Author Topic: Is a 400lbs natural bench press impressive? (Read 33341 times)

Kegdrainer · « **Reply #75 on:** June 15, 2009, 02:02:33 PM »

Quote from: Deicide on June 13, 2009, 03:13:34 PM

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Not for the average getbigger.

Matterhorn · « **Reply #76 on:** June 15, 2009, 02:14:41 PM »

THIS is impressive:

kwri298 · « **Reply #77 on:** June 15, 2009, 02:35:27 PM »

Quote from: funk51 on June 15, 2009, 01:54:36 PM

i forgot to add mike kuhns who weighs 130 lbs did a 451 bench last weekend. woooooow.

You also to forgot to mention the springboard shirt that he was wearing. 450 would crush him without that shirt.

polychronopolous · « **Reply #78 on:** June 15, 2009, 02:37:40 PM »

Quote from: Matterhorn on June 15, 2009, 02:14:41 PM

THIS is impressive:

Nipple implants....so obvious.

SquatsRule · « **Reply #79 on:** June 15, 2009, 04:16:53 PM »

315 for a couple of reps seems to be about the strongest natural lifts at my gym. All the guys i've seen do 400 plus are enhanced.

Per Se · « **Reply #80 on:** June 15, 2009, 06:22:00 PM »

Quote from: funk51 on June 15, 2009, 01:54:36 PM

i forgot to add mike kuhns who weighs 130 lbs did a 451 bench last weekend. woooooow.

Just read that Mike did a 622lbs squat @ 137lbs

SIK guy!!!!

blazer000 · « **Reply #81 on:** June 15, 2009, 07:51:26 PM »

i did 365, 405, then 425 in a competition last year,,,all natural, NO shirt ( just a t-shirt)
strict form, pause, no bounce, all that

not that big of a deal

i'm 5'8 was 218 then,,,about 221 now

Ursus · « **Reply #82 on:** June 16, 2009, 12:08:10 PM »

My gym is typically average of a free weights gym.

12 people MAX bench over 300lbs with good form

12 out of maybe 120 members

funk51 · « **Reply #83 on:** June 16, 2009, 12:46:01 PM »

Quote from: Per Se on June 15, 2009, 06:22:00 PM

Just read that Mike did a 622lbs squat @ 137lbs

SIK ####!!!!

at the meet where he did the 451 bench he made a 595 squat and a 392 dl for a 1438 total all within the confines of the 132 lb class.

disco_stu · « **Reply #84 on:** June 22, 2009, 03:26:26 PM »

Quote from: Overload on June 14, 2009, 06:11:44 PM

Some people just suck at benching, no matter how hard they try.

A good friend of mine has been training hard for over 10 years, but he still can't bench 315 even at 240 pounds. Yet i've seen him deadlift 545 very easily for 3 reps and he squats 455 ass to grass for 2 reps. Natural as well.

A 405 bench is VERY good for anyone under 300 pounds who is a true natural. I have only met one guy who pressed 405 at 198 under very strict drug testing rules.

absolutely correct. dude. my bench is crap compared to my other lifts. i mean, its decent but thats because ive trained for years..but its about 150lb lower than it would be if it was well suited to my levers. i actually bench more on the incline than flat, and military press almost as much as i bench. for some reason, i lift a boatload on legs and calves. i dont train much anymore but even when i had 20 inch arms, my arm lifts werent extraordinary by any means.

conversely ive got mates who dont have my size but lift big weights at low bodyweight in all exercises.

bench is a poor gauge of physical ability, overall strength, or determination of size.

drmarkp · « **Reply #85 on:** June 23, 2009, 07:26:45 PM »

Quote from: MCWAY on June 15, 2009, 05:42:25 AM

You're the one, coming out of the slammer, looking at guys with "unbelievable physiques" and marvelling at their "genetics".

And you're calling me gay?

