Bench 500 Pounds
It amounted to mere words a lot of empty gym talk.
Bench 500 pounds. 315 lbs bench press. The problem is how do you achieve it. This is done along with the dynamic method with submaximal weights on a second day 72 hours later. John dacosta december 12 2017 squat.
If you can bench 500 pounds and are training with 300 pounds you must then apply 500 pounds of force to the 300 pound barbell. This is known as compensatory acceleration and it can help you break through sticking points. For me it was a mystery until i discovered a method of training known as the conjugate method. Stan efferding bench pressing 500 pounds for 7 reps 1 assisted duration.
So that many people benching 500 pounds simply wasn t possible. Ethan plooffe december 8 2017. 2018 update everyone strives for a goal one of which may be a 500 bench. I can t bench 400 raw but i can bench 425x2 with a slingshot within a few months of training for equipped bench it wouldn t be unrealistic to expect that i could bench 500.
This is from training derek did february 20th 2009. Three hundred thirty or 340 pounds paused on the chest was an awful lot as anyone who had ever completed a heavy press knew. A 500 equipped bench doesn t sound very impressive except for small or female lifters. 365 lbs bench press.
For raw lifters there are not many under shw that can bench 500. 390 lbs bench press. My brother as hulking a teenager as i ve ever seen could barely bench more than 365 pounds this way. Nick lapolla december 8 2017.