How much can you bench press?

The ADD

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Yeah I get it but my point is men should be taking care of their bodies
It’s a not a good indicator of much of anything other than being able to bench press. One cat in particular in my gym comes in an spends hours on the bench working around 222-245. He doesn’t lift anything else and it looks like it.
 

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While we're on the topic of bench pressing. I got a question for some of y'all who are into fitness and things




This video is 2 years old now but this dude is 130 lb and can bench well over 2.5 times his body weight. And then you look at somebody like Julius Maddox who is like walking around at like 6'2 450 lb and I believe the best he's done is like a bit under 800 which is not 2.5 times. so which is more impressive?

800 easily. That’s someone’s max squat and bench combined maybe even their deadlift/bench/deadlift combined. There videos of people tearing their pec completely off at 405
 

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I don't know what my one rep max would be, though now I'm curious. My current workout I do 185 8-10 times so I feel like I should be able to get 225 at least once.
130 X 8 is My Max
You know what, I respect the lack of cap.
 

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292 @ 163.
But for a lat cramp at lockout I'd have 301 under my belt but I'll have that in another month or so
 

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We about to start a bench press club? Set some goals in here?

I eventually wanna hit 3 plates on incline. Anybody else got some number goals in mind?
 

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I never do my max. Right now I'm doing 4 sets of 10 with 205 on flat after doing maybe 155- 165 on incline but doing 200 diamond push-ups 5 days a week.

Doing that max shıt can fụck up my shoulders.
225 flat, 185 on incline, 4 sets of 10 each. Cut back on the diamonds. They've been hurting my forearms. I have no ambition of being a powerlifter so I'm cool with where I'm at. I weigh 203.
 

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205 for a few. I can do 225 if im fresh. It’s my worst major lift by far and im trying to finally address it. Doing some larsen presses tonight in fact.
 
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