Benching 135lbs, How Many Times?

[gulfcoasttraining]

Personally, I don’t pay attention to dates. I read post and threads, dates are irrelevant for me when it comes to reading training topics, logs, and responses. People are still doing the same dips and pull ups 30 years back. If it’s posted, view-able, and I don’t have to click to go through 30 pages, chances are I’ll respond or at least read it.

As far as Talladega Nights, I’ve never seen it or any brand new movies. I haven’t watched a television in more than 10 years. Don’t have time for television or movies.

[Chris_Colucci]

@gulfcoasttraining

I don’t pay attention to dates.

Yeah, that was clear when you replied to a thread that’s been dead-quiet for nine months and quoted a post from 13 years ago.

chances are I’ll respond or at least read it.

Reading stuff is fine. Bumping dead threads and quoting people that haven’t been on the site in over a decade is a lack of common sense. I would’ve deleted your earlier comment that re-bumped the thread, but other people made the same mistake months ago, so I saw it as a teachable moment.

Don’t have time for television or movies.

I mean, you do have time, but you choose to spend “1-2 hours in the gym every single day” as you mentioned in another thread. So… congrats?

I put both hands on the scale, and came up with 125 lbs of resistance while doing a push-up, equivalent to 125 lbs on the bench.

Just to touch back on this… no, that’s not how it works. A close-grip push-up absolutely does not carryover to the equivalent weight on a bench press. They’re different exercises with different ranges of motion that recruit different muscles.

[Jewbacca]

I kind of like the 10 year posts. It’s like memory lane.

It’s also interesting to see how common knowledge changed over time.

For example, I’m a fan of to-failure high rep finisher. I’d probably have picked push ups, but this is the same idea.

Not so much 15 years ago.

[gulfcoasttraining]

No offense, but clearly someone needs to clear this up for YOU. So here we go…

Coming from someone who has ran and moderated one of the largest online forums online, much larger than this site, with over 500,000 members.

By keeping old post and having old post updated, it ensures new guys aren’t coming and asking repetitive questions that have been asked and answered previously. According to your beliefs, instead of people being told to use the search feature, YOU should be the one there to answer all their repetitive beginner questions, being your beliefs regarding old post. Correct?

And let me clear your quote back up for you. Once again, place your hands on a scale, and get the read off of the scale, to get the sum of how much your “benching” with a push-up. If you want to make things even clear"er" place each hand on the SAME scale and figure out how much your CLOSE-GRIP benching with a CLOSE-GRIP push up. Me personally, I do weighted dips, not close grip bench. Hence, instead, I place one hand on each scale as if I’m benching with a wide grip to come up with that number.

Again, to the original poster, if your benching 125 - 25 times, you could get the same results from doing 25 rep sets of push-ups. The same way you can get the same results as doing 275 lb benches with your body weight plus a 150 lb vest. How do I know? Personal Experience, coming from someone with a developed chest, whom’s never touched the bench other than “Strength Training - West Side Barbell.”

And before you confuse any new guys, a “Push Up” and a Bench use the same range of motion. Only you get better ROM with the Push Up, being that you can use large dumbells, coffee cups, or push up handles to get a deeper stretch and ROM than on the bench.

[gulfcoasttraining]

x2. Marvin Eder liked to do this quite often. And my point in the previous post, you could achieve the same effect with push-ups, with an even deeper stretch and ROM using push up handles if you wanted too. I still use these high-rep failures from time to time after my weighted dips and pull-ups. I also like to throw in low rep sets with bands to train from the explosive aspect afterwards.

[flappinit]

@gulfcoasttraining

Once again, place your hands on a scale, and get the read off of the scale, to get the sum of how much your “benching” with a push-up. If you want to make things even clear"er" place each hand on the SAME scale and figure out how much your CLOSE-GRIP benching with a CLOSE-GRIP push up. Me personally, I do weighted dips, not close grip bench. Hence, instead, I place one hand on each scale as if I’m benching with a wide grip to come up with that number.

