By benching 330 you should be able to do 225 for 15 reps.
If you can only do 225 for 3 reps you wouldn’t get passed 250.
I will be the 8th person to call BS on this.
I’ll add that I have known beginners who could do relatively much more for reps than a max. I’ve know several HS football players who could do 185 for 10 but couldn’t do 205 for 1-which is probably more of a postural or reflexive response.
When I hit 325-335, I could do 225 for 15-17 depending a little bit on the pace I used, and aside from a rep test every 6 months or so, I didn’t go over 3 reps/set.
I am curious: what do you weigh and how many pushups can you do?
I’m sorry, but there’s no way that you can pause bench 330 and only lift 225 for three reps…it’s impossible. 225 represents roughly 70% of your 1RM, and at the very least, you should be able to lift that for 8-10 reps. Had you said this was a squat, I’d be more willing to accept that, but bench, there’s no way.
Even if you trained for max singles at 90% or greater intensity with a 5 minute recvovery between sets, you’d still be able to 225 for more reps.
Now, I will say that athletes that train with heavier weights and keep the reps low tend to struggle with anything that rep intensive from 10 reps and above simply because the physiology doesn’t support the activity. About 8 years ago when I was benching in 400s, I was only able to eek out 17 reps at 225 which was about 5-10 reps short of where I should have been. I’m even worse on squat reps compared to my max, but again the fiber make-up of the leg is more fast-twitch than the upper-body.
im going go get a video off me benching 330, then repping 225 sometime in the week of the 27th-2nd, at the end of this month. ill prove to all u guys that im not bsing, that in fact i posted this topic to get HELP. i weigh 215 and have never done more than 50 straight pushups, so i dont know what my max is
[quote]Ballin4Christ32 wrote:
im going go get a video off me benching 330, then repping 225 sometime in the week of the 27th-2nd, at the end of this month. ill prove to all u guys that im not bsing, that in fact i posted this topic to get HELP. i weigh 215 and have never done more than 50 straight pushups, so i dont know what my max is[/quote]
Just bumping this because I really want to see the videos.
Sorry but i’M in the same boat here. I benched around 335 and i can do only maybe 7-8 times 225 if i’M in a good mood.
[quote]Jonathansucks wrote:
Sorry but i’M in the same boat here. I benched around 335 and i can do only maybe 7-8 times 225 if i’M in a good mood.[/quote]
That’s more than twice as many reps as the first poster.
Sorry , i can bench around 12 times 225
[quote]nanjingldv wrote:
By benching 330 you should be able to do 225 for 15 reps.
If you can only do 225 for 3 reps you wouldn’t get passed 250.
I will be the 8th person to call BS on this.[/quote]
Not true. Six months ago, I could only get 210 for 3 or 4, but could easily put up 260 (I’m not benching over 160 now due to a shoulder injury). That’s not as extreme as the OP, but I don’t doubt that it’s possible. My recovery time is also very long. My wife is exactly the opposite. She benches 90 for 10, and would be lucky to get up 115. Not only that, she can get 5 sets of 85 for 10 with 1 1/2 minute rests. I don’t think there’s a fast-twitch fiber in her.
[quote]larryb wrote:
nanjingldv wrote:
By benching 330 you should be able to do 225 for 15 reps.
If you can only do 225 for 3 reps you wouldn’t get passed 250.
I will be the 8th person to call BS on this.
Not true. Six months ago, I could only get 210 for 3 or 4, but could easily put up 260 (I’m not benching over 160 now due to a shoulder injury). That’s not as extreme as the OP, but I don’t doubt that it’s possible. [/quote]
260 vs 210 is not nearly as extreme as 330 vs 225
You would have to have never lifted weights in your life to believe this. I have only trained for about two years now, and on bench days, even when I was doing more of a bodybuilding workout, have never done work sets with anything over six reps. I now train using the conjugated method, and rarely do any type of horizontal pressing for more than five reps.
A couple months ago, when my max bench was 300, I picked up 225 and got a fairly easy set of ten.
You don’t lose all slow twitch muscle because you train heavy with low reps. This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read. If you post a video of your 330 max and it’s clean then I’ll eat my shorts, but I highly doubt I’ll have to do so; the only way you can only get 225 for three is if you fall asleep after the 3rd rep.
I run the 40m in 3.9, but I can only walk 75m,
Bear
Bear
I don’t know why this thread is still around. Can someone enlighten me?
I’d like to believe the original poster, but I just can’t. Something smells in Denmark.
[quote]Mr. Bear wrote:
You would have to have never lifted weights in your life to believe this. I have only trained for about two years now, and on bench days, even when I was doing more of a bodybuilding workout, have never done work sets with anything over six reps. I now train using the conjugated method, and rarely do any type of horizontal pressing for more than five reps.
