0. I have a max bench of 155 though. Good for a runner and average elsewhere.
0. I have a max bench of 155 though. Good for a runner and average elsewhere.
Now: I really don't know. Probably 3-6, but I haven't been in a gym in about 10 months.
A year ago: At least 10
Shortly before that: I think my PR was 14 reps
Zero. I bench about once each week. I usually do 135 lbs for 4 sets of 4 reps or 3 sets of 6 reps.
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kingkhabib wrote:
bit.ly/2ZXppjQThe NFL combine record is 51 reps. I can only do 14. What about you guys?
Usually 26 to 31 reps based on left arm strength. And have vids to prove it. I never go over 5 reps though on anything so it's not something I train for. If I really wanted to train for it I could do just about 36 to 37 reps.
And that's even after doing 10ks, 5ks, and 400s from 1993 till 2015. I didn't start sprinting training till 2015. Had I done sprint training all of those years from 1993 to 2015, then i'm guessing I would be able to do 41 reps.
I’m 155 and 6-2. My arms are long and skinny and there is no way I’m benching 225.
Even at 190 lbs and lifting every other day I still could not do it. I have weak shoulders and chest. However, I have squatted 360. My body / strength is really whack.
Not sure what I can do now but at age 28 I was able to do few sets of 7-8 reps with 250lbs. Today I’m not sure if I can get 150 off the rack. I’m 65 and still lift but only light weights lol
Agreed that these figures are more interesting when running times are attached.
In September I did 225 x 6 + 17:20 5k on the same day: 5’11, 175, 34 y/o, and not training for either (10 mpw avg this year).
In 2024 I would like to drop 90 sec in the 5k while maintaining that bench, which I believe might be feasible.
In my younger days I could put that up about 15 times. Right now I could probably do it 8-10 times. I weigh around 235 so it's not as impressive as someone who weighs 185.
I have to chuckle...male egos always seem to revolve around 'maxes' and 'bests' and 'PRs', etc. But I'll play along.
I was 5"10 and massed 145lbs at end of college. Grew one more inch and added 20-25lbs in years following as I moved into cycling/swimming/martial arts (weight is very important in sparring or grappling!) I did 225x3reps in college, 205x5reps, 185x10reps, 155x27reps. I benched 245 for a 'max' at the end of a bench workout. Easily felt like I could have put up maybe 15-20lbs more if I had been a bit more fresh, but whatever. Might could hit close to 285 now if power-to-weight ratio was same. Not too many collegiate distance runners can do their bodyweight + 10-20lbs for one rep. Free weight power lifting/free weight exercises are not really specific to distance running, but I was still running around 40-50miles per week, PRs of 4:15mile, 14:57 5K during that same time period. Was 'lifting' about once every 4 days, usually did about 10 exercises 2-3 sets each, focusing on entire body in each workout, not just 'arms day' or 'legs day' or 'core day' or whatever. Took about 45min to move through workout. Good times. Got my slack couch potato roommate to workout with me 2x a week. He ended up benching about 215 and squatting about 300 by semester's end. Not bad for a guy who had never worked out or ran or anything in his life.
Then I moved to martial arts in my 30's and ended up earning a black belt in a pretty legit hybrid system. Whole 'nother type of strength training. Was trained by an ex-Special Forces soldier in that system who had done some power lifting back in the day...he benched like 445. He was in his early 50s when I met him and could still bench about 385. While in martial arts I got the joy of holding planks up to like 6-7 minutes while you were solidly kicked in the core to test balance, doing pushups on knuckles and finger tips while having a 50-60lb kid on your back, burpees till I was as anaerobic as the last 100meters of an 800meter race, sitting in a lo-stance squat for like 20minutes (sucked) while having my legs kicked or a 50-60lb kid standing on each leg, etc. I think I did 170 pushups in one set once, free chin ups (no assists) for 27 reps, maybe like 32 dips? We had to hold a 10lb kettle ball straight out in front with both hands...and when we started tiring, the instructor would start whacking your arms with a Kali/Escrima stick. He wanted us to be able to fight/scrap well even while tired or in muscular agony. Fatigue and pain are bitter company!
So, there are other tests of strength besides benching, squatting, deadlifting, snatch and jerk, power-cleans, or whatever...the strongest people in the world lb for lb are probably world class rock climbers like Alex Honnold (think that's how you spell his last name). They could literally crush every metacarpal/carpal in your favorite NFL player or Olympic powerlifter's hand. No joke. Might not even be able to bench 225 at all. Let me finish by saying...I don't even consider myself in the same room/breath as some of the elite athletes in various sports. My goal was just to be the best I could be. Hope that's true for all of you as well.
