>tfw finally hit 2 plate bench do you guys remember the

>>41160392
Not there yet. Only started bulking about a month ago. I'm st 135 and hoping to add 5lbs every two Bench sessions

>>41160421
>5lbs every 2 bench sessions

you should be able to lift way more than 5 more lbs each session if you give a couple day break inbetween if you're just starting out

>>41160392
Hit 315 then you can be happy. Hit 405 then you can celebrate.

>>41160438
Not just starting out, just starting bulking. Should I be able to go faster than that? I'm not doing a massive bulk only 300 over TDEE.

>>41160392
> three months ago you could barely bench 115
Well don't just fucking sit there OP, give us deets. Did you use gear? How much did your bodyweight increase? What was your bench progression/routine like?

>>41160460
Ive just been eating like I normally would, haven't bulked or anything since I started

>>41160392
>>tfw finally hit 2 plate bench
What is high school like?

>>41160467
My bodyweights went up 5lbs, 180 to 185lbs in 3 months since I started and I benched twice a week

>>41160485
I'm 26 I didn't lift in high school

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>>41160524
>26
>225 bench

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>be me, baby silverback gorilla
>want to get big
>read Starting Ape
>linearprogress.xls
>tfw adding 1pl8 per session
>tfw bench is at 19pl8
>tfw stalling at 20pl8
>need to eat 1DBAD(1 dozen bananas a day)

>>41160536
>talking down to other folks who are trying to make it
never gonna make it

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>>41160559
>Taking posts serious on a Japanese image board

>>41160536
I used to do dips, pullups and pushups when I was younger and had a bar with 100lbs to go with it and I'd ohp that when I was like 20, haven't done any sports anything since though

>>41160392
What do you weigh? If you weigh more than 225 and just barely got there, you're still weak for your size.

>>41160597
Just weighed myself and I'm 182 and did the 2 plate bench Wednesday

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when people ask you "can you bench 225?" do they mean for 1rm or for reps? I always thought it meant a minimum 5 reps

>>41160620
You're barely, barely over average (strength to weight wise) but you'll end up getting stronk in the future. Good work on your progress, you're gonna make it.

>>41160685
Usually they mean 1 rep.

>>41160685
I always differentiated it with "One rep max" and "Working weight" but yeah it usually means their one rep max. Technically, they're still correct

>>41160392
>130 lb manlet
>started my lifting journey when I could only do 60 lb
>I maxed out at 250 last week
>I'm so happy
>only 10 more lb until it's 2x my weight, I'm so happy

>>41160392
I used to think it was a lot but before becoming /fit/ not even lifting just a semi physical job I could bench 225 after a month. I guess most people start at sub 150lb I guess? I weighed 185 when I started. Do most people just literally start for bone and fat?

>>41160773
None of this is true lol

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>>41160453
its never gonna add inches to your dick bra

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>>41160392
>2pl8
>225lbs

nice b8

>>41160727
>20% over bodyweight is barely above average

how tf do you figure that? Average for what? It cannot be the average person, the average person doesn't even lift, hell the average person is clinically obese in some states.

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>>41161060

I started lifting as a fatass last september, managed to reach 135lbs (started at 95) but keep stalling for weeks now. I've been eating at a 500-1000 cal deficit since. Will I stop making any progress while on a cut?

>>41161074
The average novice lifter can do a 1 to 1 ratio on the bench press. So yeah it's not that impressive.

>>41161149
I made strength gains while cutting

>>41160392
Yes, in my sophmore year of high school, winter semester in feburary

Im 22 now

just getting started out. benched 115 yesterday. how quickly can I increase this? how to increase quickly?

>>41160392

I don't remember what it felt like because I was a sophomore in high school working out for football. I'm 28 now, and my 1RM is 370, so I don't remember the 2 pl8 feel.

>>41161219
Well yes so did I, I'm just wondering if I should expect some more or if stalling now is normal.

>>41161240
OP here and it shouldn't take too long but my gym bro is still at 135 bench and he's lifted for 8 months

>>41161258
Depends how good your genetics are

>>41160392
2 pl8 is good after 3 months of lifting man. What's your OHP max?

