Less than 11.4% are in the 225 bench club

[_aj_]

a standing non kneed push ohp? that's gotta be well less than 1% that can do their own bw.

American adult males? That'll be 1 in 10,000 or more.

[phreak]

American adult males? That'll be 1 in 10,000 or more.

Many gyms I know nobody presses at all. I have seen quite a few big roided guys struggle with 225 in the strict press. So 1 in 10,000 or even much, much less.

[Palpatine Q]

I was getting reps with 225 decades ago as a kid weighing 126 pounds.


Gyms today suck, as do the nitwits who inhabit them.

this.

back when I started  out,  if you couldn't bench 225 you were a pussy

[jpm101]

Even pressing overhead, with the bar resting in a PR, on a "A" frame, supports, etc might prove a challenge. Imagine if that same BB'er had to clean that bar into position and than press it overhead with a weight equal to his own bwt. Hate to think of how low that percentage would be.

Funny thing is, cleans & overhead presses, by themselves, have proven to be two of the better upper body mass builders. Which most BB'ers seemed to have overlooked when looking for size and power, and getting that size & power fairly quickly. Treat them with  regular BB'ing reps of 7-10 and 3 to 4 sets, and most guy's may surprise themselves with the results.



Good Luck.

[Neptune100]

I can't take anyone seriously on BB advice  if they can't do 225 for an easy 8 reps .

[Palpatine Q]

Even pressing overhead, with the bar resting in a PR, on a "A" frame, supports, etc might prove a challenge. Imagine if that same BB'er had to clean that bar into position and than press it overhead with a weight equal to his own bwt. Hate to think of how low that percentage would be.

Funny thing is, cleans & overhead presses, by themselves, have proven to be two of the better upper body mass builders. Which most BB'ers seemed to have overlooked when looking for size and power, and getting that size & power fairly quickly. Treat them with  regular BB'ing reps of 7-10 and 3 to 4 sets, and most guy's may surprise themselves with the results.



Good Luck.

Very true...I use to clean and press for reps, but I gave it up a few years ago....it's a very ballistic movement and I don't want any injuries

[SF1900]

Oh snap, broskei, these are startling statistics. More startling statistics that link obesity to heart disease.

[Man of Steel]

When I started lifting I could press about 65 lbs for a few wobbly reps.  I was in high school....junior at  the time.

[Shockwave]

When I started lifting I could press about 65 lbs for a few wobbly reps.  I was in high school....junior at  the time.

When I started lifting again after my health problems in april of 2013, I put up exactly 95lbs for 8 reps. Fast forward to april of this year and I lifted 345. I think I was put on TRT around july of last year, and I started adding in compounds in the total of 750mg range around december. So geared up in less than a year I went from benching maybe 135 to 345, and I always bench 12-15 reps, never actually worked for bench strength.

[Man of Steel]

I would enjoy some muscle poses of you in a towel or pair of daisy dukes.....you pick.

[Shockwave]

I would enjoy some muscle poses of you in a towel or pair of daisy dukes.....you pick.

I have a white towel I bought off ebay from user 'grapefruitfucker69', I hear its quite the collectible to be seen in.

[Lustral]

there is only 3 people in my local gym can bench 225 or more. At my works gym ive ever seen anyone bench more than 135....

Are you a prison guard in Auschwitz communicating through time?

[Shockwave]

345 for 12-15 reps? That's pretty serious poundage man! Respect.

No, a single.  I did it last week just to see what I could do.

[Hulkotron]

I don't think I've ever seen a girl at my gym bench over 95.

There was a chick who worked out at my gym in grad school who benched a shaky 135 (I saw her do two reps once) but she normally did 95 for reps.

She had big boobs and was hot.

[wolfrittner]

I haven`t benched in years now.......just saying.

smart man!

[OTHstrong]

In my first 4 months of training, I went from 135lbs to 225lbs. At age 16.

It wasn't until age 20 that I did 315 for the first time.

I did 400 at age 25 in a raw bench-only meet (read: high school auditorium viewed by all of 33 people - a true highlight in my life). I have not added a single pound to my bench press since then. In fact, I'll never hit 400 again and if push came to shove (no pun), I'm sure I could press no more than 365. Joints are too f'd and that one rep would cost me a month on the couch.

