>Rarely see anyone at my gym bench >100kg >Guys who

I have mates that bench 160+ kilos. Looks pretty cool

Tfw bench 150 kg and all the other gymrats in my gym bench around 60-90kg
Bow for the king

Depends on your gym. I generally work between 100kg and 120kg, but I'm one of the smaller guys. I see regulars load up 4pl8 and then just slam it home for perfect reps like it's nothing.

>>38485127
>>38485232
>>38485264
How's the first month of lifting? I bench 200kg for reps.

My buddy benches 140kg and he looks like he could maybe do 90kg max, its surreal.

Saw some homeless looking black lanket come in, throw on 3pl8 no warm-up with his skinny arms then bench it for 7 reps for sets without an issue. He left after that.

>>38485303
>first month
kek, you fucking dyel shit, i was repping 220 on my first day

>>38485303

>200kg

nice, I bench 201kg 4reps

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How do you fags bench so much? Is this some sort of meme?

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>>38485096
>alone with a big guy in gym
>he asks to spot him on bench with a grin on his face
>whatever, go for a spot
>100kg
>does 10 reps easily
>throws the bar forward over the bench past his legs
>"sorry, guess didn't need a spot"

>>38485334
my 1RM is 120kg

/fit/ is a collection of autistic nerds, of course you're gonna see a collection of strong people here.

Average gym goer is weak as hell.

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>>38485232
Why is anyone benching that when you can actually do push ups, cuz your lifting your body and bodies are usually 60-90kg?
I mean, push ups are even better cuz they work a few other muscles too besides pecs.

>>38485334

3 inch rom due to back snapping arches

>>38485377
weak Bait

>>38485096
Kek@believing what people claim on /fit. Half of the people here are fat and never touched a weight

>>38485096
that is because you train at a commercial gym, I used to think the same until I moved to a real small strength gym where everyone benches at least 120kg

>>38485377
pushups are like 70% of your bw and besides that its harder to load, you need some guy to put weights on your back

I used to bench 300kg a year ago, back before you came to this gym, but I messed my shoulder up

>>38485409
I always love when people make claims like this.

>yeah I bench significantly more than the IPF memearch bench record in my weight class

Of course you did, champ. Of course you did.

I've got only one pec and I bench 102kg 3x5
If I can, do it, homie you can do it aswell

>>38485396
I go to a uni gym that has a lot of "oly lifter" types and I've never seen any of them bench that much even though they're ridiculously strong.

>>38485409
>>38485429
All of my friends do this shit.

One of my friends claimed with a straight face that "back in the day" (when he was 17, which is apparently the prime if your strength according to retards) he used to bench 140kg for 8 reps but he can't now because he's "older" (he's 26) and he hasn't been in the gym for years.

>>38485470
Oly lifting is trex mode the sport

>>38485429
Jesus, you're dense

>>38485453
>I've got only one pec and I bench 102kg 3x5

How did you get it up that high?

>one pec

You can't just say this type of shit and not explain yourself.

>>38485470
Oly lifters generally train press over bench if they train either seriously. If you don't train a lift like that, you probably won't get very strong in it.

>>38485483
2 years of lifting
also poland syndrome, was born like that

>>38485096

>mfw I barely lift 1.25pl8
>mfw over a year in the gym

what is this terrible meme
this board is depressing

>>38485504
eat more

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Been on /fit/ for years, first day i knew people e-stat out the ass.

It never changed.

>>38485096
Because the Internet is for lying, bubs

>>38485511

my diet has enough red meat
don't wanna gain excessive fat when it is already considered a good diet

>>38485512
>found the weak faggot

I used to think the squat stats were made up. Then I learnt proper form and stopped being a pussy

>>38485520
enjoy benching 1.25pl8 for another year then, weakling

1/2/3/4 should take you a year or less to hit. No estating. If you are under that you are fucking up

>>38485532
Oh is that the secret then? Are all of you obese?