ArchimedesLever wrote:
I have to chuckle...male egos always seem to revolve around 'maxes' and 'bests' and 'PRs', etc. But I'll play along.
I was 5"10 and massed 145lbs at end of college. Grew one more inch and added 20-25lbs in years following as I moved into cycling/swimming/martial arts (weight is very important in sparring or grappling!) I did 225x3reps in college, 205x5reps, 185x10reps, 155x27reps. I benched 245 for a 'max' at the end of a bench workout. Easily felt like I could have put up maybe 15-20lbs more if I had been a bit more fresh, but whatever. Might could hit close to 285 now if power-to-weight ratio was same. Not too many collegiate distance runners can do their bodyweight + 10-20lbs for one rep. Free weight power lifting/free weight exercises are not really specific to distance running, but I was still running around 40-50miles per week, PRs of 4:15mile, 14:57 5K during that same time period. Was 'lifting' about once every 4 days, usually did about 10 exercises 2-3 sets each, focusing on entire body in each workout, not just 'arms day' or 'legs day' or 'core day' or whatever. Took about 45min to move through workout. Good times. Got my slack couch potato roommate to workout with me 2x a week. He ended up benching about 215 and squatting about 300 by semester's end. Not bad for a guy who had never worked out or ran or anything in his life.
Then I moved to martial arts in my 30's and ended up earning a black belt in a pretty legit hybrid system. Whole 'nother type of strength training. Was trained by an ex-Special Forces soldier in that system who had done some power lifting back in the day...he benched like 445. He was in his early 50s when I met him and could still bench about 385. While in martial arts I got the joy of holding planks up to like 6-7 minutes while you were solidly kicked in the core to test balance, doing pushups on knuckles and finger tips while having a 50-60lb kid on your back, burpees till I was as anaerobic as the last 100meters of an 800meter race, sitting in a lo-stance squat for like 20minutes (sucked) while having my legs kicked or a 50-60lb kid standing on each leg, etc. I think I did 170 pushups in one set once, free chin ups (no assists) for 27 reps, maybe like 32 dips? We had to hold a 10lb kettle ball straight out in front with both hands...and when we started tiring, the instructor would start whacking your arms with a Kali/Escrima stick. He wanted us to be able to fight/scrap well even while tired or in muscular agony. Fatigue and pain are bitter company!
So, there are other tests of strength besides benching, squatting, deadlifting, snatch and jerk, power-cleans, or whatever...the strongest people in the world lb for lb are probably world class rock climbers like Alex Honnold (think that's how you spell his last name). They could literally crush every metacarpal/carpal in your favorite NFL player or Olympic powerlifter's hand. No joke. Might not even be able to bench 225 at all. Let me finish by saying...I don't even consider myself in the same room/breath as some of the elite athletes in various sports. My goal was just to be the best I could be. Hope that's true for all of you as well.
tl;dr u can't bench 2 wheels anymore and instead pay a man to hit you with his stick
15 reps crew
225 times.
1lbs at one time
Most I ever did was two reps at 225 at the end of a workout. I’m much better with the “pulling” muscles, have done 26 pull-ups both under and overhand. 14:59 5k PR. I also hurdled over a high jump bar at 5’6 (in a meet for fun). None of those performances are very impressive alone, but I doubt there’s many people who could do all of them.
Enjoying this old thread!
Was always a weakling and AFAIR never benched bodyweight when I was a runner: ~6-2, 148lb. (Unsurprisingly, I sucked as a runner. In coaching them, I've seen tremendous improvements when guys started lifting seriously.) So zero on the 225, and that's how it'll stay.
Any benching I do now is incline (Mr. Back and Mr. Hernia hurt--literally--if I think about flat bench), and I would be very pleased to do half-bodyweight for reps in that. I'm certainly not in that shape now. But reading these posts is giving me some motivation, so thanks.
kartelite wrote:
Most I ever did was two reps at 225 at the end of a workout. I’m much better with the “pulling” muscles, have done 26 pull-ups both under and overhand. 14:59 5k PR. I also hurdled over a high jump bar at 5’6 (in a meet for fun). None of those performances are very impressive alone, but I doubt there’s many people who could do all of them.
Was the 14:59 5k at the same time in your life as the 2x225 and 26 pull-ups? Impressive either way.
I haven't been a runner since 2007 (best 1600m was 4:16 in high school), but in 2016 and 2017 I rounded into decent aerobic shape for wildland firefighting. At any given day could knock out 225 lbs bench x 14-16 (still can) with clean form. For the fitness test I did an 8:30 mile and a half. Also 25 pull-ups.
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currently zero given i have not done much lately, but did 16 strict reps on 100.4kg when i was 50.
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Imagine going to a weightlifting forum and asking people how many 400 repeats under 63 they can do