Respectable bench weight

[StanZoLOL]

275-300 paused at the chest in overall good form.

[Sherief Shalaby]

What is a respectable bench weight for the following?

-natural, never touched gh/anabolics/pro hormones EVER...just too much booze, weed,coke,hydrocodone
-35 years old, 2 kids, full time work, full time school
-shitload of stress
-170lbs, 12% bf, 5'9, white
-rollercoaster workout background(serious for some time followed by months of nothing)

I started using the intellegent bench press form(powerlifting style)

In the last 6 weeks i have dropped 18.5lbs and 3.4% bf, my bench 1rm went from 205lb to
260lb and it is starting to drop a little to around 245 from cutting

I feel that 260lb at 170lb bw is pretty good considering my sickening lack of willpower

Flame on nuggas

this is very close to my description!!!..

i am a lifetime natural.. never touched anything.. only tried creatine few times..
32 years old,.. husband,.. 2 kids.. a dog to walk every day.. work.. etc..
175 lbs,.. around 12% BF,.. 5'7.. white arab..

i bench pressed 150 kg (331 lbs) for one easy rep last monday.. i may try the 155 kg (342 lbs) today.. i did it before many times but at a little higher BW than now..

[Sherief Shalaby]

100 pounds over bodyweight is good

double bodyweight is great

anything over double bodyweight is fantastic

according to this i am great now.. hope to be fantastic one day

[chess315]

100 pounds over bodyweight is good

double bodyweight is great

anything over double bodyweight is fantastic

most cream of the crop juiced to the gill powerlifters cant do a raw double b.w bench press let alone some natural. Maybe  if very short.

[chess315]

according to this i am great now.. hope to be fantastic one day

if correct and not super sloppy ass in the air that is a very great feat of strength. Double b.w is a little better then great more like 1-20,000-40,000 males could do it. Many get close but 20lbs away is not double body weight. My figures are very conservative if i was a going to bet I would bet a double body weight bench is more like 1- 100,000 males or less. No doubt wes trained with some one in the 70s that repped double b.w like one of the barbarian borthers or something. lol

[Sherief Shalaby]

if correct and not super sloppy ass in the air that is a very great feat of strength. Double b.w is a little better then great more like 1-20,000-40,000 males could do it. Many get close but 20lbs away is not double body weight. My figures are very conservative if i was a going to bet I would bet a double body weight bench is more like 1- 100,000 males or less. No doubt wes trained with some one in the 70s that repped double b.w like one of the barbarian borthers or something. lol

here is me at 69 kg bench pressing 140 kg (more than double my weight which makes me fantastic not just great) 

the form is not perfect here because this was in the power lifting contest of my gym immediately after the bb contest which i had entered so was exhausted after a lot of worming up and posing.. i was normally doing it easier than this video..

and here in a new video i did the same weight for 3 reps but at 83 kg bw:

[diamondcut]

some people are great at benching

some people are horrible at benching


at the end of the day i don't give a shit how much i can bench, only about how my pecs look

my bench is pretty horrible btw

[pluck]

So you don't respect guys who don't bench a lot?

Do you still read Superman and Batman comics with a flashlight under your blanket at night too?

[purenaturalstrength]

stuart mcrobert says someone who doesnt use drugs with normal genetics and responsibilities can hope to achieve a single with 315

[Mawse]

stuart mcrobert says someone who doesnt use drugs with normal genetics and responsibilities can hope to achieve a single with 315

seems about right.

those of us who Juice but are not in prison or natural black althetes could look at 405 x 5 as a impressive goal for a juicer or 365 x 10 both with perfect form no brotouch or sternum bouncing

[diamondcut]

stuart mcrobert says someone who doesnt use drugs with normal genetics and responsibilities can hope to achieve a single with 315

seems pretty accurate

tired of all these bullshit claims of a natty 170lber doing a single with 405

how many guys do you see in the gym who can bench 405. when guys bench 315 its a rarity

and its always the big fat guys who do the 315+

[pluck]

stuart mcrobert says someone who doesnt use drugs with normal genetics and responsibilities can hope to achieve a single with 315

Hahaha....you dumb fucks need to go to any high school football weight lifting session. There are plenty of guys doing 315, 365, 405.

