Is the average joe really this weak

[8 INCH not biceps]

All these people and they could not beat jay.

[mass243]

Yes.
Buddy told me no way majority of adult men could bench 60 kg on their first ever try.
Maybe that's true. It's just that we with experience in weight exercise are detached from reality.

[light weight baby]

Yes.
Buddy told me no way majority of adult men could bench 60 kg on their first ever try.
Maybe that's true. It's just that we with experience in weight exercise are detached from reality.

where is the data tho

your buddy has no way of backing that statement

[local hero]

I think it depends on your job, men with manual jobs will be much stronger than desk jockeys....

[Henda]

Yes.
Buddy told me no way majority of adult men could bench 60 kg on their first ever try.
Maybe that's true. It's just that we with experience in weight exercise are detached from reality.

I trained with a fat bloke for ten years off and on and he never benched above 60kg the whole time and weighed 130+ at times

[Ropo]

where is the data tho

your buddy has no way of backing that statement

Are you saying  that all of them beat your one rep max without any training? 

In Finland, all men have to go to army if they haven't real and legit reason to skip it. One of the first things there is fitness test, where you do max reps with 60 kilos of bench press. From the age group there could be 3-5% who are too weak to do even one rep = 95% of healthy 19 years old in this country is able to do at least one rep with 60 kilos. If you can't, how about some training? 

[ratherbebig]

i thought that was matt sera for a moment

[FREAKgeek]

Most office people who don't work out are weak as shit. But some people in real labor jobs who don't work out are very strong.

[SuperTed]

Most office people who don't work out are weak as shit. But some people in real labor jobs who don't work out are very strong.

Farmers tend to be the strongest genetically.

[rocket]

I started lifting around 20 years old.

I couldn't bench 40kg at the time.

[_bruce_]

60kg is a lot for the average person.
A dude who can press 100kg+ in controlled fashion is a hulk compared to the tiny tit crowd.

[Powerlift66]

I started lifting at age 12, 38 years ago, I remember the first time I benched 100 lbs (last week) I was on Cloud 9... 

[Irongrip400]

I was 18 years old and weighed 183 pounds when I first started lifting and could bench 185 for one rep with a little bounce the first time I bench pressed. I figured most people could do body weight for a one rep max just from doing push-ups and things like that in gym class.

[funk51]

first time i ever picked up a barbell i pressed 70 lbs overhead ........................ ........................ .................of course i was 8 years old. and just trying out the exercises in this book ::)i wanted to be like abe.

[local hero]

Farmers tend to be the strongest genetically.

They genetically born farmers?

[Tapeworm]

Some people are genetic accountants.

[ratherbebig]

how much do you bench pressing with your chest muscles? thats the question

[Danimal77]

Farmers tend to be the strongest genetically.

Agreed

[local hero]

Is this due to the America football obsession with corn-fed farm natural good ole boy farm strength?

[Simple Simon]

Farmers tend to be the strongest genetically.

[The Italian Lifter]

Most office people who don't work out are weak as shit. But some people in real labor jobs who don't work out are very strong.

I have a friend who works for a moving company, never touched a barbell his entire life, benched 120 kg first time he tried 

[funk51]

search karl norberg.

[SuperTed]

They genetically born farmers?

I mean men who come from a lineage of farmers.

I remember a British strongman called Mark Westaby who was a farmer and got into strongman despite having no lifting background.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Westaby

[Kwon]

i thought that was matt sera for a moment

Jay Cutler on the right.