As a grown man you should be able to bench at least ___ lbs.

[Battle Beast]

Pushups and other bodyweight exercises is best way to determine personal strength imo, if you can throw your own bodyweight around for 60-80 reps then thats pretty strong.

 

[mr x]

that was proven to be fake

two people were spotting him at the same time

I know

 

[↓R↑LYB]

5'4" 160lbs benching 285.....I'm trying to get into the 300 club

So y'all nikkas gonna let this nikka come through with the duck tales and not say nuffin?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Ima keep it a hunnid. It took me a minute just to bench above 110 pounds. Ive always been skinny and my arms are long as fukk. this is back in like freshman year of college though. I can lift pretty normally on most other exercises but the bench kicks my ass every time. Body weight might be it for me with added reps.

Respect the honesty breh, as usual the residents of duckberg show up in threads like these, especially since you don't have to provide any proof. Right now I'm using barbells and benching 45lbs for 12 reps. I used to use the smith machine at my complex (all they had) and could never get over 130 for 6 reps. But I'm just a regular nikka. 5'10, 190, team

Everyone else on here is 3% body fat and chiseled out of swag

 

[OneManGang]

So y'all nikkas gonna let this nikka come through with the duck tales and not say nuffin?

Nah i believe it. I know nikkas who really bout that life. But they all built like upside down triangles with t-rex arms and shyt.

 

[Bilz]

Athletic ability >>>>>> raw strength

 

[Gotright]

when i was locked up all type of nikkas was hitting 315 i was likethen i start to work out.i was like 145 hitting 205 like 3times

 

[Prez2032]

the most overrated exercise in history. In senior year i was one of the only 2 nikkas on my fb team doing 300 and over and 500 on negatives. Couldn't squat 315 and it showed when we would get on the field. If u been working out for a minute ditch bench all together and just work on jerks or other presses useful in a sport or just do dumbbells if u trying to focus on your chest cuz u will end up fukin yo shoulder up something serious.

 

[Gotright]

So y'all nikkas gonna let this nikka come through with the duck tales and not say nuffin?

u saying its not possible

 

[blackzeus]

I never understood why benching got to be so overrated. Deadlifts, Squats, Weighted Dips, Weighted Pull/chinups, Overhead/Military Press and power cleans are just as good, if not better, exercises than the Bench Press.

But I agree with the other dude that said 135 should be the barometer for benching, at least when it comes to someone that has a decent/average fitness level.

Them dips will have you begging for mercy. You get WAY MORE BURN from dips and pullups than you do from benching. Also the weighted "lumbar raises" (I don't know what to call them) where it's like a reverse situp, basically working out your lower back. Whenever a nikka tells me "weighted", I get the face

 

[thegreatest]

fukk a bench

how much can you deadlift?

Yep! I wish people asked me this because the bench is my weakest core lift. I can deadlift 400 lbs but only bench ~240, my arms are T-rex status

alot of the best pro fighters dont bench close to 300 pounds...

bench press just isnt a good measurement of strength

i cracked 220 at 16 not sure if id be able to do that now

Raw strength doesn't always transfer to fighting ability. Bench press IS a fairly good measurement of strength, though not the best - I feel deadlifts, squats and pull-ups are all better indicators.

It just isn't a good exercise though. It's bad for your shoulders and elbow joints which is why I don't do it unless I'm fukking around on a deloading week. Incline benching and DB presses >>>>>> flat barbell press.

 

[blackzeus]

Pushups and other bodyweight exercises is best way to determine personal strength imo, if you can throw your own bodyweight around for 60-80 reps then thats pretty strong.

I'm trying to get to the vertical pushup level, where your feet don't touch the ground. I don't know if I'll make it there, but that's my goal. I don't even use weights anymore, straight bodyweight. I'm 225, so it's a good workout. Muscular endurance and explosion > raw strength. You'd also be surprise how much your max increases after doing straight pushups for about 6 months, but either way, I rather be able to do 100 pushups in a minute, or 225 pounds 25 times, than do 400 once.

 

[The Jewnited States]

not sure why so many ppl are catching feelings in this thread


if you can bench over 185 then what i said to begin with wouldn't even phase you

 

[Battle Beast]

I'm trying to get to the vertical pushup level, where your feet don't touch the ground. I don't know if I'll make it there, but that's my goal. I don't even use weights anymore, straight bodyweight. I'm 225, so it's a good workout. Muscular endurance and explosion > raw strength. You'd also be surprise how much your max increases after doing straight pushups for about 6 months, but either way, I rather be able to do 100 pushups in a minute, or 225 pounds 25 times, than do 400 once.

I'm sure you seen it already but Hannibal does vertical pushups like it's nothing the first time I seen it I was like I definitely agree with the bolded, I boosted my pushup total from being able to only do 41 to 74 reps right now I'm 5'8" 177lbs by the way. I do hit the bench once a week but I maxed out on the weights that I have at home which is why I decided to challenge myself more using my own bodyweight. I can do 225lbs on the bench 22 times and have a 1 rep max of 315lbs if that means anything to the threadstarter, but I didn't really feel "stronger" until I was able to do 70 reps with pushups then I felt like

 

[Conz]

I say 225, but really it's 135. If you cant lift the bar with the biggest plate on each side, you're a disgrace.