Benching Your Own Body Weight
For example bench press standards for a man who weighs 165 pounds who is untrained 120 pounds while an elite athlete at the same weight has a goal of 320 pounds.
Benching your own body weight. Benching your own body weight. On the day of your 1rm body weight attempt line up a good spotter and be thoroughly warmed up with light cardio and lower. Nick s strength and power 5 221 350 views. In about 2 weeks i ll be able to bench my own body weight.
I know i set my milestone as being able to max my body weight when i started. I was 168 when i started lifting a few months back. After i could max my own body weight i was so siked. Benched 155lbs for 8 reps at 165 168lbs last time i was in the gym.
A male performing at an intermediate level should lift 185 pounds. Is this a pretty big milestone. We recommend a 16 week progression which allows time to toughen up tendons and strengthen. These are all really rough estimates without much thought put into them but its pretty easy to guess that the number is definitely under 25.
The amount you can bench press can be used as a marker of your strength but it s just one part of the picture. You have to create your own milestones. Bench pressing your body weight takes slow and steady progression but it s a goal anyone can achieve. The first day i lifted i could only do 135 one time.
The average man in his thirties can bench press 90 percent of his body weight. Benching ist inzwischen ein viel dating phanomen.