How long did it take you to bench press..........

[Troublesome]

Alotta these stats are meaningless.

I've seen it's a lot more difficult for tall lanky dudes to bench cuz they have longer arms and gotta press the bar further.

Anyways I weigh like 145 and do 5 sets of 5 at 225 pretty easy. I have short arms tho so it's not that impressive so

Short arms or not, that's pretty impressive at 145lbs.

 

[OC's finest]

Short arms or not, that's pretty impressive at 145lbs.

My squatting and deadlfitng are struggles.

Reppin 225 on squat and like 245 for deadlift.

 

[b_priest9mm]

Started (again) back at the end of '08.

225 - 2 months ( most I've repped it was 20x)
315 - 1.5 years (hit it in the middle of '10)
405 - Still working on it. Closest I got is 375 (got it this past year).

Going to keep powerlifting.

 

[Dominoes]

First time I hit 225 bench I was in grade 12.
Started lifting weights in grade 10 but didn't take training more serious until beginning of grade 12

315 must've been during my 2nd or 3rd year college

Never hit 4 plates

 

[Bledswole]

Started (again) back at the end of '08.

225 - 2 months ( most I've repped it was 20x)
315 - 1.5 years (hit it in the middle of '10)
405 - Still working on it. Closest I got is 375 (got it this past year).

Going to keep powerlifting.

Keep grinding

 

[Bledswole]

First time I hit 225 bench I was in grade 12.
Started lifting weights in grade 10 but didn't take training more serious until beginning of grade 12

315 must've been during my 2nd or 3rd year college

Never hit 4 plates

You cool breh,most nikkas never hit 3 plates,you elite breh

 

[iBrowse]

it took me three years to hit 225 x10 on the flat and I can't seem to get past it

 

[TheBEASTCOASTrevival]

225-freshman year Hs
315-junior year
375-senior year. (I never got big enough to get 405 bench.)

-DMP-

u jadaeveon clowney bruh?

 

[-DMP-]

u jadaeveon clowney bruh?

lol. thats not really that much. i new a senior who was basically wolverine. 5'8 linebacker, prolly 210-215 and could throw up 400 on bench

Dude was brolic

-DMP-

 

[Bledswole]

lol. thats not really that much. i new a senior who was basically wolverine. 5'8 linebacker, prolly 210-215 and could throw up 400 on bench

Dude was brolic

-DMP-

Ray Rice jr

 

[TheBEASTCOASTrevival]

lol. thats not really that much. i new a senior who was basically wolverine. 5'8 linebacker, prolly 210-215 and could throw up 400 on bench

Dude was brolic

-DMP-

im 16
5'11
190 pounds
bench 240 (1 rep max)
squat 400 (3 rep max) coach dont let us 1 rep max on squats
i play strong safety

 

[hotbeezie]

My senior year of highschool

Played Middle Linebacker 2A football in Louisiana

I was 5'11'' 200
Bench was 245
squat was 405
deadlift was 405

Then I fell of like a bad bag of dope when I got to college
And became a fat nikka

now I got back in the gym and hit 225 3x3 in like a month

It was on a smith machine( I don't bench free without a spot)

I'm bout to get my big ass on the elliptical today

 

[tybo]

I started benching in college. It took me about six months to bench press 225 10 times. I didn't hit 315 until after I graduated (prolly WASNT dedicated enough). I took it more serious after graduation. It took me another 3 years to put up 405. I also put on about 25 pounds of muscle during that time.

 

[tybo]

Btw, I'm 6'1" 215 now and about to be 40 . I don't go up to 405 anymore. My flat bench goes something like this...

Warm up: 135x10
Warm up again: 225x8
Then:
275x10
315x6
315x6
275x8
225 until burnout

 

[flea]

when I started lifting at 16, it took me til 17 to finally hit 225. Probably could of done it sooner but I was scared of the bench press at that age. Took me a while to find the rhythm to lift both sides fluidly without bouncing off my chest