Can anyone on here bench 100% over their body weight?

**roarincheetah** · 11-01-2006 07:18 AM

aka double thier body weight. ex. Weigh 150 bench 300

**A4 TSCHUSS** · 11-01-2006 07:28 AM

I am sorta close, 100% over bodyweight is real strong. A good rule of thumb is you are "strong" when you can do 100lbs over your body weight. I am at 145 and my max is 275lbs so I am not to far off.

**alco1777** · 11-01-2006 07:34 AM

There's a whole forum for this.

**A4 TSCHUSS** · 11-01-2006 07:37 AM

Originally posted by alco1777
There's a whole forum for this.

haha

**roarincheetah** · 11-01-2006 07:38 AM

^^Yea, but nobody goes on it, lol.

**alco1777** · 11-01-2006 07:40 AM

I just hate being reminded of how weak I am, I only go in there for the Hockey thread. :-D

**roarincheetah** · 11-01-2006 07:41 AM

Originally posted by A4 TSCHUSS
I am sorta close, 100% over bodyweight is real strong. A good rule of thumb is you are "strong" when you can do 100lbs over your body weight. I am at 145 and my max is 275lbs so I am not to far off.

WOW! You got me beat. Thats strong as hell. I'm 190 most i've done is 320 pretty recently. I think i could do more though

**rxrep** · 11-01-2006 07:54 AM

I can, if I do it 10lbs at a time for many reps and add up the total at the end.....

**turbow8** · 11-01-2006 07:56 AM

I am foocked... maybe if I remove my quote un quote "member" I would have a chance

**FITZ TITS** · 11-01-2006 08:19 AM

I read in my Men's Health this month about a guy named Joe Mazza. He can bench 700 and he weighs 170lbs.

**EVIL-AUDI** · 11-01-2006 08:26 AM

Moved...

**A4 TSCHUSS** · 11-01-2006 08:30 AM

Originally posted by rcfitz86
I read in my Men's Health this month about a guy named Joe Mazza. He can bench 700 and he weighs 170lbs.

that is insane. He must be like 5'3" or under in order to only weight 170lbs (which would be pretty beefy if he was that short) because his arms would have to be pretty big to support that weight I would think.

**Suhail** · 11-01-2006 09:25 AM

Originally posted by rcfitz86
I read in my Men's Health this month about a guy named Joe Mazza. He can bench 700 and he weighs 170lbs.

Yeah I read that online too. You know anything about these shirts he was talking about? Seems pretty crazy

**roarincheetah** · 11-01-2006 10:49 AM

I know a little about them. A guy at my old gym benched about 300 and with shirt he put up 365. i varies from person to person. Some it add a lot and some not so much. IMO I’m not a fan of them (even though they are for safety) because I feel like its like, ok who can buy a better bench shirt and what person can the shirt benefit more. If a person needs to have that kind of shirt on then they maybe should not be doing the weight. Oh and the other guy i lifted with at that gym was the world record holder in bench press! (age and weight)

**justin21** · 11-01-2006 01:13 PM

i think the bench shirts are dumb imo some kid always thinks hes badass at my gym and wears a shirt but hes weak hes only strong on bench weak back and shoulders.. id much rather have my wide shoulders and dumbbell press 120s for reps then bench 405 again..

**FITZ TITS** · 11-02-2006 12:13 PM

i'd wear the shit for the mental gain. if i knew i put up and extreme weight at one point, i would mentally be ready to put up the weight w/o the shirt. i wouldn't be afraid of the weight since i know i has already put up more. hope that makes sense.

**justin21** · 11-02-2006 01:18 PM

thats the first problem is you CANNOT have NO fear for the weight you have to go in there like a rabid animal not really a good analogy but im sure you get the idea i use to bench 405 for reps in high school but i have no desire to do that again i dont need to be 250-260 i like to stay nice and trim..just get jacked up before you go to the gym i personally love no xplode and endorush

**CO AVANT** · 11-02-2006 01:18 PM

I can only do about 90lbs over my body weight (170lbs). It sucks when your wingspan is 6'3" and your only 5'11" tall

**A4 TSCHUSS** · 11-02-2006 01:32 PM

yeah I hear ya, it is so not fair that the little stocky guys have to push the bar like 10" instead of 2 feet to get it off their chest and fully extended. That is ok though, I would rather have to push 2 feet instead of looking like a little bowling ball.

**justin21** · 11-02-2006 01:39 PM

yeah i hear ya i have long ass arms so i try to grip it a lil closer as my shoulders and triceps are strong..