>>41161353
I can ohp 125 5 times I haven't done a 1 rep max on ohp in a while

>>41161149
do you squat DL first before you bench? stop doing that

bench/ohp is always the first exercise you done in a full body routine. you shouldn't stall on 500 as long as you meet your macros. other causes could be sleep

>>41161149
>>41161258
I'm in the same situation and have upped my protein intake significantly
(Fucking stupid retarded thing I ded earlier was just hit my calories and not macros never ate above 80g protein at 176lbs)
Now I'm eating a lot of protein. I eat about 140g. Also eating 400 below maintenance
Will I still stall?

>>41160541
I heard DBAD gives you baboon ass though

>>41160392
Why do they have such a big guy doing it. I'm skinny and can do it.

>>41160392
Just got 2p8 at 165 lbs

I really wanna increase my bench. I'm 72kg 5'7, and currently bench 60kg. Doing ppl and benching twice a week in the 5-7 rep range. Bulking on 2.8k calories, and getting ~120-140 grams of protein a day. Is there a way to do this more efficiently? My goal right now is 80kg bench by the end of the year.

>>41161018
After cutting down from fatty I was 155 at 6'2" with probably 12% body fat still, so yeah pretty much bone and fat. Started at 95 lbs

It took me 6 months to go from 135 bench for reps to 225 bench for reps. Lifted for 3 more months then stopped.

Took a year and a half off.

Took me 2.5 months to get back up to 225 for reps.

>>41162094
>took a year and a half off

Why

>>41161018
Most people can barely 1 rep 100lbs there first time benching. It's something that needs good form and technique in order to do properly

I remeber 10th grade well OP. Keep it up and you'll be 3 pl8 soon.

>>41162327
>doesn't realize most people will never get to 2 pl8 bench

>>41162337
Wow, I got the equivalent of a two plate bench when I was 13.

>>41160392

the real fun doesnt start until 2.5pl8. this is the first significant milestone above 2pl8. if you can 2.5pl8 (275 freedom units) for reps (3x5 or better), then you are cruisin towards makin it.

>>41162353
Thingsthatneverhappened.jpg

>>41162337
This

I don't see too many people in my gym able to do 225 for reps

Since we have a bench thread I might as well ask here.

I see people saying 225, but 225 for what? I mean a 1x1 225 is laughable.

When people say they bench 225 they mean at least 3x5, correct?

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who 3pl8 bench here?

>>41162378
No they mean 1 rep max

>>41162378
Bench press is a 1 rep max kind of lift

>>41162417
Ok, so, what does it mean if a person can do 230 3x5? I always thought I was relatively weak considering the numbers thrown around here.

>>41162427
stronger than atleast 95% of the population

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>tfw benching 5 sets of 5 140lbs

>>41160392
>do you guys remember the first time you benched 225?
Yes, it was the first time I actually had access to a gym with normal barbells and plates, rather than lifting with a hollow pipe and sandfilled plastic moulds.

>>41162579
>5 sets of 5 instead of 3 x 5
shiggy

>>41162393
Literally my max

>>41161210
>average novice lifter

Define.

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>>41162592
explain

>>41162592
>>41162579
>not overtraining

You'll never grow if you follow the "muh sets of reps" routines. You need to be training to near muscle failure if you want to grow at all.

Otherwise you're not gonna see any gains at all and you'll get discouraged.
For example, here's my bench sets. (Do this with either a spotter or a smith machine. Yes, a smith machine. This way you can target the chest easier and you can actually burnout alone)

>pyramid set
My max is 315, so I start with 135. 10-15 reps. 185. 10-15 reps. 225. 10 reps or so. 285 Until I can't anymore.
>come down the pyramid
Burnout at 225, 185, 135.
Then I'll put three 25lb pl8's on each side and burn out taking one off each side after every set until I get to the bar.
And yes, I burnout with the bar.

This is the only way you'll ever really see any progress. I went from being a weak fuck who couldn't get 185 to maxing 315 in a little over a year, maybe a year and a half by doing this.

>>41160685
How dumb are you? Ofc its 1rm
If you can bench 225 for 1 rep you can bench 225
Lmao

>>41160453
You're doing it wrong, you're not meant to put OP's achievement down. Observe:

>>41160392
That's amazing OP. Halfway to 4pl8 bench and that wish from the gainsfairy.