A couple months ago, when my max bench was 300, I picked up 225 and got a fairly easy set of ten.
You don’t lose all slow twitch muscle because you train heavy with low reps. This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read. If you post a video of your 330 max and it’s clean then I’ll eat my shorts, but I highly doubt I’ll have to do so; the only way you can only get 225 for three is if you fall asleep after the 3rd rep.
I run the 40m in 3.9, but I can only walk 75m,
Bear
Bear[/quote]
When going by this rationale, if you squat 700 lbs, you should be able to do 600 for an easy 12.
I think this is possible and I think this guy is genuine. It is possible everyone is overlooking the fact he might be doing something really weird. You can’t jump to conclusions, despite all the trolls.
Mr Ballin you must be able to do say 8 or 10 reps benching with SOME weight, what weight can you bench that many times? Can you tell us your benches for 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 reps? I’d be interested to see these numbers.
well, he hasnt come back yet with any updates…so maybe he is scared or just doesnt give a fk anymore about it.
Actually, using 700 as an example, it would be about 447 for 12, which is not unreasonable.
[quote]Leeuwer wrote:
Mr. Bear wrote:
You would have to have never lifted weights in your life to believe this. I have only trained for about two years now, and on bench days, even when I was doing more of a bodybuilding workout, have never done work sets with anything over six reps. I now train using the conjugated method, and rarely do any type of horizontal pressing for more than five reps.
A couple months ago, when my max bench was 300, I picked up 225 and got a fairly easy set of ten.
You don’t lose all slow twitch muscle because you train heavy with low reps. This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read. If you post a video of your 330 max and it’s clean then I’ll eat my shorts, but I highly doubt I’ll have to do so; the only way you can only get 225 for three is if you fall asleep after the 3rd rep.
I run the 40m in 3.9, but I can only walk 75m,
Bear
Bear
When going by this rationale, if you squat 700 lbs, you should be able to do 600 for an easy 12.[/quote]
Did you forget to mention that it was a shirted lift? That seems very plausible to me. I think the most I’ve ever benched raw was 225x3, but I’ve hit 365x2 of a 2 board…
I think we need to see some video or something…
[quote]jmoney wrote:
Actually, using 700 as an example, it would be about 447 for 12, which is not unreasonable.
Leeuwer wrote:
Mr. Bear wrote:
You would have to have never lifted weights in your life to believe this. I have only trained for about two years now, and on bench days, even when I was doing more of a bodybuilding workout, have never done work sets with anything over six reps. I now train using the conjugated method, and rarely do any type of horizontal pressing for more than five reps.
A couple months ago, when my max bench was 300, I picked up 225 and got a fairly easy set of ten.
You don’t lose all slow twitch muscle because you train heavy with low reps. This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read. If you post a video of your 330 max and it’s clean then I’ll eat my shorts, but I highly doubt I’ll have to do so; the only way you can only get 225 for three is if you fall asleep after the 3rd rep.
I run the 40m in 3.9, but I can only walk 75m,
Bear
Bear
When going by this rationale, if you squat 700 lbs, you should be able to do 600 for an easy 12.
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Your math sucks…thank Jmoney.
Bear
I’m somewhat experienced with doing high reps. At a bodyweight of 235lb I benched 315lbs for 20 reps this past Monday.
I haven’t been able to bench for the last 6 months because of my rotator cuff, but now my rotator feels better and I’m back to benching with a vengeance.
I do 'roids, and I’d never try to convince anyone to juice, but I’m sure it hasn’t hurt my performance any.
In terms of training protocols, I’d pick a weight that you can get 8-10 reps(with no one TOUCHING the bar),do the 8-10 reps, then I’d have a spotter give me just enough help to keep the bar moving through at least another 4-6 more reps with that weight.
[quote]Leeuwer wrote:
Mr. Bear wrote:
You would have to have never lifted weights in your life to believe this. I have only trained for about two years now, and on bench days, even when I was doing more of a bodybuilding workout, have never done work sets with anything over six reps. I now train using the conjugated method, and rarely do any type of horizontal pressing for more than five reps.
A couple months ago, when my max bench was 300, I picked up 225 and got a fairly easy set of ten.
You don’t lose all slow twitch muscle because you train heavy with low reps. This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever read. If you post a video of your 330 max and it’s clean then I’ll eat my shorts, but I highly doubt I’ll have to do so; the only way you can only get 225 for three is if you fall asleep after the 3rd rep.
I run the 40m in 3.9, but I can only walk 75m,
Bear
Bear
When going by this rationale, if you squat 700 lbs, you should be able to do 600 for an easy 12.[/quote]
You can’t compare chest and arms(apples) vs. legs (oranges), it’s irrelevant