how many times can you bench 315(no lying please)

[slaveboy1980]

Prove it troll.

My amazing  bench makes you feel insecure.....as it should.

haha, its you who should prove it. 

next.

[slaveboy1980]

I win, you have no proof. This is too easy.

as they say in latin: nomos latra selmare   

[slaveboy1980]

I see no proof, I will check back when you have recovered from jealousy.

i see you checked back already. i must have "recovered" real quickly. 

[The Squadfather]

"patrick bateman" is full of shit, plain and simple.

[mitchyboy]

Go suck a 45 pound plate Bateman. 315 for 20 

[The Squadfather]

Go suck a 45 pound plate Bateman. 315 for 20 

no, he said 365 FOR 20, hahahahahahaaaaaaaa, sounds like we've got Ryan Kennelly posting on the training board.

[mass 04]

no, he said 365 FOR 20, hahahahahahaaaaaaaa, sounds like we've got Ryan Kennelly posting on the training board.

If i could bench 365 for 20 I would videotape it and show everyone I know, but this guy has no proof, his cameras probably in the shop

[local hero]

i could squeeze an awkward 2 or 3 out in me late teens at 6ft and a fatish 275... wish i never now as me shoulders are constantly fucked,, inclines and db's all the way now as far as im concerned.... i got upto  280 for 4 reps at a tight 270lbs on inclines not too long ago before me shoulders started playin up again

as far as i can see, id say 90% of gym goers go up to 2 plates a side at best

[MidniteRambo]

Not quite 315, but my last workout I did 7 reps at 310 for one of my five sets of bench presses.  I work out alone, so I can't go to failure, I probably could squeeze out another rep or two.  I'm 6'3, 220, 39 years old.

[G.R.H.]

i'm jealous midnite rambo!  can u tell me your muscle and strength secrets?!)

[slaveboy1980]

Not quite 315, but my last workout I did 7 reps at 310 for one of my five sets of bench presses.  I work out alone, so I can't go to failure, I probably could squeeze out another rep or two.  I'm 6'3, 220, 39 years old.

you are a lawyer?

[MidniteRambo]

you are a lawyer?

Yep.

[MidniteRambo]

i'm jealous midnite rambo!  can u tell me your muscle and strength secrets?!)

Thanks of course, but I never considered that a great bench.  There are some guys on this site benching some really sick weight.  Granted, I'm a 39 year old paper pusher that's been doing this for the last couple years.

Here's what I do for what it's worth and with all humility:

I work out chest twice per week.

I warm up with push ups, 20 diamondback to warm up the triceps, then right into 20 wide to warm up the chest.

First set is something like 230 X 4 + 260 X 4 + 280 X 2 + 300 X 1 (just long enough in between to change the plates)

second set is the 310 X 7

third set 300 X 8-9

fourth set 290 X 8-9

fifth set is 280 X 10, then drop down to 260 X however many I can do, drop down to 230 however many I can do, then I go right into push ups on "shark stands" until failure (usually 15-20 reps)

I usually don't do the rest of my chest work out until later in the day because I want to recover.  Instead I go down some whey protein and a quick bruning carb with some aminos.

[PANDAEMONIUM]

Thanks of course, but I never considered that a great bench.  There are some guys on this site benching some really sick weight.  Granted, I'm a 39 year old paper pusher that's been doing this for the last couple years.

Here's what I do for what it's worth and with all humility:

I work out chest twice per week.

I warm up with push ups, 20 diamondback to warm up the triceps, then right into 20 wide to warm up the chest.

First set is something like 230 X 4 + 260 X 4 + 280 X 2 + 300 X 1 (just long enough in between to change the plates)

second set is the 310 X 7

third set 300 X 8-9

fourth set 290 X 8-9

fifth set is 280 X 10, then drop down to 260 X however many I can do, drop down to 230 however many I can do, then I go right into push ups on "shark stands" until failure (usually 15-20 reps)

I usually don't do the rest of my chest work out until later in the day because I want to recover.  Instead I go down some whey protein and a quick bruning carb with some aminos.

If you've only been working out a couple of years, as you claim, then you are not benching 300+ for several sets of several reps each.  Not as a natty anyway.

[thewickedtruth]

If you've only been working out a couple of years, as you claim, then you are not benching 300+ for several sets of several reps each.  Not as a natty anyway.

I really hope you're not fool enough to think everyone falls in the same category when it comes to strength as soon as they walk into the gym. There are some naturally big and strong guys..this isn't highschool where everyone walks in a twig and can't even bench a bar. If he comes in at 225 it's perfectly possible for him to be benching 315 within a year let alone TWO years. C'mon man dont' give me that kinda bullshit where no one can achieve this or that within a certain time frame. I went from squatting 315 for my first time ever squatting to squatting 585 for a double in 6 months. You're a smart dude, I would think you'd know better than to make blatantly moronic statements.

[The Squadfather]

I really hope you're not fool enough to think everyone falls in the same category when it comes to strength as soon as they walk into the gym. There are some naturally big and strong guys..this isn't highschool where everyone walks in a twig and can't even bench a bar. If he comes in at 225 it's perfectly possible for him to be benching 315 within a year let alone TWO years. C'mon man dont' give me that kinda bullshit where no one can achieve this or that within a certain time frame. I went from squatting 315 for my first time ever squatting to squatting 585 for a double in 6 months. You're a smart dude, I would think you'd know better than to make blatantly moronic statements.

epic bullshit, post video of you squatting 585 for 2.

[thewickedtruth]

epic bullshit, post video of you squatting 585 for 2.

I'll see what I can come up with...see if i can find someone wiht some fake plates or made some wooden ones or something and give'em the krylon touch! 

[The Squadfather]

I'll see what I can come up with...see if i can find someone wiht some fake plates or made some wooden ones or something and give'em the krylon touch! 

all kidding aside man you're the biggest bullshitter on here, prove me wrong.

[MidniteRambo]

If you've only been working out a couple of years, as you claim, then you are not benching 300+ for several sets of several reps each.  Not as a natty anyway.

I accurately posted the bench press part of workout in my prior post based on my work out log on September 30 (310 X 7 would not be a very spectacular lie).  I have never used gear.

Here is my background:

I was an okay high school wrestler, then in my 20s I messed around with weights a little but I never benched over 250, then I went to law school, became a lawyer, did nothing for years.  Then I had some substance abuse and legal issues and turned to weights to save my life (I previously give a very full account of this in the History and Memories section titled "How Bodybuilding Saved My Life"). 

I have done the best I can to make up for lost time during the past several years.
I don't doubt that I had some natural gifts for strength and development that could have turned into something special had I not wasted them. 

[Mars]

i think that weight would dislocate my "shoulders" the moment when i take it out of the rack.

[The Squadfather]

i think that weight would dislocate my "shoulders" the moment when i take it out of the rack.

you're not exactly weak yourself, Mars.

[Paul Allen]

I see no proof, I will check back when you have recovered from jealousy.

have we met before?

[tom joad]

i don't bench.  clap push-ups are all ya need to build massive pecs.

[Sexual Mustard]

i don't bench.  clap push-ups are all ya need to build massive pecs.

lmao i'm gonna steal that one.

[The Coach]

I squeezed 6 out yesterday supersetting w/hammer incline. I'm supersetting the same bodyparts at the moment.