>>38485557
No, you just can't gain strength if you don't eat enough protons

>>38485529
While it is fairly easy to reach a 3pl8 squat, I'd estimate about 50% of the people who claim it on /fit/ don't hit depth.

Bench cheating is a lot more blatant, though. On squat, people don't hit depth because they don't understand what 'parallel' means (they assume it refers to any part of the leg parallel to the ground rather than THIGHS parallel to the ground.)

With bench, you see people stopping a good 3'' above their chest and claiming they do 100kg for reps. There's absolutely no way they can't realise that's bullshit.

>>38485540
Yes, less than a year on steroids or if you come from manual labor background and are strong as fuck allready.

You fucking delusional fuckwads, I never heard of anyone who would achieve 2pl8 bench natty in under a year.

This whole place is absolutely retarded.

>>38485540
I'm just approaching 3 months in

85kg bench
60kg OHP
60kg sqaut
140kg Diddy

5'8 72kg

Why is my sqaut so shit guys.

My dick is 10". True story.

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>>38485377
When you're benching it's actually like doing pushups with weight added because of the normal force being exerted on your body from the air.

If you bench 100kg at 80kg bodyweight, you're actually doing pushups at 180kg. It's simple physics

>>38485480
>unequipped world record for superfats is 275 at 150 bw
>highest record for sub 105 is 52kg below that and hasn't been broken for 50 years
>form used to achieve IPF records best described as 'suspect' and at worst describe as 'involves arching the back to the point where ROM is about 3 inches'

And I'm the dense one. You enjoy telling people you used to bench 300kg back in high school, though.

Most of you guys have been low power level humans for most of your lives and you expect not to be weaklings when it comes to lifts
ha Ha ha

>>38485096
You go to a gym filled with pussies.

The early morning guard in my gym are fucking monsters, it's a whole gym filled with guys deadlifting 5pl8 and benching over 4pl8. Everybody lifts or talks competition.

The evening discussion club is a buch of 28-32 year old dads, who discuss lifting, eating and routines. Nobdy does any lifting, proper dieting or progress in their routines, they just talk about it.

It's fucking sad, that I cannot go in the morning anymore, I enjoyed being the weakest a lot more than that I enjoy push pressing other people's squat.

>>38485470
Because oly lifters don't train bench

>>38485620
>>38485620
>The evening discussion club is a buch of 28-32 year old dads
>28 - 32 year old

It's blatantly obvious that some /fit/ posters are under 18. Do you really think 28 is "dad age"? really?

In my gym I have the strongest bench and its only 80 kg.
>tfw most of the regulars are 60-70 year old grannies or some high school kids curling 10 kg.

>>38485593
>85kg bench
>60kg OHP
>3 months in
>72kg

Sure thing, kiddo.

I can bench 140kgx8, but only if I use straps.

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>>38485593
>OHP the same as your squat
Dude you gotta check your form, if you diddylift 3plate you should be able to squat close to that as well.

We are stat bros btw my lifts are exactly the same except I squat 120

>>38485638
the bench part I believe, but OHP 60kg? maybe 1 rep max

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>>38485645
>3 months in
>manlet 72kg
>thinking he will be over head pressin 60kg even for a rep

Sure thing. This is why this board is a joke.

>>38485377
144p bait

>>38485403
it's more like 50% than 70%

>>38485096
>not benching 2pl8 on your first day

>>38485096
I'd say it's a combination of e-stating and selection bias. If you got 8 people in a thread who can bench less than 2 plate, and only 2 people who can bench more than that, it's likely that only the 2 people will post, since they won't be embarrassed of their bench. This will make it seem like everyone on /fit/ can bench over 2 plates, but that's not the case.

>>38485593
Yeah, I find this hard to believe. Maybe if you did a lot of manual labor or forgot to mention that you've been doing brosplits for the past 3 years (which people here have a tendency to not count as ''lifting'' for some reason), but otherwise I'm going to call bullshit.

