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Title: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Danimal77 on May 19, 2008, 03:44:09 PM
I shit you not. Was at my gym on Satirday and this black dude, who was around my height (5'10") and appeared to be about 230-240 pounds of SLABS of muscle, including 21" arms, 55" chest, 30" thighs... Anyways, I'm doing the pec dec and he's sitting across from me at the bench press. He loads a 45 on each side. I'm figuring this is his very light warmup. Anyways, he lies down, struggles with 5-6 reps and puts the weight back on the rack...

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: davidpaul on May 19, 2008, 03:45:41 PM
maybe he doesnt like to train chest?
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Danimal77 on May 19, 2008, 03:46:39 PM
Dude has a chest like Arnold. How the fuck did he get that large (muscular), while pushing sissy weights?
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: JohnnyVegas on May 19, 2008, 03:46:48 PM
all drugs
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: calmus on May 19, 2008, 03:47:01 PM
I shit you not. Was at my gym on Satirday and this black dude, who was around my height (5'10") and appeared to be about 230-240 pounds of SLABS of muscle, including 21" arms, 55" chest, 30" thighs... Anyways, I'm doing the pec dec and he's sitting across from me at the bench press. He loads a 45 on each side. I'm figuring this is his very light warmup. Anyways, he lies down, struggles with 5-6 reps and puts the weight back on the rack...

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????

Why didn't you ask him why he was struggling when you were measuring his thighs? 
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Emmortal on May 19, 2008, 03:49:24 PM
Could be possible if that was the last exercise in his routine and he already went through 20 sets of other chest exercises.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: davidpaul on May 19, 2008, 03:50:03 PM
Dude has a chest like Arnold. How the fuck did he get that large (muscular), while pushing sissy weights?

what did he smell like?
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: columbusdude82 on May 19, 2008, 03:50:24 PM
OR maybe he's recovering from an injury?
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: CARTEL on May 19, 2008, 03:51:48 PM
Are you sure his "SLABS of muscle" weren't strips of fat?
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: m8 on May 19, 2008, 03:56:36 PM
Synthol.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Bobby on May 19, 2008, 04:02:33 PM
Could be possible if that was the last exercise in his routine and he already went through 20 sets of other chest exercises.

there was previous exercises?
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: gordiano on May 19, 2008, 04:03:51 PM
OR maybe he's recovering from an injury?

Exactly.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Boost on May 19, 2008, 04:08:18 PM
Mind Muslce connection. dont need a tonne of weight to grow. He could make 135 feel like 400
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: davidpaul on May 19, 2008, 04:08:51 PM
Mind Muslce connection. dont need a tonne of weight to grow. He could make 135 feel like 400

Exactly, just like bruce lee said.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: CARTEL on May 19, 2008, 04:11:41 PM
Exactly, just like bruce lee said.

If you focus on the weight, you miss all the heavenly glory.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: haider on May 19, 2008, 04:12:29 PM
Mind Muslce connection. dont need a tonne of weight to grow. He could make 135 feel like 400
i think u maybe taking that concept a bit too far.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: davidpaul on May 19, 2008, 04:12:35 PM
If you focus on the weight, you miss all the heavenly glory.

Don't think, feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeel.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Moosejay on May 19, 2008, 04:13:31 PM
Mind Muslce connection. dont need a tonne of weight to grow. He could make 135 feel like 400

Yes...and sounds like shoulder injury, perhaps
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: bigguns23 on May 19, 2008, 04:16:53 PM
Didn't nasser have trouble with 225?  :D
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: The_Punisher on May 19, 2008, 04:54:13 PM
Didn't nasser have trouble with 225?  :D



hahahaha....yeah, fcuking Nasser could only completed a weakling 17reps in that contest, while other guys were doing reps in the ranges close to 65 reps
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: leaky_frog on May 19, 2008, 05:12:59 PM
When I was in high school, we had guys who weighed 180-220 who could barely move 160.  I was a skinny runt (5'10", 140 lbs), but was doing reps with 225.  Strong doesn't always = muscular.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: swilkins1984 on May 19, 2008, 05:29:33 PM
Maybe injuries. I see a guy in the gym big dude that can press 225 easily behind the neck but 135 is impossible to the front.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: danielson on May 19, 2008, 05:31:05 PM
Maybe he is like those dudes who can't piss with other guys in the bathroom, only he can't lift heavy with you learing at him like a piece of meat.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: peroni on May 19, 2008, 05:31:35 PM
Dude has a chest like Arnold. How the fuck did he get that large (muscular), while pushing sissy weights?

