In a 1 rep max contest 1000 reps with 225 is still just 225 if you want a higher number you have to lift more weight we are not using theoretical calculators
This is more excuse-making to ignore people who are stronger than you in some ways. While I would agree that 225-for-reps is a parlour trick of sorts, it is absolutely a good test of strength. If it wasn't, why would the NFL use it for the Combine?
I agree that it is not a test of max power, but to count 225 for 10-20-30+ reps as one rep is absurd.
You simply seek to discredit people who are stronger in some ways to you.
Also you are never going to hit 365 it’s a lot more weight but whatever good luck
I have gotten 345 @183 and 340 @170 before. While age may be a factor for me now, I am not looking at it as adding 50-lb [to your view of my only benching 315 now], but as 20-lb more than my previous best of 345, and maybe 35 over what I could do now [330 - maybe even 335].
You look at it like I need to add 50-lb. Firstly, I clearly benched 325. I could have jumped from 300 to 330 successfully last night. Instead, I went 300/315/325.
You look at it like I am at 315 and need to add 50 pounds to that. I look at it like I am most likely at 330 already, and have muscle memory to bring that up to 345.
From there, it's only a matter of adding 20-lb to my former best, and potentially with 20-lb more body weight to help me. To me, that's not that hard.
However, I do consider 365 to be a respectable goal. And it is uncharted territory for me. So time will tell. But I am very confident I can do it.
Hit the 325 clean next week without someone touching the bar
Touching the bar added nothing to my performance. That lift was a sure thing as I had already made it past the hardest sticking point. I was only gaining momentum from there. You just want to disqualify anything that bests your max current lift.
You can tell from how swiftly I pressed 315 that I was good for 325. And this is why a bunch of us don't take your criticisms seriously - it's clear from my 315 lift that I'm at 325. It's clear that I did not want the bar to be touched.
I can upload the portion of the video where I explicitly instructed my spotter not to touch it until I say "help". So to anyone, it's obvious I had that 325.
This is when you would be more credible by saying "Technically, no one should touch the bar, but it looks like you would have gotten it anyway", because it's obvious I would have, from both my 325 *and* 315 videos.
But no. You can't say that because you can't stand to lose. So now when I bench 335 next week with the spotter nowhere close, you just look more stupid for not giving me 365 this week. It just makes you look petty, but will also make you look stupid when I exceed 325 next week.
You could just say "I'll give you 325, but any future touches of the bar will be disqualified. But you don't say that because you are petty and hate to lose, and it just damages your own credibility when I exceed 325 literally in my next bench workout.
and we can move you up to 2nd
Who is 1st and 2nd currently? Is someone else participating?
I am rooting for you Matt
Lol.
I hope you improve but 315 was not my max I will press more when fully recovered so keep grinding the contest is also open until year end. Again funny you guys want a lifting contest when you know o am recovering from surgery but no problem I will be fully recovered before year end
Again, why have you had multiple injuries and surgeries to my zero?
And I understand that 315 was not your LIFETIME max. I understand that you got 365 in 2002. Unlike you, I don't feel the need to dispute or question alleged lifts that seem likely based on your current level, as not every person who trains stays exactly consistent with age. I am not petty like you are, so I don't overly question your alleged 365. But I do consider it suspect that you claimed a lifetime best of 350x2, and then changed that to 365, most likely when it became clear to you that I am improving my bench press from week to week, and have publicly claimed a 345 lifetime max before. So it seems to me like you may be lying slightly to make a lift that may be just out of reach for me, also being aware that I am very unlikely to put on more body weight above 200-lb, as you know I prefer not to for health reasons.
So I think you may be lying, and you changing your alleged lifetime max from 350x2 to 365 is partial evidence of that, IMO. Its especially questionable to me as you have no video proof of either, so there was no reason to withhold your claim of 365, and your only brought it up when it was convenient to make it look like you did something that may be slightly unreachable for me.
But that's not what we're testing here. It's as you said; it's what we are doing right now, or...close enough [past few months]. Not lifetime PR's from 2002.
