Best Mile Time to Bench Press Ratio

are we talking at separate times??? then sophomore year college 4:06 (redshirt) and two years after i was at 330lbs. i would say my best bench when i did the 4:06 would have been in the 250-275 range. and yes i was always too heavy for my coach's likings. although, i almost got into bodybuilding(stupidest idea that has ever popped into my head) so i wasnt that heavy when i did 330, i was always between 168 and 175.

That is really surprising. What part of the country? The police I see around here seem to be pretty buff and in good shape (Colorado.

Huh?

I'm 5'8" 140ish and bench 215. I'm nowhere near a 'freakin' animal. I think most of the guys you know just aren't good at benching for whatever reason.

It goes to show though, if there are 10,000 people on letsrun, only the people with good mile times and good bench presses will post it. Also liars, like you mentioned.

EX HALF MILER...I was not sure what you meant (at separate times). Look you are one strong freakin dude! Even if you were not a runner, at that body weight..to bench that much! I'm just saying I been around it all my life that is really huge strength. Remember old FRANK ZANE. I seen him once get 295 for two reps. It was all he had. He was great at other lifts, deadlift, squat etc. You are way way strong! Sick actually! Sometimes I wonder what Solinsky could do on the bench?

I'm in Utah. Yes I agree these cops look big. My dept. at the time just did not have any big lifters I guess. A year later we had two Tongans who weighed about 270 and could do 315 for like 3 reps. Then had a white dude who was like 210 and could throw up 360. Thats one of the reasons they got a few of us guys to start training the officers cause it was our CAPTAIN who was the strongest bencher. He knew all our guys were big bull shit artists and lazy and not running or working out. We had to keep strict records, that was pretty sad I thought! But we brought them on. Some of them refused and cryed and just would not workout and filed all kinds of law suits. Just big babys I thought.

I ran 4:24 in college and benched a little over 125.

Who the hell cares. A totally meaningless stat except for someone trying to look for some oddball category to pat themselves on the back for.

I kind of disagree. 5'8" 140 pound and a runner who benches 215. That is some nice strength! It tells me if you really concentrated on the bench what the hell could you get to! I mean it is really tough to run distance and still bench high weight. I think it is really odd, but I have found some men, who look big, just have crap for strength in the bench. They also know it and refuse to work at it. 215 heck you could drive that up to twice your body weight. I say you got real good strength...and a runner. Stay away from me dude!

I never really did a "max" because in my opinion it is too dangerous, and is not helpful for building strength. instead I would do at least 5 reps. My best 5RM is 245 many moons ago (i had to take a season off for a broken foot- so lived in the weight room). Yesterday i did 4 sets of 5 @ 185 and it was mildly difficult. No bouncing off chest, though need to touch chest (lightly), very little bend in back (butt still 100% on bench).

best mile was 4:19.xx 155.1 800, 49.2 400, year after my 245 5RM. Now I might be able to break 5:30 but that would hurt.

I think it is really tough to run distance and bench heavy. They just don't compliment each other. For some reason though I have seen distance runners who got hurt or quit running and started lifting. These dudes go thru the roof with there strength. Maybe they use that drive that we used to run distance. They gain good weight and start to go up! Guys weighing 140 go to 170, then 185 or so. They are cut and looked ripped right away. Their strength goes flying up! But yea I ran heavy in high school and benched around 125 back then.

This is a stat for losers. I doubt Ritz, Teg, Rupp, etc. give a rip about that.

One of my teammates in high school:

Bench: 300

1600: 3:31

He looked like the wheel chair guy in Family Guy. Huge upper body but small lower body.

I will gladly admit, that I would have rather benched 125 and ran 4:05, as oppossed to what I have done. I can also tell you that pre foot injury I was running around 4;25 and benching 145 and putting in 80-90 mile weeks, post foot injury I was much stronger and faster, but I could only run 30-35 miles per week. Foot is still broken 10+ years later. I was also a "late bloomer" which helped strength wise and speed wise.

To the police guy, if you would have given them a donut for evry pound they could bench you might have seen something, probably a couple of guys over 300.

i'm sure most cops eat that many in week anyways.

No doubt in my mind you are for real. I agree exactly with you. I kind of like the 185 for 4 or 5 sets of 5 reps. As I get older I find say 5 sets of 6 reps...say at 215 or 225 seems to hurt me easier. Injure me. I was like you, when younger, but it seems the 185 for little less reps now does not hurt me! One bencher can sure tell when another comes on here.You know him immediately. :)

sgh wrote:

I will gladly admit, that I would have rather benched 125 and ran 4:05, as oppossed to what I have done. I can also tell you that pre foot injury I was running around 4;25 and benching 145 and putting in 80-90 mile weeks, post foot injury I was much stronger and faster, but I could only run 30-35 miles per week. Foot is still broken 10+ years later. I was also a "late bloomer" which helped strength wise and speed wise.

Sounds right on. Running 80 to 90 is not gonna help a bench press big time. I picked up an injury my senior year also after doing about 90 a week. Don't think I could have got 145 at that time. I think I was 134 in weight. Many years later I still can't run cause of that injury. Took me right out. Pisses ya off. My injury still freakin hurts! Heck I did not know what I was doing back in those running days. I just thought , OH ya got to run 100 a week, no problem. Crap shoes, no rest and recovery all hard as I could go. Coaches had no idea. Blazing down a hill, bang one stride it was over. Oh well. Take care, your not alone.

Thanks!! Mostly lift now, so I can keep off the old man tummy. Core kills me now!! Hurt my neck yesterday doing jump shrugs because I had too little weigth compared to the effort I put into the shrug. I have a somewhat natural arch in my back that I am trying to correct, so I am putting more focus on form as oppossed to weight. ironically I am now getting stronger for it. particularly in the squats and front squats.

3:57 1500

170lbs

Not me, but my old college roommate/teammate ran 4:01 for the mile and could bench 225. He weight 132 at the time.

Benched almost 175% of his body weight and ran 4:01, in addition to two conference 10,000 championships.

4:25 mile

Bench: 165lb