**CO AVANT** · 11-02-2006 01:39 PM

Originally posted by A4 TSCHUSS
yeah I hear ya, it is so not fair that the little stocky guys have to push the bar like 10" instead of 2 feet to get it off their chest and fully extended. That is ok though, I would rather have to push 2 feet instead of looking like a little bowling ball.

lol, no doubt bro

**FITZ TITS** · 11-02-2006 02:22 PM

Originally posted by justin21
thats the first problem is you CANNOT have NO fear for the weight you have to go in there like a rabid animal not really a good analogy but im sure you get the idea i use to bench 405 for reps in high school but i have no desire to do that again i dont need to be 250-260 i like to stay nice and trim..just get jacked up before you go to the gym i personally love no xplode and endorush

i think you contradicted yourself there. i'm on a big stack right now (ALRI products). so i get the caffeine rush and all, but knowing that i just benched a huge load would do amazing things for my "gym-ego" without the jacket. i wouldn't tell people how much i benched with the jacket cause that would be just lame; however, i would brag to myself in my head. that would get me fired up for real bench session.

**justin21** · 11-02-2006 05:23 PM

never heard of alri products before.. honestly i dont bench i prefer free weights as they work the 'stabalizer" muscles and you can get a full contraction and squeeze the muscles better then benching..

**Feeesh** · 11-02-2006 09:45 PM

i can bench my body wait, i need to go to the gym more often though. ****ing surgery killed it...

**TurbodBoyBeater** · 11-02-2006 09:57 PM

I can bench 5% of my bodyweight. I think I did that calculation right? I don't even belong in this section, but it keeps me enertained :)

Do you think it's possible for a 500 lb. person to bench 100% of their weight? haha.

**Feeesh** · 11-04-2006 08:05 PM

probably not. i think 500 lbs is obesity.

**Devious27t** · 11-06-2006 02:38 PM

I have tried 400 and done it. I weigh 209 avg. I havent tried 420 yet but if I cant yet do it i doubt its far off.

**infamous2.0** · 11-08-2006 05:15 PM

i weigh 150 and i bench 150... but i just started lifting seriousely, so hopefully soon i'll be doing better

**A4ontheA6** · 11-26-2006 12:03 AM

I guess I'm doing pretty dam good. I'm 5'5" weight 155lbs and benching 325 three times

**bOOOOstedAudi** · 11-26-2006 02:12 AM

Originally posted by A4 TSCHUSS
I am sorta close, 100% over bodyweight is real strong. A good rule of thumb is you are "strong" when you can do 100lbs over your body weight. I am at 145 and my max is 275lbs so I am not to far off.

davaid I am the exact same. weird

**giago** · 12-09-2006 12:21 AM

I'm 176, and I'm benching like 230 maybe some more I haven't tryed in the last 6 months.

**tonggi** · 12-18-2006 08:12 AM

When i weighed 210 i was able to do 345. : ( Now that i hurt my shoudler i can probably do 225. hahaha, im weak sauce, I didn't like it though i felt so stiff, i didn't feel agile at all.

sucks for someone my size but oh well. I heard your weight X1.5, if benched you are considered strong.

***onemoremile*** · 01-04-2007 09:04 PM

I can't but a friend can. He got down to 325 and pressed 650.

**bigshrimpin** · 01-04-2007 09:09 PM

thats pretty intense.. i know a kid who weights 145 and he maxes 260

i've gotten weaker now... i used to be able to max 270.. now i max around 245 since i tore my rotator cuff.. fucking shoulder injuries suck

basically when i bench, people spot me on my right hand side only.. the left shoulder can put up, but the right shoulder starts to crack and then collapses under heavy pressure

***onemoremile*** · 01-10-2007 08:53 PM

Careful with a bad shoulder. Mine is rough from a mountain bike accident and has been dislocated a couple times. I switched from bar presses to weight stack machine presses. I pushed it too far one day and my left shoulder popped out just for a second on the way down. The stack crashed and about 150 people gave me the WTF!?? look. It took a good 5 weeks before I even attempted a press again. Warming up the shoulders well really helps. I take a 8 or 10 pound dumbell in each hand and throw slow punches. Then work each direction of the shoulder. After 5 minutes of warming up they are fine and stop acting up.

**94jedi** · 01-11-2007 05:33 AM

Well, I watched a guy from my gym who weighs 212 put up 425 for max. Then on the next bench over 3 guys came in and one of them was beching 465 for reps. sets of 4 I think. BUT.....that guy wieghed around 265....so IMHO, the 212 guy is more impressive, p4p.

**Blue04** · 01-18-2007 02:16 PM

im 5'6 150 and the most ive put up was like 295.. couldnt get 300 all the way up. i also have long arms

**UBERS4** · 01-25-2007 08:09 AM

I was reading through this thread and just wanted to chime in. It's awesome that you guys can bench 100% of your bw, but just make sure you're doing it properly, not cheating. Bouncing it off your chest (especially), arching your back and lifting your feet off the ground are all improper form and a good way to get hurt. Just be careful, putting 300LBS+ over your chest is a lot of stress and you could tear your pec pretty quick.

I haven't maxed in a while (partially because I find no point to it besides raising my EGO) but I can put up 405LBS for 2-4 reps and weigh 200 LBS.