Imagine if you just lifted and did pushups instead of this ridiculous shit right here…

[gulfcoasttraining]

I’m up at 2:30 am in the gym. Back from the gym (RIGHT NOW) at 3:50 am. And doing labor when the sun-comes up. I’m 100% satisfied with my gains. I’m assuming your still in the bed right now at 3 in the morning, right? PS, you don’t have to talk to me about how to use my time efficiently tell that to someone else.

[strongmangoals]

I just put the hands on the clock to 230am to figure out how much I am gymering.

[T3hPwnisher]

@gulfcoasttraining

PS, you don’t have to talk to me about how to use my time efficiently tell that to someone else.

It’d be a little weird for me to tell someone else how you should use your training time, don’t you think?

[kd13]

@gulfcoasttraining

Coming from someone who has ran and moderated one of the largest online forums online, much larger than this site, with over 500,000 members.

Which one?

[liftangryordie500]

[flappinit]

@gulfcoasttraining

I’m assuming your still in the bed right now at 3 in the morning, right?

I spent years working overnight until 7 am, and I can’t imagine bragging about being up at 3 am, haha. Yes, I was comfortably sleeping at 3 am.

Love the imagery of you holding a wide push-up position on two scales as well. Golden.

[FlatsFarmer]

Did anyone else try some pushups on a scale?

I got maximum force a few inches from the bottom, not closer to the top like I expected. Cool.

[flappinit]

Why would you expect it at the top, when Force is back on your legs more?

[burnur]

@gulfcoasttraining

better ROM with the Push Up, being that you can use … coffee cups

That sounds terrifying, am I underestimating the might of stoneware

[FlatsFarmer]

I guess I thought I’d be pushing harder when my elbows were less bent? Or I expected to be pushing harder when I had better leverage?

The difference between standing still at the bottom (like 165) vs the top position (like 155) was minimal. I was up over 200 pushing off the floor, near the bottom.

I guess Louie was right all along, i was decelerating in the 2nd half of the lift and need some accommodating resistance.

[Chris_Colucci]

@gulfcoasttraining

Coming from someone who has ran and moderated one of the largest online forums online, much larger than this site

And yet, you came here for advice. Interesting. At least here you were finally able to learn what a leg press machine was, so we’re apparently more useful than where ever you were before.

According to your beliefs, instead of people being told to use the search feature, YOU should be the one there to answer all their repetitive beginner questions, being your beliefs regarding old post. Correct?

What? No. Not correct. I don’t see where I said that I should be answering all questions. I said it’s dumb to resurrect long-dead threads and to quote/reply members who are no longer active. That’s universal forum etiquette and basic common sense.

a “Push Up” and a Bench use the same range of motion. Only you get better ROM with the Push Up

So they use the same ROM, unless you take specific steps to increase the ROM. Pretty sure nobody was confused by that.

My initial statement is still accurate. A close-grip push-up has a different ROM and recruits different muscles than a bench press. (Close-grip bench press wasn’t being discussed).

And to quickly callback to this:

I started benching around 145 lbs my first few times on the bench. I went to 300 lbs in less than 15 months.

You’ve said in several other threads that you started training just last April and spent your first four months doing bodyweight exercises. Also, to be even clear"er", your 145 to 300 was benching on a Smith machine.

[bulldog9899]

OK!!! I saw a notification with a link!! Did you mean to pull on my chain!!! Can I be of service?

@Chris_Colucci

And yet, you came here for advice. Interesting. At least here you were finally able to learn what a leg press machine was , so we’re apparently more useful than where ever you were before.

Oh I see I did mention that… so confused now by statements above

@Chris_Colucci

You’ve said in several other threads that you started training just last April and spent your first four months doing bodyweight exercises. Also, to be even clear"er", your 145 to 300 was benching on a Smith machine.

Details Details…

Lets see… guy contradicts claims he made in previous post. Implying that anything he says cant be trusted 100% in the future.

[flipcollar]

@gulfcoasttraining

Back when I was in the 160’s, I put both hands on the scale, and came up with 125 lbs of resistance while doing a push-up, equivalent to 125 lbs on the bench. I can rep out about 80 of those last time I checked in one set.

that’s not how that works…

[flipcollar]

@gulfcoasttraining

Back from the gym (RIGHT NOW) at 3:50 am.

being physically at the location of your gym holds little value if you are spending that time arguing on internet forums.