Bench Press: Reps at Bodyweight

[nelmsjer]

not even 400... 385, not currently, my shoulder keeps being a bitch...

Nice numbers, bud!

 

[Longhorn85]

Tried a different approach tonight. 10x225, 5x250,3x250. Then moved on to dips, incline flyes. I think starting next workout I'll eliminate the reps at 225, start at 250.

Then in a few weeks I'll take another shot at reps at 225.

 

[Longhorn85]

23 Feb: 8x135, 5x250, 3x255, 3x265, 1 x 275. DIPS, Incline Flyes.

 

[Longhorn85]

11 Mar: 6x135,3x255,3x265,1x275,2x275; DIPS

 

[bigcountry61]

training heavy will help your 225 rep alot. That is what i do and i can hit 225 28-29 times and plan on hitting it 35 by the end of the year. lifting heavy makes 225 feel like nothing. I do 225 test everyweek on a leg day after my chest has recovered. i do 5 sets on the bench and i go from 6 down to 2 rep and even 1 rep sets but really heavy sometimes even forced reps. I can hit 425 on the bench and i am gonna go for 455 very soon. good luck.

 

[letsrun4it]

NFL combine was fun to watch on the nfl network, some lineman do 35 reps....jay culter the 3rd best QB in the draft did 23 reps at 225 I believe. QBs arent even asked to do bench press reps but if you can do that many...you do it!

 

[bigcountry61]

some lineman do over 45 some cant even do 20. The combine is the reason I work on my 225 rep max.

 

[AAP]

Jeremy Freeman did 57 reps with 225. Of course, his rep range was this tiny little 4 inches of movement.

 

[Longhorn85]

training heavy will help your 225 rep alot. That is what i do and i can hit 225 28-29 times and plan on hitting it 35 by the end of the year. lifting heavy makes 225 feel like nothing. I do 225 test everyweek on a leg day after my chest has recovered. i do 5 sets on the bench and i go from 6 down to 2 rep and even 1 rep sets but really heavy sometimes even forced reps. I can hit 425 on the bench and i am gonna go for 455 very soon. good luck.

Wow, you're an animal to even think of trying bench on leg day. Thanks for the advice, as you can see by my log I have been focusing on heavier lifts. I'll give my 225 reps another shot in a few weeks.

 

[Longhorn85]

NFL combine was fun to watch on the nfl network, some lineman do 35 reps....jay culter the 3rd best QB in the draft did 23 reps at 225 I believe. QBs arent even asked to do bench press reps but if you can do that many...you do it!

I don't have the NFL network but I would like to have seen that. Like AAP said, I wonder how the form was for most of them? Do they judge that at all?