There are a substantial amount of fellows posting and interacting on this board who can’t bench 225They’re just talking to you completely normally and you wouldn’t suspect a thing
>>77587559Im 5'7. I wasnt built for benching 225. Not without being a powershitter
>>77587559I didn't even post here doing anything except for asking till I could bench 2pl8. And you know what I got? Nothing. I got less than a handful of replies let alone serious ones or from a place of having benched heavy. Who do you think you are browsing and not even spending 20 seconds like man you are fucked. It's like that scene from idiocracy where the guy holding the square block into the circle shape is hiding his answers for the iq test.
>>77587571You could try to fix your shoulder injury by resting it, otherwise I don't know what else you could possibly imagine that would even begin to solve that. Hey guys how do I eat less to get abs, ps no useless answers I'm not a roidfag.
i bench over 225 and it doesn't matter because 90% of people who care about it enough to bring it up have shit form that doesnt hit their muscles effectively anyway (like OP)
>>77587564You’re not mentally built for it because you can’t even put in the small amount of consistency needed to bench literal toddler weightAs in you shouldn’t even admit you go to the gym until you can bench it kind of weight
>>77587577I did 335 for 4 on Sunday
>>77587578Its actually because im not willing to become a fatass to do it. Most people can barely press 1xbw. So assuming that for me, id have to weigh 200 to 225lbs. At my height id be 25% bodyfat at 225lbs. Im much more comfortable benching 185 at 170lbs
>>77587605Holy shit how do you even live with yourself lmao
>>77587614Feels good not being a fatass
>>77587605You stop eating foods like you are superstitious about the magical scale. Your fat cells also need hydration congrats now you have unlocked gains that are noticeable every week by simply allowing protein synthesis to occur in any meaningful capacity.Don't believe me? Drink extra water and salt/electrolytes and eat a 300cal bowl of rice every hour or 2 for 1 or 2 days. It is not physically possible for the weight gain to be actual fat.
>>77587618I’m 190 with visible abs and I rep three plates. And it’s not even that hard it just takes consistent effort. Literally just gain contractile tissue and stop coping. Faggots like you shouldn’t have rights
>>77587621>I’m 190 with visible absX
>>77587626Are you a faggot or a shitskin or both?
>>77587559>was in sports for several years or did pushups and dips or whatever>benches more than nerds but makes shit progress It's genetics. I was born with the sole purpose of crushing filthy peasants between my sweet pecs.
>>77587628Why dont you post proof instead of coping
>>77587605>DYEL claiming that you have to weigh 225 to bench 225Grim state of /fit/ in 2026
>>77587621All you have to do is get good at lifting though and that is asking too much. You probably underestimate yourself because actually understanding these mechanisms are about as common as being not only a doctor but a surgeon.
>>77587580You’re a fat ogre though
>>77587636Thats typically how most bulks go. Your first time hitting 225 youre going to weigh about 225
>>77587638All you have to do is keep benching until you learn how to do itEven for retards it should take less than 50 bench sessions to learn how
>>77587639You’re the fat one considering you have the muscularity of a 130lb female
>>77587641Plenty of people benching that who never went above 200lbs in their life
>>77587636I am close to pressing my bodyweight too. Overhead press.>flexes most muscularWhat you need to do is drink a lot of whisky, vodka and rum are worse for gains and make you look like a pussy. Right after you take a shit, go bust out a set immediately. Women's asses? If you can get a whiff it will give you up to 2 bonus sets at +10%. If you can only look then make sure to focus on her butthole so that your prefrontal cortex activates amd sends testosterone straight to your muscles and dick. If they check to see if you were looking at their ass, just pretend to have been zoning out. Can't keep that gains factory from me for long even if I have to harness her to the stair master as a lifting ornament. Any questions?
>>77587648Yeah and everyone is different. Wasnt happening for me so why bother. Big bench and having man boobs isnt my style anyways
>>77587648Yeah sure if your pecs are half of your torso
>>77587559there are literal mummies who can't bend over to touch their toes making threads rn
>>77587559If you can't bench 225 you should keep aiming for it until you can:)
>>77587652No nigga it’s uncs and random high school kids
>>77587649Uh yes, sensei ass sniffer I do have a question. What if there are no asses in the gym? Should I just have an ass folder in my gallery in case my muscles are reaching the optimal time to lift?
>>77587657I would rarely see people benching over 2pl8s even at college or powerlifting gyms. A lot of people wear elbow wraps and shit too or bring the bar lower to hit their stomach or are built to cheat reps basically. >can bench 300+lbs ''raw''>can not do a handstand pushupThe real world strength I want is like pushing someone around, picking someone up, punching them. Not performing a circus act.
>>77587666Arching is like 10% at most and elbow wraps are purely for injury prevention
>>77587621>no body with timestamp postedThread saged
>>77587669You can already just do wide grip to mostly remove triceps and delts as being taken to 100%, wraps can definitely be layered or extra tight. Arching for me is more like 20%.
>>77587669Nah a lot of fitness influences know how to use the wraps to get the maximal bounce out of it. That's like saying a bench shirt is to focus on delts and arms. However the 20% arch i cited is more if I bring the bar lower and lower range of motion for the purpose of the lift not hypertrophy or as a common exercise I do. However when I do lift like this the pump is absolutely insane.
>>77587559What's the squat/deadlift equivalent? I don't want to bulk out my upper body :(
>>77587577I've found the trend that people who bring up their bench press numbers usually don't lift.
>>77588521I only bench 40 pounds. I used to bench 160ish a decade ago.
>>77587580nice!
>>77587559One time about ten years ago I benched 225 no leg drive, butt on the bench, no wraps no belt
but i don't care how much I lift im in the gym to build muscle im not bothered that some guy can put more weight on the bar, wrap his elbows and wrists, do a massive arch, use leg drive, bounce the bar off his powebelly and do 1 rep
>>77587559I dont even lift LOL!
>>77587605I do 185 for 8 reps at 170. You just don't lift right faggot
>>77587666A handstand pushup is the definition of a circus act. If you want 'real world strength', lift heavy.
>>77589781Sounds like you bench under 225
>>77587559I weigh 225 and bench 185 is that good
>>77587605When I was 24 I benched 225*5 paused at 155lbs. You’re just incapable of being consistent bud
>>77587564I'm 5'7 and I dip heavier than that after plates are added
>>77587638just lift the weight dude it's literal grug caveman stuff
>>77592468You need to bulk up to 300lbs son. You'll never get a good bench at victim weight.
>>77587564There's a 5'5" Chinese man benching 3 plates for reps on youtube. Yeah, he is an outlier but nonetheless an example that it can be done, you're just a bitch
My best has been 7 reps of 225 lbs at 165 bodyweight. Bench is extremely weight sensitive and I don't want more fat, so yeah. I'm happy as isIt's also way beyond what most people will ever bench, including gym goers. Why not be happy about it? I think it's a perfectly end-game goal to achieve, unless you're into powerlifting, in which case it's more of an entry pointBe happy about your achievements and don't belittle others