You don't know what he did before that. He may have been fatigued beyond belief from heavier sets and/or different exercises
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: burn2live on May 19, 2008, 05:36:46 PM
OR maybe he's recovering from an injury?

First thing I thought
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Fourslot40 on May 19, 2008, 05:39:50 PM
This thread might just be the worst I've seen.  How do I get my 25 seconds back?
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: odilly on May 19, 2008, 05:46:17 PM
Maybe he is like those dudes who can't piss with other guys in the bathroom, only he can't lift heavy with you learing at him like a piece of meat.



yeah maybe you measuring his thighs as he was benching threw his concentration off
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: candidizzle on May 19, 2008, 06:22:37 PM
the mind muslce connection does come in to play but not on the first set... i think its probably a combo of the mnd muscland like emmortal said he probably was on last set and had done more than 20 heavy sets before that

personally at end of chest workout for me after really killing it if i focus on bench with just the pecs no shoulders no triceps and tilt my head abit forward then 135 ca feel like 225
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Camel Jockey on May 19, 2008, 06:26:23 PM
There's this big black dude at my gym who sturuggles to rep 225 on the flat for 5-6 reps.  :-\
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: bigguns23 on May 19, 2008, 06:29:26 PM


hahahaha....yeah, fcuking Nasser could only completed a weakling 17reps in that contest, while other guys were doing reps in the ranges close to 65 reps


but i thought he was the king of the universe?
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: The_Punisher on May 19, 2008, 08:03:01 PM

but i thought he was the king of the universe?


more like the king of Synthol ;D
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Beener on May 19, 2008, 08:06:57 PM
I'm around 230 and fairly lean and i struggle with 225. My chest is developed fine, no problems there. Some people just aint built for benching.  i can row almost three plates though..
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Matt C on May 19, 2008, 08:15:11 PM
How many times can everyone do 135?  I did 135 for 47 last week with not bad form (wide grip, but pretty full reps).
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: TechnoViking on May 19, 2008, 10:02:45 PM
the mind muslce connection does come in to play but not on the first set... i think its probably a combo of the mnd muscland like emmortal said he probably was on last set and had done more than 20 heavy sets before that

personally at end of chest workout for me after really killing it if i focus on bench with just the pecs no shoulders no triceps and tilt my head abit forward then 135 ca feel like 225

agreed...Probably ended with bench because he doesn't have the ego of someone like the starter of this thread and/or he was doing slow presses to the neck or chin
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Danimal77 on May 19, 2008, 10:06:47 PM
To clear this shit up, he was most definitely not on his last set, seeing I had been occupying the bench before having moved onto the pec dec. This was his first set and he completed 2 more, with the same weight and yes, he was struggling the whole way through. Not saying I'm Hercules. I don't claim to be. I barely bench 200 pounds for reps, but I also don't have this guys size.

One of 2 things like you guys have been saying. He's either recovering from an injury (the weight shouldn't still be that heavy though for him), OR he's on some serious drugs and all he needs is to lift a buck 35 to zap his msucles into growing. You would think a guy that size is EASILY benching 3 plates.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: gordiano on May 19, 2008, 10:38:02 PM
To clear this shit up, he was most definitely not on his last set, seeing I had been occupying the bench before having moved onto the pec dec. This was his first set and he completed 2 more, with the same weight and yes, he was struggling the whole way through. Not saying I'm Hercules. I don't claim to be. I barely bench 200 pounds for reps, but I also don't have this guys size.

One of 2 things like you guys have been saying. He's either recovering from an injury (the weight shouldn't still be that heavy though for him), OR he's on some serious drugs and all he needs is to lift a buck 35 to zap his msucles into growing. You would think a guy that size is EASILY benching 3 plates.