>>41162632
Not even westside barbell train to failure, and those guys were roided to the eyeballs. You always want one rep in the tank at the end. You see similar gains, and you avoid injury way way more.

Your post is dumbass DYEL advice.

Yea, the first time I went to a gym with a bench press at 16/17

I previously was in a really small gym with just a smith machine so used to bench on that

If you can't bench press two plate within a few months then you should probably kys

>>41163010
>I used to bench
>on a smith machine
>yeah totally 2pl8 first time
Living meme.

>>41162971
>Not even westside barbell train to failure, and those guys were roided to the eyeballs
THose guys train for shirts and suits.
There is zero carryover from training wrong in gear, hence why they do their low reps.

You don't compare cyclists to runners, don't compare westside to normal lifting, unless you need 500$ worth of accesories to even start lifting your 50% 1RM

>>41162066
Protein is a meme

I'm 6' 235lb and eat MAYBE 100-120g on a good day and that's usually by accident and can bench 290 and squat 500, you don't need it

>>41162322
Most 12 year olds maybe, I've seen people that weigh 60kg lifting their bw first try

>>41162066
>Bulking on 2.8k calories
>Is there a way to do this more efficiently
Yes, eat more.
Like, literally double what you are eating.
Keep with the slow and steady progression on lifting, just eat more.

If you feel like you're getting flabby, go for singles. Then, after you hit more than 2pl8, you can maintain and recompose.

>>41163010

>2 pl8 on a smith machine

all of my lmao

>>41163053

>protein is a meme

fuck science and all decades of study. The broscience is strong with this one

>>41162427
Don't compare yourself to the numbers you see on here. The majority don't even lift, others inflate their numbers wildly. The rest might be strong and have trained hard and long

>95kg
So close

Actually what is the definition of being able to do 2pl8?

Is it 1 rep or sets of reps? Because i think i could push one out.

>>41163053

There was this one guy some time ago here telling how he eats only maybe 80g of protein a day and makes these sick gains but doesn't even track his calories.

Well needless to say I asked what he eats and counted it all up and it appeared he was eating easily over 150+ grams of protein daily.

Then obviously like this guy said >>41163084

Fuck all the science and studies you know. It's scientifically proven that athletes who ate 2g protein x kg vs 1g protein x kg gained significantly more muscle mass during X period of training.

But ya know. Protein is a meme.

>>41163039
>THose guys train for shirts and suits.
You might want to find out about what you're commenting on before actually commenting on it.

Tfw can pause bench 225 5x5 however been stuck for almost a month

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>>41160392
yeah, when I was like 16 years old.

>>41160392
whats your program and how did you progress

I did 2pl8 a long time ago with absolute shit form and never had problems. Now i'm working my way back up and keep hurting myself with good form. At 75kg x 5 after 3 months. Wish I was 20 again

>>41160392
>3 months and only 110 lb increase

What retard program were you doing?

I was hitting 240 for reps after 2 months doing SS

I hit 225 a few months ago. Getting to 225 wasn't as hard as people make it out to be, it's getting past 225 that's a bitch. I've only progressed to 240 since I hit 2pl8.

>>41164266
I was hitting 300 for reps when I came to the gym for the first time and my only activity before that was playing basketball.

>>41164345
DYEL? I was benching 4pl8 after only a few months of playing high school soccer.

First time i put up 225 i realized i had another one in me ended up getting a couple more thanks to the pure adrenaline

>>41162393
I am 10kg away from 3 pl8..

current 1 rep max 130 kg

>>41164746
Mirin

>>41163237
Lol 16 year olds hardly bench the bar

>>41166757
1/10

Doing Texas Method and aiming for 97.5x5 today.

Don't think I've slept enough though

>>41163129
When you say, "yeah I bench 2 plate", people assume it's for reps ie. at least 5

>>41166757
enjoy ban

>>41166908
No people assume that's a 1 rep maximum, you tell people your max not your working weight

>>41166855
I got it but I think I might have bounced the reps a bit

Lets see if I can get 100 on Friday

wtf is a plate

>>41169246
45lbs

so 2pl8=45lb+45lb=90lb

OP was just baiting (and lots of newfags fell for it)

>>41160392
>2 weeks ago
>never benched anything over 190x5
>say fuck it and try to go for a 1rm after my work set
>throw on 200, goes up easily, felt like I could do 2 more reps easy
>205, felt a harder
>210 felt pretty hard and I had no spotter, so I left it at that
Maybe I'd be able to get it, if I wasn't a pussy but I don't wanna risk it for bragging rights.