Sure some of them have bad form ...but still punk kids benching that much and a great majority of them are natural and scared of juice.

[The Italian Lifter]

100 pounds over bodyweight is good

double bodyweight is great

anything over double bodyweight is fantastic

bodyweight less 100 pounds?

[BB]

The usual standard that I think is a good one is -

1.5 x bw Bench

2 x bw Squat

2.25 or 2.5 x bw Deadlift . You'll get some argument over the deadlift number, but that's a good range.

Anything over body weight is good for a shoulder press with no leg drive.

That is respectable range for a guy that puts in quality time at the gym but isn't super hardcore.

[purenaturalstrength]

seems pretty accurate

tired of all these bullshit claims of a natty 170lber doing a single with 405

how many guys do you see in the gym who can bench 405. when guys bench 315 its a rarity

and its always the big fat guys who do the 315+

mcrobert talks about proper form, genetically typical non drug assisted people with a job and responsibilities

obviously there are going to be some more gifted people living in low stress environment (high school, college) who can achieve more

just keepin' it real unlike a lot of getbiggers

[wes]

McRobert with the 315 statement.........does it apply to a guy who weighs 225 or a guy who weighs 165.........stupid generalization on his part.

[DBX]

McRobert with the 315 statement.........does it apply to a guy who weighs 225 or a guy who weighs 165.........stupid generalization on his part.

dumb thread all together , apples and oranges...

[wes]

dumb thread all together , apples and oranges...

Yup! 

[Dr Dutch]

What is a respectable bench weight for the following?

-natural, never touched gh/anabolics/pro hormones EVER...just too much booze, weed,coke,hydrocodone
-35 years old, 2 kids, full time work, full time school
-shitload of stress
-170lbs, 12% bf, 5'9, white
-rollercoaster workout background(serious for some time followed by months of nothing)

I started using the intellegent bench press form(powerlifting style)

In the last 6 weeks i have dropped 18.5lbs and 3.4% bf, my bench 1rm went from 205lb to
260lb and it is starting to drop a little to around 245 from cutting

I feel that 260lb at 170lb bw is pretty good considering my sickening lack of willpower

Flame on nuggas

You just want us to respond that your bench is terrific, don't you ?

[wes]

if correct and not super sloppy ass in the air that is a very great feat of strength. Double b.w is a little better then great more like 1-20,000-40,000 males could do it. Many get close but 20lbs away is not double body weight. My figures are very conservative if i was a going to bet I would bet a double body weight bench is more like 1- 100,000 males or less. No doubt wes trained with some one in the 70s that repped double b.w like one of the barbarian borthers or something. lol

I have done double bodyweight myself and have seen tons of guys do it.

[#1 Klaus fan]

McRobert with the 315 statement.........does it apply to a guy who weighs 225 or a guy who weighs 165.........stupid generalization on his part.

Maybe the 165 guy should train in the gym. 

[wes]

Maybe the 165 guy should train in the gym. 

We can`t all be as big as Klaus!! 

[Sherief Shalaby]

I have done double bodyweight myself and have seen tons of guys do it.

at what age you started to take drugs??..

[OTHstrong]

Anything over 250 is good, lots of naturals can bench 225, I know at least 1 guy that can do 4 plates as natural, I did 365 before I juiced but that's cause as a teenager I benched literally every other day but very few can crak 3 plates and up without juice

[dj181]

275-300 paused at the chest in overall good form.

i'd say that maybe 1% of the whole male population (ages18-40) could do that, and even if we talk about only fellas who train, then it's around 10% of the total training population

300 pounds paused at the chest is an OUTSTANDING press