Your Max Bench, Dead, Squat ?

[sk*]

Here was my picture when I was 225lbs, it was taken in september:
http://www.athernigy.com/skpic.jpg

Here was my pic at 183lbs:
http://www.athernigy.com/skinnyme.jpg

I am 6'3 in both pictures.

I remember in the 225lbs picture I was doing incline bench with 185lbs for 6 and in the second picture I couldn't even incline 65lbs.

There is about a year or year and a half between those two pictures. So can you guys see now why I am skeptical?

I really don't think I look bad at all in the 225lbs picture, but since then I have added another 10lbs of lbm and still don't make some of the claims I saw on this thread.

Maybe I have sucky genetics, but I doubt that was it.

-sk

 

[Mike_Rojas]

I'm 6', 190 lbs and I benched 270. I've posted videos of doing a decline bench of 275 and a 2 board decline of 305, so I don't think a 270 flat bench is hard to believe.

http://216.171.173.34/misc/275Decline.mpg

http://216.171.173.34/misc/2BoardDecline.mpg

In high school, long, long ago, I did a 275 squat at a bodyweight of 150. In all fairness, it probably wasn't low enough, but the coach in my PE class passed it and gave me an "A" in the class. He was impressed 'cause nobody liked to squat. My max bench at the time was 185. If only I had lifted consistently since then! I would be an unbelievable monster.

 

[strangebrew]

well heres a picture of me at 175

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/gallery/19791/d198a2d13446bb32ec92d2c53590e1f0.jpg

 

[spatts]

How about 5'10" and 165-185 and benching 225?? and being a freshman in high school? or 198 as a senior with a 500(no gear and high as I would go)605(with gear) and 315 bench with a 550 deadlift?? did it- been there- try harder.

..I almost had to have a smoke after that.









No, I don't smoke.

 

[Mike_Rojas]

All this talk makes me want to go test my maxes again! And videotape them for the doubters.

Don't be discouraged by the numbers posted here - be inspired to improve. Find your weaknesses and work them hard.

 

[spatts]

Good attitude, Mike.

 

[crew9]

I don't wanna make this a personal attack, but i'd love to see a video of that.

Do you bring the bar down to your chest?
Do you actually do the pushing or does the spotter do rows?

I've spotted a bunch of people since i've been training and all they do is bring it half way down and then hope that I will be able to pull it up.

-sk

My friend last summer at a bodyweight of 190 at 6'2" I benched 250x4(personally I don't find this impressive). I don't quite understand why you are so defensive about taller leaner people putting up more weight than you. You are not the picture perfect mold of what someone should be doing at a given height. There are ALWAYS people bigger, faster, stronger than you. My best friend maxed out at 330 with a body weight of 165. That number may seem strange to you but if you could see my friend with his shirt off you would very much believe it. My point is this. Don't worry what other people can or can't do and just focus on yourself. If these people are lying then let them lie it doesn't do anything to you.

 

[rjl296]

5'8 190
bench 290
squat 405
dead 380

 

[SuperShredder]

wtf?? why does this guy think that a person 6'4 180-190 lbs benching 235 is so godly? i kno a guy 6'4 200 who benches about 340.

 

[DBCooper]

I've seen a 165 guy bench 550, and is close to 600 at 181, I've trained with a guy at 220 benched 733, at 275 benched 735, at 242 benched 728, on ME days I train with 2 thousand pound squatters and have trained with 4 at one time, one being at 220, I've seen a 800lb deep gm with a cambered bar by a man that was 340 and around 6'4", I've also witnessed a 933 deadlift and a 1100+ pound squat, spotted a woman that benched 450, a woman that benched 330 at 132, and a 52+ year old that can pull over 700 at 220, strength is not that uncommon at my gym.