Question for those who work out

[randomguy 0]

I don't want to turn this into some silly one-upmanship thread, I'm just curious what people here do, especially as a percentage of body weight.

 

For example I weigh about 165 and bench about 250. (For a few reps, say 4 or so)

 

My military/overhead press is about an even hundred. (I seem to have kind of weak shoulders in general)

 

I'm just sort of wondering what the typical ratios tend to be vs. body weight and different excersizes. Is the fact that I can bench 2.5x what I can press normal?

[Guest Princess Leena]

I weigh 155 lbs. and can bench about 20.

 

Come the fuck on kids, I mean honestly i'm getting at you so fucking bad its KILLING YOU. You can't go 2 days without a new thread about sexy ass buff Leenie. I throw a few shots at a few of you and you waste how many minutes of your life typing bullshit about me that may or may not be true? Are your lives that meaningless? You all spend way to much time on the internet, and if you put the effort you put into nonsensical flaming into something constructive you may all end up being something more than fat Trekkie virgins.

 

And LUSHUS LEENIE L IS OUT NUCCAS.

[randomguy 0]

Um...wtf are you talking about? LOL.

[Guest Felonies!]

I nominate that we all pay tribute to our erstwhile bro by using triple-alliteration names.

 

Challenging Czechy C? Educated Edwin E?

[Guest wildpegasus]

I don't want to turn this into some silly one-upmanship thread, I'm just curious what people here do, especially as a percentage of body weight.

 

For example I weigh about 165 and bench about 250. (For a few reps, say 4 or so)

 

My military/overhead press is about an even hundred. (I seem to have kind of weak shoulders in general)

 

I'm just sort of wondering what the typical ratios tend to be vs. body weight and different excersizes. Is the fact that I can bench 2.5x what I can press normal?

 

My military press is about 4/5ths of my Incline Bench Press. Interesting.

 

One thing to keep in mind when discussing this is that people with long arms will tend to have a lower bench press than people with shorter arms.

[randomguy 0]

Well incline bench press is halfway between an overhead press and a plain bench so it makes sense they would be closer. What about your straight non-inclined bench press?

 

Also my arms are pretty average length.

 

Can you throw out some actual numbers? (IE your weight, IBP, etc)

 

Edit: OK, I get the Leena post now after Felonies made it more obvious to my simpleminded self.

[Guest wildpegasus]

Well incline bench press is halfway between an overhead press and a plain bench so it makes sense they would be closer. What about your straight non-inclined bench press?

 

Also my arms are pretty average length.

 

Can you throw out some actual numbers? (IE your weight, IBP, etc)

 

Edit: OK, I get the Leena post now after Felonies made it more obvious to my simpleminded self.

 

My weight and strength have been down. I am down to 173 or something last time I checked which is the lowest I've been at for years. I hope I"m getting some strength back or now. I'm thinking I might've been sick for a couple of months and didn't really know it.

 

Man, I've just been doing the incline bench press as of late. Last time I checked there wasn't that much difference between my incline and normal bench press. Perhaps due to myself concentrating more on the Incline.

 

I got my military up through concentrating on that exercise.

 

I don't like to throw out numbers too much because with the exception of my chinups and a couple of other exercises my numbers are not super impressive or anything.

 

Edit -- Your bench indicates you're very strong in that area. How long have you been working out randomguy?

[Guest Princess Leena]

Not to be mean, but I highly suggest not asking about weightlifting/bodybuilding here. Our spokespeople are Donnie D, Damaramu and the gimmick up there.

[The Niggardly King 0]

I weigh in at 245 and can only bench about 210... I've always been weak in that area... for my size that is.

 

Military Press is up to 220 though... that's standing.

 

I've been working out since I was 11, nothing heavy at all... just something to do with my brother and father. I began doing it seriously when I was 14 about the time I was training for football. Instead of doing the smart thing, and gaining a little weight here and there... I got fat during the summer. I wanted to be a running back and linebacker, but I got so big, I had to go for nose tackle, and fullback.

[randomguy 0]

Well, WildPegasus seems serious on this topic. By the way I randomly visited your MySpace, the Garbage Bond theme is pretty cool.

 

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I worked out a lot in college, then after that I only worked out about once a week for a couple years, but now I've started up again more regularly in the past 4 months or so.

 

I've always been kind of strong for my size in some ways. For example I've always been able to sit down and stand up on one leg.

 

I have a pretty skinny build, when I graduated high school I was at 143 or so. Most people who look at me (with clothes on) guess I am about 150 or so, which is at least 15 pounds low. I'm just naturally slender. So I guess I'm (relatively) strong for my size because not a lot of my weight is bones and organs. I've never tried to put on weight, in fact recently I've been trying to lose a few pounds.

 

Edit: Now that I think about it I think my problem with overhead presses is that my lower back is weak. I've been doing deadlifts recently. (Never did them before) My upper back around the shoulder blades is pretty decent but I have a real problem with stability. My center of gravity is pretty high as well.

