Explain this to me.. HUGE Muscular guy struggling with a 135 pounds bench.

[Danimal77]

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???

[davidpaul]

maybe he doesnt like to train chest?

[Danimal77]

Dude has a chest like Arnold. How the fuck did he get that large (muscular), while pushing sissy weights?

[JohnnyVegas]

all drugs

[calmus]

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? 

[Emmortal]

Could be possible if that was the last exercise in his routine and he already went through 20 sets of other chest exercises.

[davidpaul]

Dude has a chest like Arnold. How the fuck did he get that large (muscular), while pushing sissy weights?

what did he smell like?

[columbusdude82]

OR maybe he's recovering from an injury?

[CARTEL]

Are you sure his "SLABS of muscle" weren't strips of fat?

[m8]

Synthol.

[Bobby]

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?

[gordiano]

OR maybe he's recovering from an injury?

Exactly.

[Boost]

Mind Muslce connection. dont need a tonne of weight to grow. He could make 135 feel like 400

[davidpaul]

Mind Muslce connection. dont need a tonne of weight to grow. He could make 135 feel like 400

Exactly, just like bruce lee said.

[CARTEL]

Exactly, just like bruce lee said.

If you focus on the weight, you miss all the heavenly glory.

[haider]

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.

[davidpaul]

If you focus on the weight, you miss all the heavenly glory.

Don't think, feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeel.

[Moosejay]

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

[bigguns23]

Didn't nasser have trouble with 225? 

[The_Punisher]

Didn't nasser have trouble with 225? 

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

[leaky_frog]

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.

[swilkins1984]

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.

[danielson]

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.

[peroni]

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

[burn2live]

OR maybe he's recovering from an injury?

First thing I thought