You're kidding, right?

After my surgery, I couldn't lift a tea cup. Certainly couldn't press 135lbs for a while...
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Croatch on May 19, 2008, 10:52:06 PM
Mind Muslce connection. dont need a tonne of weight to grow. He could make 135 feel like 400
haha.  I'm working on the "mind muscle" connection.
Translation: I take lots of gear, but don't want to lift heavy weight. ;D
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Dragon on May 19, 2008, 11:20:07 PM
the guy blasted shoulders+tris the day before with maybe 20sets per bodypart
 ::)
pretty obvious dude
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Meso_z on May 20, 2008, 01:01:15 AM
I shit you not. Was at my gym on Satirday and this black dude, who was around my height (5'10") and appeared to be about 230-240 pounds of SLABS of muscle, including 21" arms, 55" chest, 30" thighs... Anyways, I'm doing the pec dec and he's sitting across from me at the bench press. He loads a 45 on each side. I'm figuring this is his very light warmup. Anyways, he lies down, struggles with 5-6 reps and puts the weight back on the rack...

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????

Maybe be believes in "giant sets"?
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: JasonH on May 20, 2008, 01:11:43 AM
I find it very hard to believe that a guy supposedly this big was supposedly that weak.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: kyomu on May 20, 2008, 03:28:48 AM
Dont tell me that it was his last pec exercise. :-\
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: JOCKTHEGLIDE on May 20, 2008, 03:47:32 AM
I find it very hard to believe that a guy supposedly this big was supposedly that weak.
its more like the OP just wanted to see how many folks will post in his thread.....
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: PhoenixBuff on May 20, 2008, 06:33:16 AM
Maybe he's nursing some minor injuries?
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Siggy420 on May 20, 2008, 06:45:54 AM
Gotta be those myostatin blockers
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Dreadlord on May 20, 2008, 11:11:54 AM


hahahaha....yeah, fcuking Nasser could only completed a weakling 17reps in that contest, while other guys were doing reps in the ranges close to 65 reps

WHich vid is this?
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Petrucci on May 20, 2008, 11:33:41 AM


hahahaha....yeah, fcuking Nasser could only completed a weakling 17reps in that contest, while other guys were doing reps in the ranges close to 65 reps

well, i will give nasser one thing tho...he was the ONLY one with complete range of motion (wich in his case its really strange because he normally dont use a very good rom) in that contest....

but about the guy in the post, maybe he is going after the extreme pump?  ???
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: freespirit on May 20, 2008, 01:03:20 PM
Why didn't you ask him why he was struggling when you were measuring his thighs? 

Ha ha haaa   :D

I shit you not. Was at my gym on Satirday and this black dude, who was around my height (5'10") and appeared to be about 230-240 pounds of SLABS of muscle, including 21" arms, 55" chest, 30" thighs... Anyways, I'm doing the pec dec and he's sitting across from me at the bench press. He loads a 45 on each side. I'm figuring this is his very light warmup. Anyways, he lies down, struggles with 5-6 reps and puts the weight back on the rack...

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: medz zeppelin on May 20, 2008, 01:04:24 PM
was his name Bob sapp?
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: freespirit on May 20, 2008, 01:06:39 PM
was his name Bob sapp?

Ask danimal number 77 for his exact measurements.
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: Method101 on May 20, 2008, 01:15:20 PM
Nasser Dominates the Bench Press as you can see;
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/videos/2005/olympia_2005_nasser.wvx
Title: Re: Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.
Post by: johnnytosh on May 24, 2008, 05:14:54 PM
I shit you not. Was at my gym on Satirday and this black dude, who was around my height (5'10") and appeared to be about 230-240 pounds of SLABS of muscle, including 21" arms, 55" chest, 30" thighs... Anyways, I'm doing the pec dec and he's sitting across from me at the bench press. He loads a 45 on each side. I'm figuring this is his very light warmup. Anyways, he lies down, struggles with 5-6 reps and puts the weight back on the rack...

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????

Obviously He was recovering from an injury