 

I couldn't even dream of overhead pressing 250. I think my entire body would explode.

 

Edit 2: According to http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/...thStandards.htm my bench press is pretty well developed and my overhead press and deadlift much farther behind, which is what I figured.

[Guest wildpegasus]

I weigh in at 245 and can only bench about 140... I've always been weak in that area...

 

Military Press is up to 250 though...

 

KOAB, are you serious or ribbing? Because anyone that can military press their own bodyweight (are you talking seated or using momentum from a standing up posistion?) is an extremely strong person. There are few people that can do that at all (we're talking seasoned trainers). And the fact that in compariosn your bench is 140. Well, this does not make any sense at all.

 

How long have you been working out?

 

Just as an example that we should all be familiar with -- Look at wrestling for example. How many people have you seen military press LEGIT a wrestler of their own bodyweight without their opponent helping them?

[Guest wildpegasus]

Well, WildPegasus seems serious on this topic. By the way I randomly visited your MySpace, the Garbage Bond theme is pretty cool.

 

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I worked out a lot in college, then after that I only worked out about once a week for a couple years, but now I've started up again more regularly in the past 4 months or so.

 

I've always been kind of strong for my size in some ways. For example I've always been able to sit down and stand up on one leg.

 

I have a pretty skinny build, when I graduated high school I was at 143 or so. Most people who look at me (with clothes on) guess I am about 150 or so, which is at least 15 pounds low. I'm just naturally slender. So I guess I'm (relatively) strong for my size because not a lot of my weight is bones and organs. I've never tried to put on weight, in fact recently I've been trying to lose a few pounds.

 

Edit: Now that I think about it I think my problem with overhead presses is that my lower back is weak. I've been doing deadlifts recently. (Never did them before) My upper back around the shoulder blades is pretty decent but I have a real problem with stability. My center of gravity is pretty high as well.

 

I couldn't even dream of overhead pressing 250. I think my entire body would explode.

 

KOAB is probably innocently mistaken on what he says he can do.

 

With the deadlifts be careful. Deadlifts take a lot out of you. The lower back is by far the muscle group that takes the longest to heal in the body.

[The Niggardly King 0]

Whoops, made a mistake up there... fixed.

[EricMM 0]

I haven't benchpressed in a season.

 

I stopped going to the gym once the pool opened up, I spent all my time exercising laps instead of presses. Much nicer. Although I'm sure my pecs aren't as strong, my lungs got a lot better and I had fun.

 

Now that its past Labor day, I've renewed my gym membership and look forward to heading back sooner or later. I've got to figure out how it can fit into my fencing club work, how quickly I can build the specific muscles up to the endurance level necessary to do both in the same day, so I can rest and have some off days.

 

I kind of agree that this isn't always the best place to discuss the gym. Not only am I ever nervous in trying to have a legit discussion with wp, but ol' License Plate tends to bring the ridiculous more than I can manage.

 

Still. He has a nice fishtank.

[Damaramu 0]

I don't want to turn this into some silly one-upmanship thread, I'm just curious what people here do, especially as a percentage of body weight.

 

For example I weigh about 165 and bench about 250. (For a few reps, say 4 or so)

 

My military/overhead press is about an even hundred. (I seem to have kind of weak shoulders in general)

 

I'm just sort of wondering what the typical ratios tend to be vs. body weight and different excersizes. Is the fact that I can bench 2.5x what I can press normal?

 

My military press is about 4/5ths of my Incline Bench Press. Interesting.

 

One thing to keep in mind when discussing this is that people with long arms will tend to have a lower bench press than people with shorter arms.

 

Is that the same thing as people with long arms can't do very many push ups? Because I can do like 5. I just break it down to the fact that i weigh 250 and it's hard to push all that up.

 

Anyway i've never maxed on bench. I weight 255 and I do reps(3x8) with 175 so do the math and see if you can figure what I max.

[Guest wildpegasus]

I don't want to turn this into some silly one-upmanship thread, I'm just curious what people here do, especially as a percentage of body weight.

 

For example I weigh about 165 and bench about 250. (For a few reps, say 4 or so)

 

My military/overhead press is about an even hundred. (I seem to have kind of weak shoulders in general)

 

I'm just sort of wondering what the typical ratios tend to be vs. body weight and different excersizes. Is the fact that I can bench 2.5x what I can press normal?

 

My military press is about 4/5ths of my Incline Bench Press. Interesting.

 

One thing to keep in mind when discussing this is that people with long arms will tend to have a lower bench press than people with shorter arms.

 

Is that the same thing as people with long arms can't do very many push ups? Because I can do like 5. I just break it down to the fact that i weigh 250 and it's hard to push all that up.

 

Anyway i've never maxed on bench. I weight 255 and I do reps(3x8) with 175 so do the math and see if you can figure what I max.

