Simple ?, benching 150 over your body weight impressive?

[guldukat]

when the time goes by, the taller guy will be bigger and stronger. the strongest guys arent the short guys, and look at the tallest bodybuilders, takes them a heck of a lot longer to fill out but when they do the shorter guy doesnt stand a chance. dont belive me............ why havent lee preist or shawn ray ever won the mr. o???......... becuase they are about 6 inches shorter than ronnie......... now gunter has come from no where the last 3 years and gotten hhhhhhhhhuuuuuugggggeee....... and he's about 4 inches taller than ronnie, and he makes ronnie look small.....

bigger arms and legs, are just bigger leavers

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You could add Franco Columbu to that list. He was awesome, but Arnold's height-weight advantage just killed him onstage, like at the '75 O.

To nitpick, I wouldn't go so far as to say that the taller guys are invariably stronger once they "fill out." Franco was still stronger than Arnold. Eddie Coan's no slouch, either, capable of going pound-for-pound with many much taller, heavier top powerlifters.

Just as sure, though, to say shorter guys will always be stronger is a little silly. We've seen plenty of absolute goliaths who put up incredible numbers too

 

[revexrevex]

I keep reading all the time that bodybuilders almost never max out. For me maxing out is a part of weightlifting, I don't how I would be able to resist maxing out. It is just part of weightlifting, in my opinion

 

[from zero]

I keep reading all the time that bodybuilders almost never max out. For me maxing out is a part of weightlifting, I don't how I would be able to resist maxing out. It is just part of weightlifting, in my opinion

I couldn't resist either bro. I like to see how my strength progresses. Lots of bodybuilders couldn't care less though. They're in it solely for the size.

 

[thebrute]

hell yea..that's impressive. 350 @190 is something not to be scoffed at. to me, anyone benchin over twice their bodyweight is an impressive feat!! nothin else matters!!! tb

 

[Exodus]

You could add Franco Columbu to that list. He was awesome, but Arnold's height-weight advantage just killed him onstage, like at the '75 O.

To nitpick, I wouldn't go so far as to say that the taller guys are invariably stronger once they "fill out." Franco was still stronger than Arnold. Eddie Coan's no slouch, either, capable of going pound-for-pound with many much taller, heavier top powerlifters.

arnold and franco are one of the best examples i can think of.

but franco cared a lot more about strength than arnold did. they both trained for it, but just arnold was competing in bodybuilding from the time he was 16 where as franco was a powerlifter and then turned bodybuilder after he was in his 20's. arnold was strong and did train for strength, just not as much as franco. plus they were bodybuilders.

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[Exodus]

This thread and the one on my other board have done one thing for me at least and that's motivate me to increase my bench to something respectable. After all these years of lifting I'm still half as strong as all the little guys on this other board that weigh less than 170 and lift well over 300. Is anyone else as skepticle as me? I'm the kind of person that has to see it to believe it. I certainly have my faith, but when it comes to lifting or such physical abilities especially when posted online I need a video for proof.

not at all.......... i doubt what a lot of people put online, thats why i stay here, on this forum, i trust, and know a good bit of the people here.

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[CobraUTAH]

This thread and the one on my other board have done one thing for me at least and that's motivate me to increase my bench to something respectable. After all these years of lifting I'm still half as strong as all the little guys on this other board that weigh less than 170 and lift well over 300. Is anyone else as skepticle as me? I'm the kind of person that has to see it to believe it. I certainly have my faith, but when it comes to lifting or such physical abilities especially when posted online I need a video for proof.

 

[MJBossman]

I think benching 150% of your bodyweight makes you pretty damn strong.

CobraUTAH. Really, it's hard to believe people over the internet, especially on that other site, I saw the thread. After a year and 3 months, my bench went from 180 to 305, but I also gained 35lbs of weight too. (155 to 190) Now I can bench 325 at 195ish.

 

[JollyRogers]

Im 214lbs@ 5"9 and can bench 365 without leg drive ie: legs on rest peddel, I can also rep out 6-7 reps with 315.

It took me 8 months of working out since feb to get this, this is my first year of weight lifting/bb since 1999-00, Im also natrual.

Not bragging ... just pointing out that anything is possible.

 

[cheesecake]

You guys might be interested in checking the raw federation numbers for the ligther weight classes.

Just curious spatts, but which federations are raw?
...chad...