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JOHN MATRIX

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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #25 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
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #26 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.
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #27 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.
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #28 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? ???
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #29 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)

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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #30 on: March 18, 2009, 07:08:45 AM »
240+120=360

that's about right
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #31 on: March 18, 2009, 07:14:09 AM »
1.5 x bdy wt
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #32 on: March 18, 2009, 07:15:48 AM »
i never believed in bench press.
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #33 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..
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #34 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.
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #35 on: March 18, 2009, 07:24:22 AM »
I can do 315 twice
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #36 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.   
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #37 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
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #38 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' ......
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #39 on: March 18, 2009, 08:15:42 AM »
6 plates +
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #40 on: March 18, 2009, 08:17:25 AM »
guys that can put up 3 wheels on each side is doing better than most
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #41 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.
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #42 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  :)
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #43 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
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jon cole

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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #44 on: March 18, 2009, 09:17:35 AM »
315 seems good for a natural.
400+ for juicer.
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #45 on: March 18, 2009, 09:23:23 AM »
500LB ;D
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #46 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.
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #47 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.   ::)
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #48 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.
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Re: What's a respectable one rep max weight on Bench Press?
« Reply #49 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.
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