If You're Not Bench Pressing At Least 200 lbs @ The Gym

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

I hate to break it to you but people look down on you. If you don't have at least two 45's on each side of the bar you're not taken seriously at the gym. And if you can't at least lift as much as you weigh you're really looked down on.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

I'm not benching anything right now cause my rotator cuff is bytchmade

Being comfy with 2 plates on the bar is a realistic goal though. shyt took me forever to get to though

 

[Luck]

2 plates is 225 tho...you not even in the gym apparently, nobody is callin 2 plates 200

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

2 plates is 225 tho...you not even in the gym apparently, nobody is callin 2 plates 200

It is 225, I just don't see people lifting 200 on the dot at the gym. If you can bench 200 you're putting 4 plates on the bar even if you have to do less reps.

And I'm at the gym 5 days a week fam.

 

[Luck]

It is 225, I just don't see people lifting 200 on the dot at the gym. If you can bench 200 you're putting 4 plates on the bar even if you have to do less reps.

And I'm at the gym 5 days a week fam.

You say at least 2 plates but then say at least 200? you don't even kno what your talkin about

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/the-official-coli-liftoff.452537/

Since you talking about what people should lift where were you in this thread

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

You say at least 2 plates but then say at least 200? you don't even kno what your talkin about

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/the-official-coli-liftoff.452537/

Since you talking about what people should lift where were you in this thread

Just started posting in this section. You're right about one thing tho, I did contradict myself with the 4 plate part. You can lift 200 flat and be respected. The 4 plates (225) just look more impressive in my opinion.

 

[Primetime]

I'm at 365 x 3, goal is to do 405 but i'ma have to take a break from it and strengthen up my left wrist b/c it's been bothering me. Not pain but I can tell i gotta improve/better space out my grip because it feels uncomfortable, esp when I do heavier weights for more reps. Not trying to tear or fukk anything up by continuing to just ignore/ 'beast' through it.

Typically i do
135 x 10
225 x 8
275 x 8
295 x 8
315 x 6
335 x 4
365 x 3
225 x 16
135 x 12

I started cutting out the 295 x 8 once i got comfortable jumping from 275 to 315 without a spotter, because thats usually when i felt the attrition start to impact my wrist. But at this point I'm going to just take a step back from it and other exercises that have been putting a strain on the grip (deadlifts), focus on alternative exercises to maintain, some wrist strengthening stuff of course, and come back rejuvenated with a better applied form so i can fukk with that 405 without any nagging issues.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

I'm at 365 x 3, goal is to do 405 but i'ma have to take a break from it and strengthen up my left wrist b/c it's been bothering me. Not pain but I can tell i gotta improve/better space out my grip because it feels uncomfortable, esp when I do heavier weights for more reps. Not trying to tear or fukk anything up by continuing to just ignore/ 'beast' through it.

Typically i do
135 x 10
225 x 8
275 x 8
295 x 8
315 x 6
335 x 4
365 x 3
225 x 16
135 x 12

I started cutting out the 295 x 8 once i got comfortable jumping from 275 to 315 without a spotter, because thats usually when i felt the attrition start to impact my wrist. But at this point I'm going to just take a step back from it and other exercises that have been putting a strain on the grip (deadlifts), focus on alternative exercises to maintain, some wrist strengthening stuff of course, and come back rejuvenated with a better applied form so i can fukk with that 405 without any nagging issues.

That's a whole lotta volume.

I do

135 x 10
225 x 10
300 x 10

And call it a day before moving on to flyes. I guess I'm just old school with the 3 sets of 10 thing

Did 405 for 1 rep about two months ago just to see if I could

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

You cats bench pressing 300?

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

You cats bench pressing 300?

I'm 34 and been working out for 20 years so it's kind of underwhelming when you think about the yearly gains . Plus I hit 215 when I was about 15.

At 14 I maxed out at 135 and by the time I turned 15 I did 215. Haven't seen gains like that since.

 

[Primetime]

That's a whole lotta volume.

I do

135 x 10
225 x 10
300 x 10

And call it a day before moving on to flyes. I guess I'm just old school with the 3 sets of 10 thing

Did 405 for 1 rep about two months ago just to see if I could

I did that when i first started lifting in high school but i've long since gone 4-6 sets on most things. Granted, i'm 30 years old now. And for something like bench i don't consider 135 x 10 as a true set. That's warm up or activating muscle memory, like high knees or strides before running sprints. The 135x10 at the end is basically my cool down. Same with deadlifts and squats where i start with 135 but i don't really count that. But hey, to each their own.

405 is more about the journey for me tho. Could I've been hit it? I don't care lol. I was 375 x 2 back in '09 before i lost interest but now i'm not even going to touch that or anything higher until i can do 365 x 4 comfortably. Just the way i do things these days where my gym time is this journey of reaching small milestones en route to a big payoff, pausing only to correct form/imbalances and proper rest to stay injury-free.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

How much are you squatting and deadlifting tho?

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

so 2
45s is 200

 

[Flackaveli]

Nicca nobody gives a fukk...



If you look down on someone that can't push 225 you pathetic breh..

 

[Kal El]

I'm trash at Barbell Bench... never done it consistently and doubt I could get up 225 x 1

I can do 100 DB's for 5 reps with good form though. And I'll take my physique over those 20% bodyfat cats bouncing 225 off their chest.