6 months lifting:
>bench 75
>ohp 55
>squat 107.5
>dead 120

how am i doing lads

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>>38485688
Of course it's hard to believe, just a complete limp wristed moron probably from /a/ or /r9k/. Claims to be able to Dl 140kg yet is stuck on 60kg Squat.

Yeah.. only if DL worked your legs and lower back r-right?

>>38485690
T-rex godmode

>>38485096
I'm 17, 2% bodyfat at 6'1" 225lbs and I can bench 3 plates, completely natty with full ROM.

>>38485096
i have a 120 1rm while being 5'8 and get called dyel

>>38485690
really high OHP to bench

>>38485350
Did you pack the weights up yourself after him?

>>38485579
Any claimed numbers are irrelevant anyway. Do you bench with a flat back, how wide is your grip, touch chest or not, lock elbows or are you half repping, natty or juicing, are you bounce repping, etc, etc.

>>38485096
I am doing 100kg for 8-10 reps per set as we speak.

I lurk between sets.
I dont think you see it much because many strong bros use dumbells over barbell.

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>>38485781
Forgot my pic.

100kg isnt that much ro be honest.

Im more impressed seeing solid sets of 40kg on the dumbells.

>>38485377
Dubs dont lie.

>>38485802
this

I bench 100kg for 6 reps

35kg DBs are hard as fuck

>>38485593
>ohp same as squad
are you sure you're doing the exercises right-side up?

It's because Powerlifting and strength training is getting more popular on the internet.

And you must train at some horrendously shit commercial gym, because every gym I've been to that isn't planet fitness tier has at least two guys benching over 120kg every time I visit.

Also I bench 4pl8 squat just under 6 and deadlift just under 7.5, and nowhere near as strong as the strongest guys i know irl, just go to a decent gym and you'll find non weaklings there.

>>38485096
I bench 105kg for 1 and OHP 80kg for 1.
>tfw dislocated my shoulder 9 months back and it still prevents me from progressing my bench.

Honestly I think if you cant 1/2/3/4 for 5 reps each you are weak. Not piss weak but i would not be impressed. 105kg 6'2 16%bf 20yo hit those numbers easily

>>38485995
>hit those numbers easily
maybe it's because you're over 100kg dummy

>>38485334
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_bias

assuming everyone is telling the truth, the explanation is that the people who have a good bench reply, the people who have shit bench usually don't.

t. 62kgx6 bench press, lifting since June 5.

>>38485995
the average fit adult male weights around 75kg

>>38485995
I would fucking hope you can bench 100kg for a few reps if you weigh 105kg

>>38485096
This is simple, a combination of 2 things:
>most people at gyms don't lift seriously, they're weak.
>most people on /fit/ actually dont lift and/or are just skeletons wishing they looked like zyzz or adie.

>>38485995
Honestly, if you cant do 15+ pullups you're weak. Not piss weak but I would not be impressed.

65kg 5'5 12%bf 16yo could hit those numbers easily.

>>38485613
You're implying that handstand push up with 100kg extra weight needs the same force as bench pressing, nigga u cray.

>>38485096

My gym is full of dyels and old people in khakis and dress pants playing on machines with confused looks and doing cardio. I'm the strongest guy that I've seen there and my max is 245lb for reps. My old gym was a powerlifting gym and I miss it dearly. I don't want to be the strongest, I want to see other people do more and work my way up to them.

>>38485096
You must go to a shitty gym. I can think of at least 10 guys in my gym that can bench over 3plate, myself not included.

Honestly I think if you cant do 160kg bench for 5 reps you are weak. Not piss weak but i would not be impressed. 82.2kg 6'4 8%bf 22yo (with 9.3/10 gf) and i hit those numbers easily

>>38486062
handstand push up is a vertical pressing moving, the fuck you're on about

>>38485613
This doesn't look right anon pls. If i weigh 200 kg and do 50 kg benches am i doing 250 kg pushups? Why does my bodyweight factor to lift things UP?

>>38486048
>the 'average' 'fit' adult male is a skinny manlet

What metric are you using for 'fit' there?