Dont' have a hissy fit just because you got a weak bench girly man

mashinfo · « **Reply #86 on:** November 16, 2009, 06:19:19 PM »

Quote from: Deicide on June 14, 2009, 03:47:37 AM

Brains I do have, not lacking in that department but would you be saying these things if you knew MCWAY believed the world is 6,000 years old and that talking snakes and magic apples of knowledge are as real as rabbits? Or that people commit crime because of 'Original Sin' because our 'ancestors' Adam and Eve partook of the fruit of knowledge? No one who believes in such silliness can own anyone.

THG approved

400lb-bench press natural is "very impresive"/very strong. you should be proud of that.

ChristopherA · « **Reply #87 on:** November 16, 2009, 06:28:18 PM »

Quote from: blazer000 on June 15, 2009, 07:51:26 PM

i did 365, 405, then 425 in a competition last year,,,all natural, NO shirt ( just a t-shirt)
strict form, pause, no bounce, all that

not that big of a deal

i'm 5'8 was 218 then,,,about 221 now

Awesome lifts bro especially in comp with the pause. In the gym you would prob hit 450 easy. How old when you did it?

MAXX · « **Reply #88 on:** November 16, 2009, 06:46:07 PM »

Took me five years to get up to 315 for a few reps and gains are getting smaller and smaller.

I'm sure there are people out there with much better genetics than me though.

I saw a YouTube video of a Norwegian world champ javelin thrower that did 405 for a single and he's tested year around. Also what makes it more impressive is that he's below 225 bw

Coach is Back! · « **Reply #89 on:** November 16, 2009, 09:38:27 PM »

I did 400 when I was 17. Bix has the artical from 1981 from a chest routine I did for Muscle Digest in 1981, I think it was the december issue with Tim Belknap on the cover.

haider · « **Reply #90 on:** November 16, 2009, 09:39:23 PM »

Quote from: JME on November 16, 2009, 09:38:27 PM

I did 400 when I was 17. Bix has the artical from 1981 from a chest routine I did for Muscle Digest in 1981, I think it was the december issue with Tim Belknap on the cover.

pics and 3 witnesses or bullshit

Coach is Back! · « **Reply #91 on:** November 16, 2009, 09:39:48 PM »

Damn, said 1981 twice.

haider · « **Reply #92 on:** November 16, 2009, 09:41:50 PM »

how much do u reckon jesus could bench, JME?

the earth, jupiter, pluto?

Palpatine Q · « **Reply #93 on:** November 16, 2009, 10:38:07 PM »

Quote from: JME on November 16, 2009, 09:39:48 PM

Damn, said 1981 twice.

Why don't you just go back in time and videotape it, that's what i would do.

crownshep · « **Reply #94 on:** November 17, 2009, 04:45:09 AM »

Quote from: JME on November 16, 2009, 09:38:27 PM

I did 400 when I was 17. Bix has the artical from 1981 from a chest routine I did for Muscle Digest in 1981, I think it was the december issue with Tim Belknap on the cover.

It was me who posted the pics and the article Joe.They are somewhere on here floating about if someone wants to search,i don`t have them anymore,they were on my old computer that got wiped out with a virus called BSOD.

io856 · « **Reply #95 on:** November 17, 2009, 04:49:33 AM »

been in gyms for eight years never seen a natural lifter bench 400

HTH

MAXX · « **Reply #96 on:** November 17, 2009, 05:02:42 AM »

100% natural

big L dawg · « **Reply #97 on:** November 17, 2009, 05:20:16 AM »

Quote from: JME on November 16, 2009, 09:38:27 PM

I did 400 when I was 17. Bix has the artical from 1981 from a chest routine I did for Muscle Digest in 1981, I think it was the december issue with Tim Belknap on the cover.

ever tear a pec muscle

Coach is Back! · « **Reply #98 on:** November 17, 2009, 08:26:41 AM »

Yes, but not until I was 40.

CalvinH · « **Reply #99 on:** November 17, 2009, 08:31:21 AM »

Never seen a natural do it in all the gyms I've been a member of.

Author Topic: Is a 400lbs natural bench press impressive? (Read 33341 times)

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