Finally!!! 300lb bench...

[DNewbie]

I know it may not sound like a big deal to some of you, but I have been working towards it for quite a while now. I am not a "hardcore" lifter per say...3 kids, 60 hour workweek, wife....You get the point...

I did 14 reps with 225 on decline barbell and then did 1 rep with 300 on flat. Yeah Baby!!

6'2
218
32 Years Old

[Bear03]

300 bench isn't too bad for a newbie.

[G.R.H.]

hey, i think that's quite cool! keep it up bro! 

[Arnold jr]

Congrats! Keep pounding away! 400lbs is just around the corner

[Jr. Yates]

yeah good job man! keep it up!

[kicker]

Congrats on achieving your milestone.  A 300 lbs. bench is very respectable.

[dontknowit]

Congrats on achieving your milestone.  A 300 lbs. bench is very respectable.

Damn, 300 is only respectable
So what's good then? 

BTW my bench sucks bigtime, top is 374 . It just ain't my excersise. I think it's something psychological.
Preferr dumbells, but the heaviest are only 228 combined, so that ain't really a challenge

[Overload]

Great accomplishment!!! I still remember the first time with 300 myself.

Keep it up and go for 315! it is right around the corner for you now.

 

[lilbg]

Good Job.. Took me a few years before I hit 300.. then again im 5'4" 150lbs.

[GET_BIGGER]

Congrats bro, keep it up.  Pretty soon you'll be doing it for reps.

[JPM]

Joining the 300 Club is quite an accomplishment and you certainly are paying your dues with the 60hr work thing, 3 kids & The Wife. Might be surprise at how many experienced BB'ers haven't reached that weight, though they'll tell you different. I'll offer a little tip here: Might do a couple of sets of partial rep lockouts (3"-6" to top position....probably use at least 80 to hundred lbs over that 300 BP) before a regular bench workout and than see what you can press. Good Luck.  

[HICKSON]

Nice!! 

[kicker]

Joining the 300 Club is quite an accomplishment and you certainly are paying your dues with the 60hr work thing, 3 kids & The Wife. Might be surprise at how many experienced BB'ers haven't reached that weight, though they'll tell you different. I'll offer a little tip here: Might do a couple of sets of partial rep lockouts (3"-6" to top position....probably use at least 80 to hundred lbs over that 300 BP) before a regular bench workout and than see what you can press. Good Luck.  

JPM, how should one incorporate partial lockouts into thier routine?  Right now I bench once a week, alternating b/w flat and incline.  80 pound increase to the 1-rep max sounds like a lot to start though...

[Overload]

JPM, how should one incorporate partial lockouts into thier routine?  Right now I bench once a week, alternating b/w flat and incline.  80 pound increase to the 1-rep max sounds like a lot to start though...

i think he meant that when you do the lockouts you will use 80 pounds over your normal weight.

 

[DNewbie]

Yeah, I thought about doing some partials as well. I did do some heavy negatives with the Smith machine the other day. The problem I have with benching is my long ass arms...I see these short dudes that can bench more, but they are only dropping the weight 10"!!!

[Loomis]

Congrats. 300 felt SWEET the first time I did it.

[Blood]

Congratulations! 300 marks the beginning of being a serious lifter (I know b/c that's my last max and since then I've been busting my ass). Keep it up, man.

[Ledd]

Hey congratulations man!  I guess its pretty sad that I was all excited over my first time at 205....but then I weighed 170 at the time but still pretty pathetic.