>>38485613
the problem with bench/push-up comparison is in the fact that you have your feet supporting some of your bodyweight.

incline planes is a good way to explain why leg presses are so much easier than squats, but it doesn't apply to pushups.

>>38485758
>Did you pack the weights up yourself after him?
Sorry not a native english speaker. You mean did I lift the same weight? My bench max is only 90kg

>>38485916
that's weird. i can do 37.5 x 5 dumbbell chest press but only like 85 kg bench

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>>38485350

On the other hand

>alone with skellington teenager in gym
>benching 4 plates just for 1 rep, should be nice and easy but I'll just get a spot for reassurance
>he looks like he knows enough to spot me
>ask him for a quick spot and tell him he probably wont need to touch it at all
>start benching
>pause on my chest
>he panics
>grabs weight
>leans backwards
>pulls it over my neck
>I can't press it from this position and he cant pull it off me
>fuck me I'm going to die having my throat crushed by a barbell
>manage to push just one side so it starts to tip
>he finally catches on and starts pulling one side
>wiggle my head out
>throat feels crushed
>every time I swallow feels like being punched in the throat

Fucking hell lads I'm scared to bench heavy now

>>38486388
Had this happen to me recently but no spotter. I rolled it to my chest and feet aka the roll of shame. This seems much safer.

> they assume it refers to any part of the leg parallel to the ground rather than THIGHS parallel to the ground.

dumbass, proper depth is BELOW parallel. crease of the hips below the patella.

>>38486497
you can't do that at higher weights though, because you'll seriously bruise your abdomen.

>>38486388

was hillary your spotter by any chance?

>>38486388
Laughed

>>38485409
Everybody says shit like that to me when I squat.

>oh, yeah i used to squat 400 pounds back when I played football.
>what? How much do I squat? Oh, no, I can't squat, I have a bad knee :^)

Every. Fucking. Time. I squat.

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>>38486521

>>38485096
I can bench the closest star to this planet easily.

>fit claims 1/2/3/4 5rm is piss easy
>open symmetric strength thread
>maybe 5% of posters have a 4pl8 deadlift 1rm

>>38486540
Fucking infuriating, ain't it? At least a 400 pound squat is a semi-believable number.

>>38486388
>gym at midnight
>it's empty
>can bench in a cage without being judged

>>38486570
I 1/2/3/4 for reps but it took me more than a year to hit it. I'm not gonna lie and try to be some internet tough guy. But like a few people pointed out - 1/2/3/4 is hard for some people (me starting at 130lb skelly FFXI nerd) compared to fatasses starting that can pull 3pl8 first day.

I remember the first time I pulled 3pl8, i needed to hold on to a bench in order to not faint, thats how bad I was seeing stars.

It took me like 12 months to hit 3pl8 but I went from 3 to 4 in about 3 months

Tl:dr- 1/2/3/4 for 5 is actually pretty fucking hard and I respect anyone that can do it legitimately

>>38486594
Meh happens with bench too, rarely with deadlift though. I honestly think it's because I'm a 175lb twink and its usually bigger guys telling me this crap. I think it makes them insecure tonsee a guy '''''smaller''''' than them lifting more than double what they lift

Fwiw - 400 might be SEMI believable, but bot many people have actually ever squatted 400lbs dude

>>38486516
even at 65kg it wrecks your dick if your bar has knurling in the middle

>>38486516
ok i scared now

I go to a crossfit/olly gym thats right next to a rugby club. I rarely see anyone, even the small guys, bench less than 90kg.

>bench 75x5
>always feel small as fuck when I'm in there

>>38485096
You've gotta go late night mate. I go 9pm or later and there is always at least one guy in there benching more than three plate.

My maxes were really weak (still are I guess) for a long time before I just was honest with myself that perhaps I was not as good at the whole lifting thing as I would have liked to think.

Stepped back on weight a bit, really, really focused on form and feeling the activation in the right muscles and got an actual program to follow.

