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Title: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on March 18, 2009, 01:23:06 AM: ???
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: io856 on March 18, 2009, 01:27:39 AM: 300 min
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on March 18, 2009, 01:28:14 AM: Quote from: io856 on March 18, 2009, 01:27:39 AM
300 min

That settles it

I'm a pussy
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: pugalist666 on March 18, 2009, 01:29:24 AM: 300 min if not on gear , if on gear 400 and up
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: pugalist666 on March 18, 2009, 01:30:41 AM: Quote from: RonPaulFan on March 18, 2009, 01:28:14 AM
That settles it

I'm a pussy
your still funny
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: grab an umbrella on March 18, 2009, 01:30:52 AM: Quote from: RonPaulFan on March 18, 2009, 01:23:06 AM
???

To be honest bro, it really depends on how much you weigh and how long you have been lifting. I benched 300 for the first time after about 3 years of training, during my senior year of high school.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: 11venthhour on March 18, 2009, 01:32:08 AM: i think 300 in most cases i have seen is more impressive than respectable, but it all depends on how much you weigh.

i think 1.5 you body weight is pretty good, but if you can push 1.25 of you body weight and your not training for strength i think its still respectable.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Hedgehog on March 18, 2009, 03:56:01 AM: 265 lbs for guys - 165 for lasses.
that's what I would consider respectable for someone of average weight.

Guys benchpressing 300 natural are pretty strong IMHO.

If you can benchpress 440 lbs natural in competition you're a exceptionally strong IMO or has managed to bulk yourself up to 400+ lbs.8)
because at that weight anyone who trains will be able to bench 440. ;D
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: alnassak on March 18, 2009, 04:15:16 AM: 225 ;D
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: MAXX on March 18, 2009, 04:30:27 AM: 315+ is good for a natural.

juiced depends on how much drugs are being used i guess.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Mars on March 18, 2009, 04:37:15 AM: max rep = real weight + getbig margin (100 lbs)
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: JasonH on March 18, 2009, 04:40:36 AM: I suppose it depends what the parameters are - if you take a guy who has never trained in his life aged 21-35 of normal build I would say a respectable one rep max bench would be between 225 and 250lbs.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: ripitupbaby on March 18, 2009, 04:49:04 AM: A raw bench press that's near or over 1.5 x body weight is very respectable for anyone.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Mars on March 18, 2009, 04:49:34 AM: also depends on how long your arms are. i have quite the long monkey arms and i totally suck at bp.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Cleanest Natural on March 18, 2009, 04:51:47 AM: Quote from: BigJ on March 18, 2009, 04:40:36 AM
I suppose it depends what the parameters are - if you take a guy who has never trained in his life aged 21-35 of normal build I would say a respectable one rep max bench would be between 225 and 250lbs.
who never trained ???

benching 250 ? not even 225
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: wolfgang187 on March 18, 2009, 04:53:40 AM: WHY?
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: benz on March 18, 2009, 05:01:18 AM: Quote from: RonPaulFan on March 18, 2009, 01:23:06 AM
???

JOELOCO benched 400 at the age of 17, no juice
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Hedgehog on March 18, 2009, 05:25:21 AM: Quote from: benz on March 18, 2009, 05:01:18 AM
JOELOCO benched 400 at the age of 17, no juice
LOL
that guy is so full of shit it aint even funny.
I saw an 18 year old who's pretty much world class in the 165 lbs class do a fairly tough single with 315 lbs - with a shirt he's capable of around 420 lbs.
Just to give you an idea how delusional The Coach is.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Hedgehog on March 18, 2009, 05:25:42 AM: Quote from: benz on March 18, 2009, 05:01:18 AM
JOELOCO benched 400 at the age of 17, no juice
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: benz on March 18, 2009, 05:27:06 AM: Quote from: Hedgehog on March 18, 2009, 05:25:21 AM
LOL
that guy is so full of shit it aint even funny.
I saw an 18 year old who's pretty much world class in the 165 lbs class do a fairly tough single with 315 lbs - with a shirt he's capable of around 420 lbs.
Just to give you an idea how delusional The Coach is.

to be honest i dont remember the post by i think it was over 400 lol

ask him, he doesnt deny it :)
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Mars on March 18, 2009, 05:37:37 AM: comes from the same person who likes to see palin become president.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: wavelength on March 18, 2009, 05:40:06 AM: Quote from: Hedgehog on March 18, 2009, 03:56:01 AM
265 lbs for guys

Haha, strike!
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Mars on March 18, 2009, 05:42:02 AM: how much reps can you do with an empty olympic bar?
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: #1 Klaus fan on March 18, 2009, 05:46:56 AM: Quote from: Mars on March 18, 2009, 05:42:02 AM
how much reps can you do with an empty olympic bar?

