I benched 225 LOL

[gorillahung]

To make a long story short, the past 4 years I've been through numerous injuries two of them requiring surgery. I got addicted to pain pills after the surgery and had quit lifting all together. I'm trying to get back in it semi-hard core. My previous best bench was 405 at a body weight of 190. I could squat around 550 and deadlift 475. I came back a few weeks ago and 135 lbs. felt heavy on the bench. Now the muscles seem to be remembering and I'm back to 225. Another 15 pounds and I will match my high school best. My goal is to get my bench in the low 300s while also losing some fat. I still weigh 190 unfortunately gravity has caused the weight in my pecs to fall down into my gut. I'm 37 years old to give you a time frame reference. Wish me luck!

 

[Tblock1]

To make a long story short, the past 4 years I've been through numerous injuries two of them requiring surgery. I got addicted to pain pills after the surgery and had quit lifting all together. I'm trying to get back in it semi-hard core. My previous best bench was 405 at a body weight of 190. I could squat around 550 and deadlift 475. I came back a few weeks ago and 135 lbs. felt heavy on the bench. Now the muscles seem to be remembering and I'm back to 225. Another 15 pounds and I will match my high school best. My goal is to get my bench in the low 300s while also losing some fat. I still weigh 190 unfortunately gravity has caused the weight in my pecs to fall down into my gut. I'm 37 years old to give you a time frame reference. Wish me luck!

Damn I'm weighing 190 right now and can't imagine benching 405! How tall are you? Good luck!!!!

 

[jdbaker82]

Id like to get to a 300+ lb bench press myself and currently I weight 185 lbs 28% BF. My max right now is about 265lbs Been working hard in the gym for about 6 months now and am 27 years old. Good luck man

 

[zedhed]

Dont be in a hurry . Go slow and injury free. Trust me its a better way to go at this age....good luck.

 

[gorillahung]

Id like to get to a 300+ lb bench press myself and currently I weight 185 lbs 28% BF. My max right now is about 265lbs Been working hard in the gym for about 6 months now and am 27 years old. Good luck man

You will get that 300 bench if you keep going for it. I've found that I go long periods without making gains in my 1 rep max and then suddenly it starts shooting up fast for a while. I'm also probably about 28% BF. I want to get that down to 15%. At one point in the past I got down to 12% and my abs were visible even when I wasn't tightening them. However I never managed to get the vascularity that I wanted. I haven't had a lot of veins showing since my high school days.

 

[gstacker]

My buddy took some time off and got back in about 3 months ago... Started with 135lbs couldn't even hit 2 plates lol now he's good for 10 reps @ 315lbs.... Muscle memory is real and it comes quick

 

[grubd]

Id like to get to a 300+ lb bench press myself and currently I weight 185 lbs 28% BF. My max right now is about 265lbs Been working hard in the gym for about 6 months now and am 27 years old. Good luck man

dang 28 @ 185! How is that possible are you 5'2?

 

[ExtraMile]

dang 28 @ 185! How is that possible are you 5'2?

i was thinking the same, with a LBM of 134lbs how do u have the muscle to bench 265 lol

 

[gstacker]

i was thinking the same, with a LBM of 134lbs how do u have the muscle to bench 265 lol

U guys are haters!!!! He's not bragging that's what he does... Not far fetched to me
I think my lbm is 160lbs??? Not much more I'll rep 265 like it ain't shit

 

[ExtraMile]

U guys are haters!!!! He's not bragging that's what he does... Not far fetched to me
I think my lbm is 160lbs??? Not much more I'll rep 265 like it ain't shit

lol im not hatin on him i was just suprised thats all

 

[patolandia]

good luck

 

[gorillahung]

dang 28 @ 185! How is that possible are you 5'2?

95% of the gym population has no idea what they're true body fat is. For a weight trainer the skin fold test and bioelectrical impedence tests just don't work. You must use the POD test or underwater weighing. I hear guys at the gym claim they are 10% BF but you can't even see a faint outline of their abs. A true 10% will have well defined abdominals.

 

[gstacker]

95% of the gym population has no idea what they're true body fat is. For a weight trainer the skin fold test and bioelectrical impedence tests just don't work. You must use the POD test or underwater weighing. I hear guys at the gym claim they are 10% BF but you can't even see a faint outline of their abs. A true 10% will have well defined abdominals.

My abbs show at 18% everyones different

 

[jdbaker82]

dang 28 @ 185! How is that possible are you 5'2?

Well I am 5'9" and I guess a combination of muscle memory from when I was hitting the gym hard @ 18-21 years old and Dbol... My max will probably go down to 250 as soon as I lose my 10 lbs of water weight. When I first went back to the gym 6 months ago I could hardly put up 135 lbs 4-5 times.

 

[jdbaker82]

95% of the gym population has no idea what they're true body fat is. For a weight trainer the skin fold test and bioelectrical impedence tests just don't work. You must use the POD test or underwater weighing. I hear guys at the gym claim they are 10% BF but you can't even see a faint outline of their abs. A true 10% will have well defined abdominals.

6 months ago my BF was 35% measured in a BOD POD that makes quarterly visits to my gym and 3 months ago I was down to 28% according to the BOD POD pretty sure its fairly accurate.