ATM:

110 kg Bench
130 kg Squat
160 kg Deadlift
65 kg OH-press (fucked up shoulder, can't go heavy )

Oh and I'm a tiny 5'4 dude.Guess that kind helps for DL really.

>>38485334
I don't, 65 kg x 8

>>38485593
low quality bait

>>38485690
bench should be higher with a 55 ohp

>>38485690
What did you start at?

>>38485096
I'm Omw, 6 months and I'm at 180lbs. 5x5 Finally found my form for my back arch and leg drive

>>38485096
I've hit 110kg bench in 3 months, and I'm a chubby fuck 185cm@90kg...

>>38485377
who is this semon demon?
this boner toner?

>bench 185
>squat 225
>deadlift 425
>leg press lmao10pl8 (900lbs)
Whats wrong with me?

>>38486041
Finally someone with brains.

>>38485579
I know this is satire, but it really gives the noobs wrong ideas about that's realistically achieveable.

>http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/StrengthStandards.html

Here's what's really up

>>38485540
Depends on your starting point. my first time OHPing was 3x3 at 135lbs and my very first bench max at 15 was 205lbs.

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>>38485615
He was being facetious you fucking autismal

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>>38485579

>>38487353
Dat webm

>>38486388
That's what you get for ego lifting.

True stats:
5rm
OHP 50kg
Bench 80kg
deadlift 82.5kg
squat 100kg

beat that nerds

>>38487957
5rm
ohp 60kg
bench 102.5
dl 150
sq 110

75bw

Lifting for 6 years now.

Deadlift 180kg
Squats 150kg
Bench 120kg

Sadly, I have these stats since 3 years ago, I packed on an additional 5-6kg of muscles during that time but no strength gains.

>inb4 lmao lol rofl weakfag dyel

5rm
OHP 32.5kg
Bench 55kg
Deadlift 70kg
Squat 60kg

Started at 10kg, bar, bar, bar

6ft 69kg

>>38485096
>>Rarely see anyone at my gym bench >100kg
what kind of a dyel gym you go to? half the people I see bench go up to at least 100 in their reps

>>38487336
>implying that chart isn't just pulled out of someone's ass

>>38485403
What is a backpack

doing stronglifts and my stats are currently these:

squat 142.5 kg
dl 155
bench 80
ohp 55

I am a fatty so my legs are strong, but fuck having a weak upper body

>>38485995
>being proud of bench under your bodyweight kek

>>38486061
this

To be able to do 20 pullups while at 1/2/3/4 is impressive. How many can you do at 105? 3?

Don't feel bad guys. My lifetime 1RM is 190lbs, though would probably about 170 if I tested it today. I'm 30 and with a lifetime of shoulder dysfunction I'm not touching any shit that I can't put up at least five times.

ive never seen anyone bench more than 4 plates. 3 is rare. most guys go up to 2 and that's it.

personally i haven't benched in years.

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>>38485314
That's black genetics for you.

There are untrained 3rd world black guys who have the worst possible diet on Earth who look better than the average white /fit/ gymcel.

It's hilarious how some people are literally so bluepilled that they deny this despite the BLATANT evidence of it being true.

Saw some giganigger on steroids come into the gym and train with his old white dude friend. They load up 2pl8 on incline bench and do like 3x5-8. Not that impressive when you weigh like 300 pounds. Then again, half the people on fit are fat powerlifters and the only reason they bench 2pl8 is cause they weigh 225 or more

>>38485579
>I never heard of anyone who would achieve 2pl8 bench natty in under a year.
This is the easiest one out of the bunch though....

>>38487336
>>38488417
It's actually derived from percentages of world class strength athlete performance numbers.

E.g. if super heavyweight deadlifters at world competitions are about 1000 lbs, then elite would be like 80% of that (forgot the exact numbers, but you get the idea). The amount of time described to reach each level though is a bit bro-sciencey.