I could do only 85 reps.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: The Wizard of Truth on March 18, 2009, 05:47:01 AM: I can't bench for shit
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: JOHN MATRIX on March 18, 2009, 05:49:18 AM: Quote from: ripitupbaby on March 18, 2009, 04:49:04 AM
A raw bench press that's near or over 1.5 x body weight is very respectable for anyone.

yes, this.

1.5+ times bodyweight
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: CalvinH on March 18, 2009, 05:50:00 AM: Quote from: benz on March 18, 2009, 05:27:06 AM
to be honest i dont remember the post by i think it was over 400 lol

ask him, he doesnt deny it :)

Maybe weights were lighter back then.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Mars on March 18, 2009, 05:50:52 AM: Quote from: CalvinH on March 18, 2009, 05:50:00 AM

Maybe weights were lighter back then.

hahaha.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: QuakerOats on March 18, 2009, 05:51:08 AM: Quote from: RonPaulFan on March 18, 2009, 01:28:14 AM
That settles it

I'm a pussy
all this time you spend on a pro bb message board and you can't bench 300? ???
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: CoolDuck on March 18, 2009, 07:04:22 AM: Quote from: RonPaulFan on March 18, 2009, 01:23:06 AM
???

130 kg+ is ok. (My own PB is 120 kg- about 264 pounds, and I have shoulder problems that probably ensure that I'll never get any higher)

CD
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Palpatine Q on March 18, 2009, 07:08:45 AM: 240+120=360

that's about right
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Devon97 on March 18, 2009, 07:14:09 AM: 1.5 x bdy wt
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Mars on March 18, 2009, 07:15:48 AM: i never believed in bench press.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Pecs on March 18, 2009, 07:17:41 AM: 225 for 10... thats the heaviest i did on flat bench... :-[ never tested my one rep max..
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Grape Ape on March 18, 2009, 07:21:36 AM: Quote from: BigJ on March 18, 2009, 04:40:36 AM
I suppose it depends what the parameters are - if you take a guy who has never trained in his life aged 21-35 of normal build I would say a respectable one rep max bench would be between 225 and 250lbs.

That wouldn't be respectable, it would be phenomenal. Never training and hitting 225-250? Only if you're Herschel Walker.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: jaejonna on March 18, 2009, 07:24:22 AM: I can do 315 twice
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Hedgehog on March 18, 2009, 07:25:25 AM: Quote from: benz on March 18, 2009, 05:27:06 AM
to be honest i dont remember the post by i think it was over 400 lol

ask him, he doesnt deny it :)
I think the claim was 385 as a 16 year old and 525 as an all time best.
The all time best I find easier to believe actually. Because then he was on shit and obviously a very gifted lifter.
But to claim a lift of 385 as a natty 16 year old @ approx 165 lbs? ::)
That's an insult to all those who actually go at it as naturals.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: The Wall on March 18, 2009, 07:32:04 AM: is bench press ever really about respect?!?! its about degradation of your peers!!! :P showing them how much more of an alpha male you are than they

respectable bench press....absurd ;D
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: jaejonna on March 18, 2009, 07:33:55 AM: Quote from: Pecs on March 18, 2009, 07:17:41 AM
225 for 10... thats the heaviest i did on flat bench... :-[ never tested my one rep max..
and you have the nerve to call yourself 'PECS' ......
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: BIG_STI on March 18, 2009, 08:15:42 AM: 6 plates +
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: knny187 on March 18, 2009, 08:17:25 AM: guys that can put up 3 wheels on each side is doing better than most
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: RZA on March 18, 2009, 08:19:21 AM: Quote from: ripitupbaby on March 18, 2009, 04:49:04 AM
A raw bench press that's near or over 1.5 x body weight is very respectable for anyone.