>>41169301
>but I don't wanna risk it for bragging rights.

you are way too sensible to be on this board

>>41166757
>>41167682
why did this guy got banned tho wtf?

>>41160392
>You guys remember the first time you benched 225?

H-heh... Remember... Yeah

>>41160392
>tfw finally hit 2 plate snatch

>>41169432
He tried trolling about how you should be able to lift more after 3 months and in his retarded fit said he did 315 for a tripe at age 15.

>>41169543
Oh yeah, he said that was last week, implying he's underage.

>>41169543
yea I saw the post I use 4chanX

but why? people get banned because of that now? what in the fuck

>>41169561
People have always been banned for saying they're under 18

moot changed the age limits of the blue boards to 13 for like a day or two but there was a huge chimp out

>>41162393
325 max here. Just started another round of Wendler 5/3/1 BBB so we'll see how long I can sustain it.

I looked at switching to Juggernaut for longer meso-cycles but they're too long with JM. The rep schemes are fucked too.

>tfw JM calls for 225 x 14+ on the first round of bench

Sorry, Chad Wesley Smith. I ain't doing that except for fun.

>>41169573
shit man I didn't even think about the age thing.. I just thought the guy got banned for e-stating/trolling that's why I was so shocked

it was so obvious retarded bait that I didn't even took it seriously, seems like we have a couple trigger-happy mods over here

>>41162094
What about your other lifts? Before, after break, and time spent to regain. I would like to know because I stopped goint due to health issues, and would like to know what to expect my 'regains' time to be.

>>41169592
>5/3/1 BBB
Remember, you can switch up the BBB template as well. The 3 month challange with 50-60-70% for 5x10 is not the only option for BBB. You can do 5x5 with 80% or 5x3 with 90%, which is substantially less volume but also more sustainable.

>>41162602
A statistic I pulled out my ass

>>41160392
Is 100 kg bench really that hard to attain?
I can do it for max of 6 reps and I don;t feel like it's THAT BIG of an accomplishment.
I mean it is for me,but not something that I can boast a lot about (not that I like to boast about lifts,fuck that).

>>41162307

Working as busy lawyer and wife had a baby. Ate into gym time. I got fed up trying to go to a gym and realized that I had disposable income due to having no more life and bought a rack, weights, etc.

How the fuck did you go up 110 pounds in 3 months?

>>41170993
Baby attorney here. What type of law and do you find it fulfilling?

>>41171264

Intellectual property. I work with IRL artists and creatives online (youtubers, etc). I'm also basically contracted in-house for a tech company as well. I sue people on contingency who try to screw over my clients and just steal their stuff for their own commercial endeavors.

It's fulfilling but after having a kid I wish I weren't working 60 hours a week anymore.

>115 to 225 in 3 months

how

>>41171110

He probably weighs 300 pounds +

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>>41160392
I think an average coachpotato without any training could bench 100kg for one rep. Are people here really that weak?

>>41171297
Nice, I want my main focus to be IP (can't do patent because I have a BA undergrad). If I can't squeeze into IP something simple like Trusts and Estates or Commercial Real Estate will be the way to go.

Good luck on your lifting journey, it seems like you have everything else in life pretty much in check. From one attorney to another, "I'm proud, brah."

>>41171330

Nice b8

>>41160685
It means 20 reps. They must be paused, slow up and down, no wrist wraps, no belt, and no arch. Anything less than that, and you're not REALLY benching 225.

There are only like 3 people on /fit/ than can actually bench 225.

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>>41171345
I'm dead serious. When I was like 16, 17 and playing highschool basketball, I was able to bench 100kg for one rep.

>>41171343

Proud of you too! It takes balls to get rolling in the legal world. We're all gonna make it. Or something like that. :)

>>41171366

One smooth rep, touch chest then back up till lock out?

I think you're seriously over estimating the rest of the population

>>41171366

Would unironically say most people can't even bench their body weight

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>>41171402
>>41171413
I have my own water well. It has to be fluoride in your water.