385 LBS Bench Press equivalent for 2 reps at 6'0 and 210. Personal Record.

Comparing the first vid to this vid of 385 for 1 at 6'0 and 216, there's a clear difference in strength. I barely got 385 up for 1 in this video in June.

So now i'm doing 385 for 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXzlCMpaTEs

What is the “add 120” all about?

Congrats on your hard work. I do not think what you are doing is equivalent to the bench press numbers you state. I speak as a lifter with a 500lb bench press. In my experiences as well as working with other lifters the smith and machine bench number would need to be much higher for the equivalents you put out. You are not doing anything bad just not what it is. Best wishes on your continued progress

Any 5 m or 10 m dash times to report?

You’d be better off spending time rehabbing your injured arm, rather that trying to injure your other arm too.

Just curious, but why not post yourself actually PRing instead of doing the said equivalent?

I can’t just do a 8x200m workout averaging 27s and say I might as well have ran a sub 1:50 800m?

CopperRunner wrote:

Just curious, but why not post yourself actually PRing instead of doing the said equivalent?

I can’t just do a 8x200m workout averaging 27s and say I might as well have ran a sub 1:50 800m?

Better question, why is he even posting these odd pr's on here. imagine if everyone on this forum posted about every single pr of theirs in any type of activity on here?

skeet fandom wrote:

What is the “add 120” all about?

It's just something that you add to the machine when doing this with 1 arm at a time.

This matches up good with what I can do on the smith machine with 1 arm.

I'll get an updated video of me benching 195 for 5 or 197.5 for 5 on the smith machine for 5 reps with one arm. The math on the smith machine works out like this. It's 195 lbs of weight on the bar. But the bar weighs 15 so take off 30 from that. So you get 165 of real weight for 5 reps which is a 330 bench for 5 which according to bench press calculators is a 385 bench press for 1 rep.

So i'll go for 200 on the smith machine for 5 reps which if I get it up at this bodyweight will work out to a 340 bench for 5 which translates to a 397 one rep max.

I really hope you are trolling us.

can I go home now wrote:

I really hope you are trolling us.

Autism's a helluva drug.

list man is back wrote:

CopperRunner wrote:

Just curious, but why not post yourself actually PRing instead of doing the said equivalent?

I can’t just do a 8x200m workout averaging 27s and say I might as well have ran a sub 1:50 800m?

Better question, why is he even posting these odd pr's on here. imagine if everyone on this forum posted about every single pr of theirs in any type of activity on here?

Probably would be more suited for the bodybuilding.com forums but I give it a pass since it is mildly entertaining. Loved the song!

Matt L., Since this is not a body building site, not a power lifting site, all weight lifting results need to tie directly back to running, such as 400 pound bench press and sub-2:10 800m within three hours. Since a 400 pound bench press does not take away much from an 800m run, more impressive would be 450 pound plus free weight squat then sub-2:10 800m run within three hours.

matt_london_413 wrote:

Comparing the first vid to this vid of 385 for 1 at 6'0 and 216, there's a clear difference in strength. I barely got 385 up for 1 in this video in June.

So now i'm doing 385 for 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXzlCMpaTEs

Huge props on the music. Go matt!!!!

you know how it goes here wrote:

Matt L., Since this is not a body building site, not a power lifting site, all weight lifting results need to tie directly back to running, such as 400 pound bench press and sub-2:10 800m within three hours. Since a 400 pound bench press does not take away much from an 800m run, more impressive would be 450 pound plus free weight squat then sub-2:10 800m run within three hours.

This is anything but a “running site” anymore. There are countless ridiculous threads about dating ukranians, politics, living in nyc, etc. Let the guy post what he wants.

go matt wrote:

you know how it goes here wrote:

Matt L., Since this is not a body building site, not a power lifting site, all weight lifting results need to tie directly back to running, such as 400 pound bench press and sub-2:10 800m within three hours. Since a 400 pound bench press does not take away much from an 800m run, more impressive would be 450 pound plus free weight squat then sub-2:10 800m run within three hours.

This is anything but a “running site” anymore. There are countless ridiculous threads about dating ukranians, politics, living in nyc, etc. Let the guy post what he wants.

All those stupid dating central European women threads get deleted within 48 hours. If 200 pound plus fellas come onto letsrun bragging about weight lifting, I am going to bring up running. That's how it goes fella.