL: d4mahern
Ummmm something is not right here....you can not squat 400 and deadlift 500 but only put up 110 on a bench once....im sorry that just doesnt add up.

Yeah, those DLs and Squats are some amazing numbers to me! I have the opposite problem... before I injured my wrist, I was 15lbs away from working out (not maxing) with 100lbs OVER my body weight. At the same time, my DL is pathetic (225) and my squats downright suck at 155 (when going ATG).
I'm hoping that doing Rippetoe's program will at least fix my squat problem.

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (dmobley01)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:27:07 GMT

burn!

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (thehardway)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:08:56 GMT

ORIGINAL: brihead301

Ya, Hardway is actually a very weak little girl .

Still can kick your ass, bributt

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (brihead301)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:56:10 GMT

Ya, Hardway is actually a very weak little girl .

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (thehardway)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:45:39 GMT

ORIGINAL: rippedchick

ORIGINAL: thehardway

ORIGINAL: rippedchick

It's okay twisted. You, connelly and I have the same max bench.

with my 45 lb dumbells, for reps I think you can add me to that list, I did put up 50's for 2 or three, I think I can hit 110, on a straight bar if I were to try....

For sure. You're a beast, ma'am!

For my bodyweight (157), my bench is the opposite of beastly.... You da beasts ripped, and connelly!!!!

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (rippedchick)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:11:53 GMT

ORIGINAL: thehardway

ORIGINAL: rippedchick

It's okay twisted. You, connelly and I have the same max bench.

with my 45 lb dumbells, for reps I think you can add me to that list, I did put up 50's for 2 or three, I think I can hit 110, on a straight bar if I were to try....

For sure. You're a beast, ma'am!

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (TheSilverFox)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:08:53 GMT

If you could get up to 6 solid reps on BP with 110 pounds in the next few months, you'll knock out 135 with no problem.

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (thehardway)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:08:05 GMT

ORIGINAL: rippedchick

It's okay twisted. You, connelly and I have the same max bench.

with my 45 lb dumbells, for reps I think you can add me to that list, I did put up 50's for 2 or three, I think I can hit 110, on a straight bar if I were to try....

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (connelly)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:07:30 GMT

thanks all and that's been a fun story to read twisted (been bored today).

ORIGINAL: TheSilverFox

excellent work connely. i remember the day when i got my body weight on benchpress. it was a glorious day i tell you... but i weighed a bit more than 110. still. nice work none-the-less...    i hope you have a new goal in mind now.     such as... BODY weight x 10 reps... or 185 pounds max.   either one is a decent reasonable goal that you CAN reach if you stay with it.

also.. don't neglect your legs.   train every muscle, especially your legs.   don't neglect them.

and twisted. wow.. i'm shocked at your BP.   seriously..   you sound like the complete opposite of me.    i neglected my legs.. and it almost sounds like you halfway neglect your chest just b/c you don't care (i didn't care about my legs)

either way.. i think we need to morph our bodies together and then clone it.   that would be a beastly clone. big strong UPPER AND LOWER bodies, and the best part.. is it would be lean.

whadda ya say... since it was my idea, i'm willing to do a 60/40 split on the profits here. (60% my way of course)

thank's man i acually already have a goal which is to get 135 while still starying under 114 lb and before i turn 14 so i have 6 months to get it.my birthday is december 31 but yah it seems like a pretty good goal staying under 114 lb will likely be the problem...

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (rippedchick)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:04:49 GMT

It's okay twisted. You, connelly and I have the same max bench.

RE: i can bench my bodyweight! (bklynboy)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:45:31 GMT

nice job on the lift connely. i tried to do bench when i was 13. couldn't even do 75.

twisted, i figured everyone knew about your bench problem by now. lmao, people in your gym must be surprised as hell. hey look he is benching 110.

then you go ahead and deadlift over 400 =(