I'll take that. You're marriage material for sure.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Bona on March 18, 2009, 08:44:42 AM: Quote from: JOHN MATRIX on March 18, 2009, 05:49:18 AM
yes, this.

1.5+ times bodyweight
im 100kg, so i reckon i should bench around 150kg which is 330pounds. okay i can manage that, loves benching :)
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Jeffro on March 18, 2009, 09:10:34 AM: Quote from: QuakerOats on March 18, 2009, 05:51:08 AM
all this time you spend on a pro bb message board and you can't bench 300? ???
Quote from: jaejonna on March 18, 2009, 07:33:55 AM
and you have the nerve to call yourself 'PECS' ......
LOL ;D
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: jon cole on March 18, 2009, 09:17:35 AM: 315 seems good for a natural.
400+ for juicer.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: adrain on March 18, 2009, 09:23:23 AM: 500LB ;D
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: QuakerOats on March 18, 2009, 11:25:02 AM: Quote from: jaejonna on March 18, 2009, 07:33:55 AM
and you have the nerve to call yourself 'PECS' ......
maybe "pecs" is his boyfriend's nickname, JJ.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: MuscleMcMannus on March 18, 2009, 11:27:07 AM: All bullshit aside for a genetically average drug free trainee a 300lb bench is considered very impressive. But I'm sure everyone on here is natural and benching 500lbs. ::)
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: QuakerOats on March 18, 2009, 11:28:06 AM: Quote from: MuscleMcMannus on March 18, 2009, 11:27:07 AM
All bullshit aside for a genetically average drug free trainee a 300lb bench is considered very impressive. But I'm sure everyone on here is natural and benching 500lbs for 20 reps.
fixed.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: BB on March 18, 2009, 05:12:55 PM: I tend to go with the old stand of:

1.5 BW= Bench
2 BW= Squat
2 BW= Deadlift

Assuming one has a decent amount of training time and is relatively serious.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: #1 Klaus fan on March 18, 2009, 05:52:18 PM: Quote from: BB on March 18, 2009, 05:12:55 PM
I tend to go with the old stand of:

1.5 BW= Bench
2 BW= Squat
2 BW= Deadlift

Assuming one has a decent amount of training time and is relatively serious.

Deadlift is too easy. Bench is too hard.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Sam on March 18, 2009, 05:54:54 PM: Quote from: Grape Ape on March 18, 2009, 07:21:36 AM
That wouldn't be respectable, it would be phenomenal. Never training and hitting 225-250? Only if you're Herschel Walker.

Spoken for truth - the average non trainer male between 21 -40 would struggle with 150lbs.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on March 18, 2009, 06:12:17 PM: Quote from: james001 on March 18, 2009, 06:10:37 PM
its a stupid question on a bodybuilding board.

all that should matter is a weight that allows you to properly contract the chest.. increasing its size over time.

that said.. if you cant very quickly work up to 315 on the bench weighing over 180 pounds... that sperm cell that fertilized your egg.. was supposed to contain a X chromosome.

I could kill you with my bare hands.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: chaos on March 18, 2009, 06:21:45 PM: Quote from: RonPaulFan on March 18, 2009, 06:12:17 PM
I could kill you with my bare hands.

Could you do it with one hand and video with the other?
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on March 18, 2009, 06:21:55 PM: Quote from: james001 on March 18, 2009, 06:19:32 PM
;)

I'm joking friend. 8)
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on March 18, 2009, 06:26:17 PM: Quote from: chaos on March 18, 2009, 06:21:45 PM
Could you do it with one hand and video with the other?

We should work together, you could film. Your pointy head would add an extra element of horror to our snuff films.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: chaos on March 18, 2009, 06:29:05 PM: Quote from: RonPaulFan on March 18, 2009, 06:26:17 PM
We should work together, you could film. Your pointy head would add an extra element of horror to our snuff films.
My pointy head and your sunken chest, along with james001 butt ugly face...... it would be quite the freak show.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on March 18, 2009, 06:30:05 PM: Quote from: chaos on March 18, 2009, 06:29:05 PM
My pointy head and your sunken chest, along with james001 butt ugly face...... it would be quite the freak show.

