Whatcha Bench?

[jeremys]

i'm not even sure because i keep progressing. i really dont max at all raw now. usually work up to a 3 rep max on my raw days

as for the odd numbers question, plates in america are usually made in pounds, not kilograms. so if you have metric weights, it will produce an odd number of pounds, same with pounds to kilos

 

[kentucky]

mmmm. i love your av.

 

[tiger88]

I lift in my room

u got some nice pipes and i belive u got a big bench, but ever try 1.25 lbs plates or just a bit more then 405? were u just satisfied with 4 wheels, and just take thayt as your personal best? why not 410?

 

[MeatHead57]

my max is 230 and my weight is 140!!

 

[Buck89]

Nice Meathead!!!! For most ppl on here, if you say you bench 230 they say wtf. But for only 140 lb. bodyweight, that is outstanding. If you weighed 200 your bench could be over 325.

 

[JollyRogers]

345 u mofo's

 

[PolishHammer1977]

u got some nice pipes and i belive u got a big bench, but ever try 1.25 lbs plates or just a bit more then 405? were u just satisfied with 4 wheels, and just take thayt as your personal best? why not 410?

Thanxs man. Iwas pumped to raise the 405 man. It is not going to be my all time personal best but for that time it was.

My focus now is not on my flat bench rather my OHP. I know my bench will grow but how much I do not know? I will know when my training cycle ends.

 

[supersizeme]

I have never seen a 1.5lb plate.

Most bber's shoot for golden numbers, like 315, 365, 385, 405, 455 because of the evenness of the plates on the bar. When you hit a 3 plate bench, I think the risk of possible injury in going ahead to try the same bench only with a couple of dinky 2.5lbers added to the side is not worth it. Especially when you start hitting 400+.

Reminds me of my old gym where there was this brother who was a trainer. He was probably about 5'8" 200lbs. He would always be training this one Italian guy who was not nearly as strong as he was, but the trainer would always find a way to work in his own extreme lifts for "educational purposes" I guess. Basically it was showing off, but I won't hate because he's got a very respectable physique and strength level. Anyways one time he was training the Italian dude on legs and decided it was time to show him what proper form on a 500lb squat looks like. Not to mention this Italian guy had probably a 285 parallel squat and would probably never squat 500lbs in his life. But I just watched the trainer load on the two dinky 2.5lbers on the side after loaded up 5 plates. It just struck me as trivial to have the dinkies on there. Anyways he squatted it(probably about 4 inches above parallel). The end.

 

[Backlash]

Just cause no one ever answered you, a shirt is a specially made, extremely tight shirt that helps provide extra power at the bottom of the press to help get the bar off your chest.

 

[JollyRogers]

I have never seen a 1.5lb plate.

Most bber's shoot for golden numbers, like 315, 365, 385, 405, 455 because of the evenness of the plates on the bar. When you hit a 3 plate bench, I think the risk of possible injury in going ahead to try the same bench only with a couple of dinky 2.5lbers added to the side is not worth it. Especially when you start hitting 400+.

Reminds me of my old gym where there was this brother who was a trainer. He was probably about 5'8" 200lbs. He would always be training this one Italian guy who was not nearly as strong as he was, but the trainer would always find a way to work in his own extreme lifts for "educational purposes" I guess. Basically it was showing off, but I won't hate because he's got a very respectable physique and strength level. Anyways one time he was training the Italian dude on legs and decided it was time to show him what proper form on a 500lb squat looks like. Not to mention this Italian guy had probably a 285 parallel squat and would probably never squat 500lbs in his life. But I just watched the trainer load on the two dinky 2.5lbers on the side after loaded up 5 plates. It just struck me as trivial to have the dinkies on there. Anyways he squatted it(probably about 4 inches above parallel). The end.

Your saying its easyer to bench heavy when you keep the plates heavy and few of them then say lighter ones further out on the bar??