I’ve always wanted to know. No better way to measure the worth of a man.
How many plates can you bench?
- Thread starter Charlie Marlow
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I know that everyone here can out bench me, out ****, out sport, out everything...
But about a year ago or so, I started to lift again and decided I would try to get 225 up. I basically just did 3 sets of 5 and would add 5 pounds when I was able to do the 3 sets. Took about 6 months to hit 225 again.
I know it is sooooo stupid, I do, trust me. But there is just something magical about doing 225, it didn't matter that it was only once it just mattered that I did it again.
I think I read that only 1% of gym goers can do 225. I know they did not poll this board, because 100% of the people on this site warm-up with 225.
Fewer than 1% of people can bench press 225 pounds, making it a rare and significant achievement, though percentages vary by population group, with estimates ranging from 0.075% for the global population to as high as 10–30% among dedicated gym-goers and experienced athletes. The ability to bench 225 lbs requires a combination of consistent, focused training, proper nutrition, and adequate rest over several months to years.
Dead on. Number of threads started also matters.
In all seriousness good on you. I haven’t lifted in forever and need to make the time and stop being lazy about it.
I don't know if I will ever do it again. My shoulders hurt and I just don't make time (I make excuses) to not hit up my gym.
I got back into lifting about 4 years ago. I go in streaks with how serious I take it. Two years ago I one repped 315, took me forever to get there and my shoulders were screaming building to that point. But I wanted it for my ego and to brag on internet message boards.
Going pretty hard again. 275 1x4 this morning (failed the last rep). And 355 1x5 on squat. Want to squat 405 on my 40th birthday. So I have a 7 months to get there.
If you are on the fence about doing something at the gym, cardio sucks and isn’t fun. Lifting is way easier to get into and see noticeable improvements quickly. Which makes it way more fun.
Going pretty hard again. 275 1x4 this morning (failed the last rep). And 355 1x5 on squat. Want to squat 405 on my 40th birthday. So I have a 7 months to get there.
If you are on the fence about doing something at the gym, cardio sucks and isn’t fun. Lifting is way easier to get into and see noticeable improvements quickly. Which makes it way more fun.
I cleaned 5 plates last week. Pro tip, Lysol wipes FTW.
Man, I wish. I've always had trouble putting on muscle. I'm a twig. To me, cardio is super fun. I'm at boot camp and they're giving me ****. Then, we finally get to the run and I blow everyone away. Finally, I get my props. Every has their talent. Mine is running away! Lol. I'm the guy who can effortlessly hold a conversation while getting a cardio in.
I put up 195 in 11th grade when I probably weighed 150. Would try 200 and fail. Now I'm 195 and probably would struggle to put up 150.
There is this gym (Gym Jones), I think they started out in Utah...anyway it is/was bare bones.
No mirrors, no AC, no music, that kind of stuff. It might have changed, I don't know.
But they did a lot of lifts (safer ones) like bench and they would blindfold dudes. What they found is that dudes would bench more because they had no idea how much was on the bar. We are not talking going up 100 pounds...but like dudes that could never break 200 would get 205 or 210, when they had no idea how much was loaded up on the bar.
Basically taking the mind out of the equation. It was interesting.
Ironically, I no longer keep track of the amount of booze/beers I drink at one time and I find that I can really drink a lot more when I have no clue. One of the reasons I get rid of my 4th wife, she was always counting and telling me "Another beer, that is your 9th one!"
She never understood that I was trying to break records.
No mirrors, no AC, no music, that kind of stuff. It might have changed, I don't know.
But they did a lot of lifts (safer ones) like bench and they would blindfold dudes. What they found is that dudes would bench more because they had no idea how much was on the bar. We are not talking going up 100 pounds...but like dudes that could never break 200 would get 205 or 210, when they had no idea how much was loaded up on the bar.
Basically taking the mind out of the equation. It was interesting.
Ironically, I no longer keep track of the amount of booze/beers I drink at one time and I find that I can really drink a lot more when I have no clue. One of the reasons I get rid of my 4th wife, she was always counting and telling me "Another beer, that is your 9th one!"
She never understood that I was trying to break records.
Cardio is not what I call super fun, but it does make me feel good afterwards
Side topic: Gym etiquette beefs.
These chap my hide:
These chap my hide:
- Not racking your weights when you're done
- Not wiping off your bar, bench, whatever, when you're done
- Sitting on equipment for five/ten minutes looking at your phone
- Dropping bars/weights on the floor (really?)
- Ear-splitting grunts while lifting. Yea, we know you're a badass.
- Chicks who wear underwear to the gym
- Anyone who sets up a camera/phone to record content. Just f'ing stop. Fortunately this doesn't happen at my gym but if it did I'd make sure I lived in front of that camera just to piss you off.
- Dudes gathered around a piece of equipment and talking for minutes on end, no work, just talking.
- Gym workers who can't seem to clean equipment. I work on flat benches, reclined benches and inclined benches and have given names to sweat gobs/chalk stains that have been there for months.
It’s a focking epidemic- sitting on equipment for a long time locked on to an I-phone. Seriously people, put the phone down when you walk thru the door … your workout will be done sooner and you won’t piss off the lifters who want to get some work done.
I would add people who insist on talking on the phone the entire time they are at the gym. And if they are not even using headphones, so I have to hear both ends of this gripping conversation, I want to smash them over the head with a kettlebell.