HAHAHAH

;D
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Board_SHERIF on March 18, 2009, 06:59:29 PM: 18 stone if you weigh less that 12 stone
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: brent2741 on March 18, 2009, 07:04:08 PM: Quote from: Board_SHERIF on March 18, 2009, 06:59:29 PM
18 stone if you weigh less that 12 stone

4 boulders if you weigh a couple pebbles
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on March 18, 2009, 07:14:07 PM: Quote from: james001 on March 18, 2009, 06:58:25 PM
forgive me.. a link to my myspace - www.myspace.com/flawedbrilliance

so you have *ammo* to make fun of me with :)

(http://b7.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00258/72/06/258966027_l.jpg)

You look like Jean-Claude Van Damme if he was an inbred lumberjack.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on March 18, 2009, 07:16:20 PM: Quote from: james001 on March 18, 2009, 07:14:56 PM
I do what I can :)

You're cool in my book.

You don't seem to be an internet tuff guy or schmoe, which is rare here.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Tre on March 18, 2009, 07:16:42 PM: 1.5x bodyweight is a solid number
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on March 18, 2009, 07:18:41 PM: Quote from: james001 on March 18, 2009, 07:17:47 PM
you might want to take that book back...

Fuck da public library
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Eyeball Chambers on March 18, 2009, 07:24:42 PM: Quote from: james001 on March 18, 2009, 07:20:00 PM
I dont know... I have the occasional fantasy about *the sexy librarian*

I like where this thread is going.

(http://www.illusiontv.com/features/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/librarian.jpg)

(http://i.imagepost.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/march/31.jpg)
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: regmac on March 18, 2009, 07:32:03 PM: Nothing over 300 unless you are a pro powerlifter...but for bodybuilding there's no reason to try single reps!!!
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Palpatine Q on March 18, 2009, 07:42:30 PM: Quote from: james001 on March 18, 2009, 06:58:25 PM
forgive me.. a link to my myspace - www.myspace.com/flawedbrilliance

so you have *ammo* to make fun of me with :)

You're a talented guy james, seriously.

That's some beautiful stuff
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: Earl1972 on March 18, 2009, 09:07:13 PM: Quote from: james001 on March 18, 2009, 06:58:25 PM
forgive me.. a link to my myspace - www.myspace.com/flawedbrilliance

so you have *ammo* to make fun of me with :)

seriously how do you get so many myspace friends?

E
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: gettinswole on March 18, 2009, 10:57:33 PM: Senior year of high school i could bench 295 at 135lbs. Right now im 165 and can bench 350 twice.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: big man on March 19, 2009, 12:33:10 AM: Quote from: gettinswole on March 18, 2009, 10:57:33 PM
Senior year of high school i could bench 295 at 135lbs. Right now im 165 and can bench 350 twice.
Impressive. Surely a video is available or was you being sarcastic?
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: gettinswole on March 19, 2009, 11:24:07 AM: Quote from: big man on March 19, 2009, 12:33:10 AM
Impressive. Surely a video is available or was you being sarcastic?

i have a video of me benching 315 for 8 but my chip is not compatible with this laptop. ill try to upload it on another computer.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: SHUTUPANDTRAIN on March 19, 2009, 11:53:36 AM: I always heard that it is 100lbs over your own body weight, now whether that is reps or max I don't know...

I also think how long you have been lifting factors into that equation somewhere, like 9 months-1 year...
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: mesmorph78 on March 19, 2009, 01:39:50 PM: 315 is respectable
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: challenge on March 19, 2009, 01:52:43 PM: Everyone giving their opinion on a # are wrong.

Doesn't matter what you bench. What matters is the results on the muscles.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: big man on March 19, 2009, 11:34:23 PM: Quote from: mesmorph78 on March 19, 2009, 01:39:50 PM
315 is respectable
Yep. Rarely do the 225 guys get any attention. 315 and your startin to talk the talk.
Title: Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
Post by: dave19 on March 20, 2009, 08:12:03 AM: 315 is far beyond what the average lifter can press so I'd also go with 315.