How long had you been training for when you first hit 225 on Bench Press

[The_Punisher]

I benched 225lbs for 225 times my first day. how is that for you?

[mass 04]

I benched 225lbs for 225 times my first day. how is that for you?

I know a guy who deadlifted that.

[wes]

Took about 2 years.............I benched 230 pounds at 126 pounds bodyweight. 

The most I`ve ever benched was 300 at 150 pounds...............sto pped benching completely.

[Method101]

Bones in my wrists are too small

i dont see how that would stop you benching alot of weight, ever heard of wrist wraps?

[Method101]

Same with me.

my wrists are very small, only a circumference of 6.5"
Dont matter how big my forearms get, my wrists are always going to be 6.5", thats small by any standards but ime 6ft.2 tall lol.

I didn't realise it would be limiting on lifts when i get into heavier weights, but it dosen't really bother me because i dont train for powerlifting etc.

Small joints are supposed to be more desireable than big ones aesthetically anyway so its not all bad.

[ASJChaotic]

Yeah, in bbing, small wrists are great. Yours is a small joint measurement for one so tall -- bet your forearm and arm development look pretty good as a result. Small joints in general, are great. Flex Wheeler, for example. But only if you have the full muscle belly and insertion "look" to go along with it. If not (like me), then you're screwed.

I have small wrists, short arms, and biceps that insert such that the fibers don't bulge down near the joint. So, my arm development, in a nutshell, sucks. If I had big joints, at least I'd be able to handle more weight for better hypertrophy. Or if my arms were longer, I'd apply more natural torque to the muscle thanks to the long lever, essentially putting more force into the muscle.

I pretty much got the crap triumvirate for arm development.

Sometimes, I'm pretty sure I'm an idiot for choosing bodybuilding. It obviously doesn't like me very much, but I keep running back to it.

snx you seem to have alot of knowledge about gaining muscle and bodybuilding naturally
do you have a book or a bunch of articles that you wrote that I can read
I'm always learning 

[wes]

Athletic tape for wrists !

[RC Money]

At the end of my juinior year I did 205 my first serious time in the gym and 225 a little while later, I did wrestling for three years before weight training though so it wasnt like my muscles werent already stimulated.

BTW snx seems to know his stuff, he has had more than a few informative posts.

[Ursus]

seriously around a month and a half

[Sam]

18 Months although i never bench now - much too hard on the AC Joint/Rotator Cuff

Stick with DB after 30

[keanu]

  I started doing push ups at 14, feet off the arm of the couch (elavated), all the way down to the collar bone. I had read a martial arts magazine stating Bruce Lee did 200 push ups a night. Started doing about 30 a night and worked up to 200. 8 sets of 25, elavated. Did this until about 20 years old.

I tried benching at 20. Did 135*3 right away. It was light but the thing was about balancing and getting used it.  Added about 20 lbs per workout until hitting 205 lbs. it took about 3 months to get to 225lbs*5. I was training higher reps and push ups at the time. The push up strengh translated faily well. Did benches for about 9 months but it started really hurting my shoulders as the weights got higher, and didn't hit my chest that well.  I couldn't get my chest in the right position to respond with a pad pressed against it. Same for chest presses.

Gave up chest presses entirely and now just do cables crossovers from many different angles and about 250 push ups, down to the collarbone, feet off the side of the couch (about 2 feet up). I highly recommend this workout for anyone who does not respond to pressing with a pad against your back (siting or lying down).

[ASJChaotic]

If I told you, I'd have to....

Nah, just kidding.

It's all locked up in my head big guy. I try to get it out when I can.

Good luck at the Mr. GB. I hope you achieve your goals.

thanks alot, if I knew how to workout when I started a year ago it would have helped alot
I only found out what works best for me like 2 weeks ago
but I guess with time we gain experience and with time comes knowledge and we get better 
In the next year I plan on putting on 30-40 pounds of muscle with the new method
it's gonna take lots of muscle to fill out my 6 foot 7 frame

[1BigJW]

Took 2 months my Sophomore year of High School. I was 15...

[Deicide]

Never. I can't even bench 225 for one rep.

[Ursus]

snx

 like your style...can you give a very brief rundown of training philosophy what your goals are and ur stats if you wish.

Thanks mate

[ASJChaotic]

...and after knowledge, comes wisdom. You can't hurry wisdom. I like to think of knowledge as knowing what's right because that item seems to make sense based on empirical and factual information that you have the ability to understand.

Wisdom comes when you test all forms of knowledge to arrive at universal truths. You can't hurry it.

Also, everything is a continuum. What you consider applicable knowledge for your body today becomes useless in a few years. Your body will change, goals will change, your life will change. Thus, your knowledge must change too.

Don't be rigid in your thinking. Be open to all ideas. Test as many as you can, if they pass the "BS meter" you have. Because that testing breeds wisdom, and nothing is more powerful than wisdom.

u couldn't have put it better 
ya, I have tried many methods, many many methods, dieting, cardio and training
and I have finally come up with what will work best for me...right now
you remind me that people can actually learn something from Getbig.com   

[HTexan]

6 months with trainer. After not lifting since high school.

[chaos]

my wrists are very small, only a circumference of 6.5"
Dont matter how big my forearms get, my wrists are always going to be 6.5", thats small by any standards but ime 6ft.2 tall lol.

I didn't realise it would be limiting on lifts when i get into heavier weights, but it dosen't really bother me because i dont train for powerlifting etc.

Small joints are supposed to be more desireable than big ones aesthetically anyway so its not all bad.

LOL, 6.5" wrists@ 6'2"? hahahahahahhhHAHAHHAHAA how big are your tits?

[tbombz]

bout 6 months ? but for the first 6 months i was trianign i was eating EVERYthing in sight and, even though it was the first time i ever really truly was exercising, i got fatter.  food is a powerful substance.

[chaos]

bout 6 months ? but for the first 6 months i was trianign i was eating EVERYthing in sight and, even though it was the first time i ever really truly was exercising, i got fatter.  food is a powerful substance.

I wish I had a pic of a fat kid on a dirtbike right now.............

[tbombz]

I wish I had a pic of a fat kid on a dirtbike right now.............

nah, that was BEFORE training, i got FATTER   

[chaos]

nah, that was BEFORE training, i got FATTER   

So you're saying I should make a phone call and see if I can get someone to email me a fatter picture of you so I can post it?

[grab an umbrella]

Started at 115 at the beginning of 9th grade, by the beginning of 10th i was maxing at 225, got up to 355 senior year...

[ASJChaotic]

snx I agree with everything you said but what is your philosophy behind NOT going to failure?
 
don't you have to push the muscle to its limits each and everytime?
you won't work it beyond the stress it is used to without going to failure
correct me if I'm wrong 

[Jeffro]

LOL, 6.5" wrists@ 6'2"? hahahahahahhhHAHAHHAHAA how big are your tits?

Are you inferring that "Method101" is a skinny, feminine twink with slender wrists more suited for a lady, Chaos?