Bench Press Max

[Beowulf]

Last night at the gym in between sets I see this guy about to bench 405. Him and his spotter psych themselves up and then he puts in a mouthpiece (??) and gets on the bench . His spotter gives him a liftoff and the bar SMACKS him the chest lifts about 2 inches and the spotter helps him the rest of the way. He does 3 more reps the same way. Both of them lifting the bar of his chest.
He gets up and they're talking shit about how he nailed it.

Man, don't I feel like a jackass thinking he couldn't get it. I think I could double my max this way or at least break a rib trying.

 

[HG Pennypacker]

This belongs on the Style Fashion and Grooming board.

 

[Thick dog]

I love the guys who load up the bar, ask you to spot them and tell you they want to get 8 reps, get down on the bench and barely crank out one rep, you have to deadlift the weight off them for 7 more reps, get up, then ask you "did you have to help me on that last one?"

 

[strider364]

Wait to you see those guys squat...

 

[mekannik]

Strider - you and everyone else knows that if a guy benches like that, there is no way in HELL he will be caught dead in a squat rack.

Leg extensions, maybe - but not the squat.

 

[Austin316]

eh I went up to 405 yesterday but my shoulder started to hurt when I brought it down and barely got the first one up, then used help on the second..last week I did 395 for 3 I guess Ill just have to stay at 405 till I nail it for 3-4 good ones...thats my goal at least

 

[supersizeme]

At least you guys don't seem to have any trouble finding spotters. At my gym, I rarely do triceps because I can never find someone to spot me on tricep kickbacks.

 

[Lift Chief]

At least you guys don't seem to have any trouble finding spotters. At my gym, I rarely do triceps because I can never find someone to spot me on tricep kickbacks.

LOL

 

[beefybull]

If the dude can push 405 off his chest for even 2 inches, he has some strength, but doing that shit is a quick route to a fucked up rib or cracked sternum. When I was 17, I thought I'd cracked my sternum b/c I dropped 325 on my chest semi-hard. The pain was there for about 2-3 days, but then went away. I was lucky. I was even using good form and a spot, I just definitely wasnt ready for 325 that day (but I got it within a week or 2).

 

[b fold the truth]

You guys should come over to the training board...

You will want to see this link and SAVE the video...

http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=201107

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