>>38485429
>talking to mom's old friend
>"so little buddy I heard you like lifting? That was my main hobby back in the day, the gym was my second home. I was benching 375lbs for 12 reps! I was leaner back then, too. 180lbs bodyweight was my strongest point"
>resist urge to tell him that is a world class level bench press

>later
>watching olympics
>snatches are going on
>"yeah bro we used to call that clean and jerk back in the day, guess they changed the name to snatch for some reason"

Why do middle aged men lie so ducking much about their "golden days" of lifting?

>>38485995
>>38486031
>>38486051
>>38486048
>>38486138
>the 'average' 'fit' adult male is a skinny manlet
>What metric are you using for 'fit' there?
Not the guy you're replying to but Arnold weighed 106.6 kg when he competed and won Mr. Olympia a half dozen times. So I would say that is a good metric to call you out on being a giant fucking fatass for being impressed with himself for doing slightly less than BODYWEIGHT BENCH for reps. lololololololol

>>38488904
>ducking
Smartphone correction detected.

A lot of middle-aged men want to be seen as knowledgeable and experienced because they're old and they should be knowledgeable and experienced.

Some are, some aren't.

One guy around 90 kgs did 3s or 5s with 3 plates on bench. Impressive motherfucker

>>38488911
I'm not the 105er with a 2pl8 bench.

75kg is still skinny manlet weight.

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>>38485540
>be me last year, 120lbs 5'8'' skelly
>start benching
>can barely bench 50lbs for 8 reps
>work my way up to a 195lb bench ORM in a year
>didn't start squatting till 6 months into lifting
>started with 75lbs and struggled with it
>didn't start squatting with good form until 9 months in
>currently at 2.5pl8 squat ORM
>have someone on /fit/ tell me I'm doing it all wrong because I didn't reach 1/2/3/4 in under a year
>even though I started at fucking nothing and worked so fucking hard to get to where I am right now

Fucking kill yourself. Seriously.

>>38488972
How much do you weigh now?

>tfw hungry skellington didn't do fucking GOMAD properly

>>38486791
not bait retard
>>38485939
i dont know why its so bad, my max is probably more like 95 kg but it feels really wrong above 60 at the minute.
>>38485688
i have never trained in anything i was a lethargic 60kg guy when i started
>>38485644
I just cant squat well for some reason
>>38485652
ill show you when i go gym tomorrow, the only footage i have is me ohping 40kg for reps, diddying 100kg for reps and squatting 60kg for reps.
The form on the 1 plate ohp was bad but i got it up, it's not even a proficient lift so i dont understand why you think it's unbelievable.

>Benching subton weights

Kek, how's your first week at the gym?

>>38485334
It could be training. If you're doing a split it may be harder for you to bench a good weight than someone who is doing structured bench training, some people are coached or have other resources to call upon that aren't reading shit on the internet, The best guy to ask about how do I bench 140kg is someone you know who does 140kg not some dyel who doesn't actually train. That being said my advice to you is to train bench twice a week and make sure you do rear delt, overhead tricep, bicep and heavy rows to increase your bench. I guess if you have any questions respond to this post.

>>38488992
155lbs bodyweight right now.

Obviously not all lean muscle because then I'd be fucking shredded. But still, a 3pl8 squat is 2x my bodyweight.

Whereas for someone who weighs 100kg, 3pl8 squat is 1.4x bodyweight.

I think 1/2/3/4 should take into account starting bodyweight and current bodyweight T B H

who cares how much you can lift if you're fat

>>38489045
I'd agree at that bodyweight you're not doing bad, but damn kid you seriously need to eat more. Unless you're literally 5' 3''.

>>38489045
>155lbs
>after a year

please tell me you are a manlet

>>38488904
They have to tell themselves this so they can abate the feeling of dread that seeps into you as you age.

>>38489045
something only a manlet would say

shoo shoo

>>38485303
get a load of this faggot, I do 220kg after lifting to 6 months.

>>38489084
>>38489119
>tfw already mentioned I am 5'8''

Yes I'm a manlet

Lanklets pls go