 

Well, benching is similar to pushups so yeah, I'd say so. It depends a lot on your weight. Actually, pushups are even better than benching similar to the concept of how chins > Lat pulldowns. The free weight exercises tend to be tougher and better. The thing is with pushups is that it's very tough to add resistance over your own bodyweight so for many folks they need to go benching if they want to keep on upping their strength and muscle. You can in theory (and I've done this) put weight on your back for added resistance however.

Of course you've always got dips or weighted dips if you're a very strong guy as well. And it's easier to add resistance to that one with a weight belt. I like dips but I always have a problem with my shoulders if I try to go for too long a range of motion. You'll find they'll hit your triceps harder with these than you would with benching. I still like my incline bench press hower because I'm paranoid about not hitting my upper chest.

 

 

 

About maxing on the bench. Be careful of that. If you're to ever do that (haven't even done it since I was a young lad) make sure you are warmed up with the exercise beforehand because the 1rep max tryout attempts can be an open invitation for injury.

[Guest Princess Leena]

And try to cut down on your hip movement.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

I was going to ask "Is this before or after orgasming?" but Leena just alluded to it.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I can lift up and fling my 140 pound girlfriend from any position with ease. I have no idea about actual exercise measurements, though. I haven't actually worked out with weights in a long long time. When I was working out steadily, it was always strongman competition style, with logs and rocks and pushing my truck up the driveway and shit.

[Guest]

I can't bench press. I've never been good at it.

[MFer 0]

I started lifting in 10th grade and my bench has never been that great for how big I am. I weigh probably 250-260 and I bench around 285. I played D-II college football last year (not on team anymore) and it helped build my strength. I haven't maxed out in a while, but I can probably do 300+ now. I press around 200. Squatting and dead-lifting are more my speed. I've squatted as much as 550 and dead-lifted as much as 650 but that shit fucked up my back so I don't really max out on lower body much anymore. I've also never taken any supplements or anything like that so I'm going to try to get on that stuff this year.

[Mystery Eskimo 0]

About 180lbs and can bench about the same, at the moment. I've not really tried to increase my strength in quite a while.

[Guest Vitamin X]

I weigh 170, and I'm more focused on being in good shape (trying to drop down to 160 before I move in a couple months) and being well toned than being absurdly strong, so I never do bench press, opting instead for dumbbell flies and the incline bench that's kind of on a machine. I never go to the gym with anyone else also, so that has a lot to do with it since I don't have a spotter. I focus a lot more on my triceps and leg strength than my chest, since that's what I use for daily tasks.

 

Last time I benched was in high school, I did 255 I think. But since I played running back and linebacker, again, leg strength, and even moreso now that I do cycling and play intramural football with friends. I know I do at least 500 or so on every quadricep exercise there is with weights (squats, leg press, etc.).

 

I mean, I understand for some people it's a hobby, but I just can't see the point in working out and trying to get so huge so as to show off or anything. I just like working out enough to look good and be in shape.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

My exercise was based on achieving the ability to survive in a post-nuclear world. A place where girlfriend throwing, rock carrying, and car pushing are necessary to survival.

 

Honestly though, who's going to win in a fight: a gymrat, or the guy who chops his own firewood, carries logs in the snow, and builds rock walls?

 

Just watch Rocky IV.

[Guest wildpegasus]

My exercise was based on achieving the ability to survive in a post-nuclear world. A place where girlfriend throwing, rock carrying, and car pushing are necessary to survival.

 

Honestly though, who's going to win in a fight: a gymrat, or the guy who chops his own firewood, carries logs in the snow, and builds rock walls?

 

Just watch Rocky IV.

 

Anyone who does the log carrying on their traps in the deep snow is a tough cat.

 

What about a guy who's done all of that among many other things? Well, except for the girlfriend throwing of course.

 

Of course, it depends on who the gymrat and who the person carrying the logs is. Someone like Benoit is untouchable. In truth, the intensity one CAN reach in the gym is much greater than the intensity that one CAN reach outside. I emphasize the word CAN there. However, the elements can be worse outside and they certainly can toughen one up. And than you can actually get the best of both worlds if you take the gym outside with you. Be forewarned though, your hands can freeze pretty quick in the snow and benching/squatting/chinning in the rain or snow IS NOT SAFE. Trust me, I more than know this

 

I'm having a real hard time believing some of the numbers that some of the people are throwing out here for their bodyweight and their lifting numbers. It doesn't make sense. Maybe some people are mistaken.

[Guest Princess Leena]

There's inanimate objects one can hump outside also, dear.

[Guest BritishBruiser]

There's inanimate objects one can hump outside also, dear.

 

I think someone has a little crush on WP.

[randomguy 0]

I'm not a big guy at all, looking huge is not something that interests me.

 

I don't do leg stuff very much, some deadlifts but that's it for weight. I do use the bike a lot on high resistance and things like that though. I don't really want big legs.

[alfdogg 0]

I could do my weight as a senior in HS, but I haven't lifted regularly since.

[Guest Princess Leena]

I used to do a lot of leg lifting. Got my legs pretty buff. But, that made me inflexible and the probable reason I snapped my achilles. Therefore, weights scare me now.