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Subject: RE: What is a good bench press as compared to your weight?
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good job rupp wrote:

What is considered bad, average, good, and excellent? Especially when you account for being a runner (this is a little different from being a gym rat your entire life).

I'm running about 65 miles a week right now. I weigh 155 lbs at 23 years old on a 5'10" frame. I just benched 2 x 165, 2 x 175 lbs at the end of my workout. Is this average runner strength?

I heard:
bad - anything below your weight
average - being able to bench your weight
good - weight plus 25%
excellent - double your weight

sound about right?


Double your body weight is 310, that is by far more than excellent, as that is impressive for just about anyone.

All I know is at 144 I can bench 200 at least once and my body weight at least 15
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