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How rare is it to bench 225? (NFL Combine Standard)
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They say it's intermediate. I don't max out at 225; I warm up and work out with 225. I lift it about 100 to 120 times while supersetting it with about 6 other exercises per session. That doesn't include dumbbell curls. I'm maxing out at 280 now.
I adopted this standard over 15 years ago for the NFL combines standard. It's not hard when you've done it for years.
Facts. 300+ felt like it was tearing my arms off. Shit wasn't easy for me at all.There is truth to that though. A vast majority of human beings not only cannot bench press 225 but have never even attempted it. Which makes 315lbs even rarer. My max is 515lbs.
if i put in an honest effort to train in that capacity (i never have) i could get 3 plates. I've benched 295 for a couple reps on 2 or 3 different occasions.
JW13 and killamayne are strong as shit.
Yep, I hit 300 plus a few times in the desert while deployed. It still wasn't east, though. I didn't get videos of those, but 225 is warm-up stuff for me. I posted a video in Killamayne thread.
For your weight, even if you did it once, is still impressive. That's a lot of weight. Depending on your height, it's even harder.
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I think he's right, fam. When I did something similar, it did work, but again, 300 plus for me hurt bad. Everything. I forgot to talk about warming and doing triceps work. But this is a good formula. One thing nobody has talked about is the negatives. Get on the Smith machine. If you can work out with 225, put 270 on the Smith machine, then break it and try to count to 1 minute and lower it. Slooooowly....Put keepers/failsafe in place and do it again for 6 reps per set. It'll set your arms on fire. It'll help blast you through if you can take it. Once a week if you can. Some don't need that though.
May try it too. But I swear if I do it'll be my last time trying to go over 300 pounds. MAn fuck that!
Some MFs will swear they put that up and 400lbs, etc, in grade school, high school, etc., and I'd tend to believe it, but I only have two words. Prove it.Very rare for human beings to be able to lift that.
Muthafuckas be lyin' like hell.Some MFs will swear they put that up and 400lbs, etc, in grade school, high school, etc., and I'd tend to believe it, but I only have two words. Prove it.
one of the reasons i built a gym in my garageMuthafuckas be lyin' like hell.
when cats start talkin' that shit, i be like SHOW ME.
I'm not gone even lie I never cracked 3 bills...Some MFs will swear they put that up and 400lbs, etc, in grade school, high school, etc., and I'd tend to believe it, but I only have two words. Prove it.
I got to about 285, 290lbs for my 1rm but that was it. I've been told I can get it by others based on what I workout with when doing dumbbell bench press (115lbs) but I never tried. I may give it a go just to say I did it.
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I'm about to be 43 in a couple weeks & I was throwing up 225 (minimum of 3 sets & 12 reps) this morning. I've been on that iron for almost 20 years straight & I never took roids, just regular supplements.
I'm not a big dude either (167lbs). If it wasn't for my high school patna going to prison & coming out swolled up in the early 2000s, I probably never would have hit the gym lol.
He came out looking like Tookie Wiiliams & this nigga was probably 145 soaking wet before prison. Bro was doing like a thousand pushup a day because the prison stopped providing heavy weights.
I'm not a big dude either (167lbs). If it wasn't for my high school patna going to prison & coming out swolled up in the early 2000s, I probably never would have hit the gym lol.
He came out looking like Tookie Wiiliams & this nigga was probably 145 soaking wet before prison. Bro was doing like a thousand pushup a day because the prison stopped providing heavy weights.
115dbs is the max i have ever pressed up.
sound like you are right where i'm at with BB and DB
From your workout, I know you can. If you go for it, I will, too.1 rep. I'm right at 6'1, 190lbs to 200 now. That weight though lol shit it wasn't a joke to me. Mental shit
An there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. The key is consistency. Develope a workout plan that works for you. Long as your working out that's all that matters.
that's how i see it too. i was all about the numbers (my 1rm, my bodyweight) in my 20s.An there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. The key is consistency. Develope a workout plan that works for you. Long as your working out that's all that matters.
don't really care about that stuff now, just being consistent, like you said.
That's the most important part. Staying active and remaining strong. Not losing any muscle mass as you get older.
hell nah. never that.That's the most important part. Staying active and remaining strong. Not losing any muscle mass as you get older.
i'm doing this for life
along with running sprints 2-3x a week (goalpost to goalpost)
weighted jump rope
bodyweight pullups
let everybody else around me get flabby and sick
but not me.
thanks JWGreat job!!!
Man I’m 46 6’2 185lb bench 225lb. The max I’ve done was 320lb, yes ninja went with 3 plates and
2 1/2 lb. I felt weight going through my bones!
Last but least at my boy house party, this ninja(Franky) got drunk started talking shit in front of the women. We put 205 on the bench, ask him do he need a warm up. He said fuck no, I got this shit.
Man he lifted that shit off, it landed straight on his chest. We picked it off him and racked it back up. Ninja said the fuck wrong with your bench! Ninja said watch out and lifted that motherfucker again. That bitch fell straight down again on his chest. We was in tears lol.
Mind you this the same ninja who once flashed a police officer with his high beams, on a two lane highway. Saw the dotted line and drove around him saying he driving to slow. Ninja got straight pulled over for dui and got his license revoked!
bamma was doin' too much lol
Man I’m 46 6’2 185lb bench 225lb. The max I’ve done was 320lb, yes ninja went with 3 plates and
2 1/2 lb. I felt weight going through my bones!
Last but least at my boy house party, this ninja(Franky) got drunk started talking shit in front of the women. We put 205 on the bench, ask him do he need a warm up. He said fuck no, I got this shit.
Man he lifted that shit off, it landed straight on his chest. We picked it off him and racked it back up. Ninja said the fuck wrong with your bench! Ninja said watch out and lifted that motherfucker again. That bitch fell straight down again on his chest. We was in tears lol.
Mind you this the same ninja who once flashed a police officer with his high beams, on a two lane highway. Saw the dotted line and drove around him saying he driving to slow. Ninja got straight pulled over for dui and got his license revoked!
props on your bench by the way
Thanks I don’t push 3 plates no more. I just work out with 225lb. I didn’t see a big difference in my frame between 315-225lb. IMO
Only football is the one I can see, with only the lineman, linebackers, and rbs. Sprinkle in a small few of the wrs, dbs, and qbs. College basketball freshmen muscle build be small as hell, a few come in looking like they touched weights in high school.
i don't consider myself a naturally gifted bench presser...or squatter...or deadlifter...
and i'm probably slightly above average in the strength category...with average size..
the most i've ever benched was 315 ... and I stopped caring about it long ago....
i didn't neglect my legs but i never wanted extremely big legs so I never squatted with anything over 225...
and I preferred to do rack pulls as opposed to deadlifts...but the most I ever tried to deadlift was probably around 405 lbs (I didn't keep track of the 5s and 10s and 2-and-a-halfs i was adding)
it's just like anything....if you focus on it...and want to get better at it...you'll research it...do the appropriate supplemental exercises and you'll start puttin' up better numbers..
and i'm probably slightly above average in the strength category...with average size..
the most i've ever benched was 315 ... and I stopped caring about it long ago....
i didn't neglect my legs but i never wanted extremely big legs so I never squatted with anything over 225...
and I preferred to do rack pulls as opposed to deadlifts...but the most I ever tried to deadlift was probably around 405 lbs (I didn't keep track of the 5s and 10s and 2-and-a-halfs i was adding)
it's just like anything....if you focus on it...and want to get better at it...you'll research it...do the appropriate supplemental exercises and you'll start puttin' up better numbers..