Still, at least I can say I did it. A long time ago. But I had my moment.

Yup at 25 I maxed or maybe 26, have not surpassed those lifts, now I am 32 

[Mawse]

I haven't benched more than 225 in a long long time.

My ego hurts but my shoulders are happy.

[Shockwave]

Oh. My bad. Still, 345 is no joke.

I usually rep 275 for anywhere from 6-10 on my heavier days, and I do 225 for 4 sets of 12-15 on my normal days.

I do chest as the last bodypart during the week, so usually my tri's and shoulders are already shot from the days prior. I might acutally be able to get more if I reprioritized it to the 1st day of the week.

I have a monster ribcage depth and clavicle width so Im always trying to bring my limbs in line with the rest of my body. My skeletal structure is kinda cool, but it's a pain in the ass.

Im 6'3", my waist is huge, 38", but my clavicles are so wide It makes my waist look small-ish. I look monstrous in clothes, but I actually don't have that much tissue on my chest or shoulders.... and my arms always look puny in comparison. They're 17.5" but they look about 15" thanks to my huge ribcage and shoulder girdle. (Think Dorian's shoulder/waist look but with Dennis wolfs high lats thanks to my height).

I got an itch last week to see what I could max because I never, ever do singles. And I could tell. Going from doing high reps all the time to trying to do a max effort single was odd, I wasn't used to it at all and it felt awkward as fuck.

[jpm101]

Can use a medical, or even a carpenters, caliper to measure shoulder width and joint thickness.  Also rib box/chest depth. Can use a tape to measure around the shoulder girdle, which can give a much truer ideas of the over all thickness of the shoulders. Next time passing by the local morgue ask to borrow one of their calipers.

No caliper...than a simple way is have a friend use a yard stick to measure shoulder width. Or, standing with the back against a wall, have this friend mark the end of the shoulder (each side). while holding a 12" ruler (or another flat object) against the outer delt.

Sorry no device invented yet to measure the ego's of some BB'ers.  That would be off the charts.

I find that quite a few college and Pro basketball players have outstanding shoulder width. Also football players. Their called wide bodies, for a good reason. Just natural, that's all. A few actually have to move sideways a bit to get through a normal size door. Taylor made shirts and suits, of course. door.

Good Luck.

[Shockwave]

Can use a medical, or even a carpenters, caliper to measure shoulder width and joint thickness.  Also rib box/chest depth. Can use a tape to measure around the shoulder girdle, which can give a much truer ideas of the over all thickness of the shoulders. Next time passing by the local morgue ask to borrow one of their calipers.

No caliper...than a simple way is have a friend use a yard stick to measure shoulder width. Or, standing with the back against a wall, have this friend mark the end of the shoulder (each side). while holding a 12" ruler (or another flat object) against the outer delt.

Sorry no device invented yet to measure the ego's of some BB'ers.  That would be off the charts.

I find that quite a few college and Pro basketball players have outstanding shoulder width. Also football players. Their called wide bodies, for a good reason. Just natural, that's all. A few actually have to move sideways a bit to get through a normal size door. Taylor made shirts and suits, of course. door.

Good Luck.

I might do that... I'd be curious to actually know how wide my shoulders are, to make a 38" waist look tapered. Lol.

Funny story, they had to snap my collar bone and fold my shoulder over in order to fit me through the birth canal, because my clavicles were so wide during birth that they got lodged coming out. My right shoulder is still slightly fucked to this day, it snaps and makes all sorts of noise.

[_aj_]

Funny story, they had to snap my collar bone and fold my shoulder over in order to fit me through the birth canal, because my clavicles were so wide during birth that they got lodged coming out. My right shoulder is still slightly fucked to this day, it snaps and makes all sorts of noise.

Sounds like a caesarian would have been a better option...

[chaos]

Sounds like a caesarian punch in the pussy would have been a better option...

[Shockwave]

Sounds like a caesarian would have been a better option...

Too late, head was already coming out and shoulders lodged on the inside.

[_aj_]

Too late, head was already coming out and shoulders lodged on the inside.

Yikes!

[ESFitness]

I'm a shitty bencher with nerve damage in my chest and fucked shoulders, and I still knock out 225 for 4-5 sets of 20 on days my elbows hurt and only have 20mins to train chest. lol

woohoo for me. lol