Max bench less then body weight

[TsarTsar444]

Is it over if you aren't anywhere near lifting your own bodyweight on bench press?

 

[Deleted member 7126]

I can bench like 20kg barely

 

[Pietrosiek]

i would say that average dude cant bench his weight, most of the dudes are skinnyfat tho

 

[The Bleach Pill]

Over If you cant bench your body weight on the first day. Incel genes

 

[Mateusz74]

No. Most beginners wont be benching their bodyweight

 

[bladeeout]

Doesn’t matter. You can make your chest big without doing any of that shit

 

[Deleted member 7192]

Doesn’t matter. You can make your chest big without doing any of that shit

explain son what other exercises are there.

 

[bladeeout]

explain son what other exercises are there.

Just bench for reps you don't need to be getting stronger to get a bigger muscle. Just do reps until it burns

 

[SPFromNY914]

explain son what other exercises are there.

Doing a bunch of pushups,dips and other chest machine exercises with high reps will make your chest big asf. At least look big if you can't perform big

 

[Mateusz74]

Just bench for reps you don't need to be getting stronger to get a bigger muscle. Just do reps until it burns

Jfl at this shitty noob advice. If u get stronger u WILL get bigger. Pump training wont do shit

 

[Deleted member 7580]

inject ASAP

 

[NorwoodMilitant]

Its not over but if you can’t bench your body weight you definitely have a shit upper body and frame. Eat a lot and train hard ASAP

 

[Apeiron]

You should be able to incline dumbbell press your bw for reps

 

[maxmendietta]

jst get osteoporosis and bone disease so u can lift your weight theory

 

[bladeeout]

Jfl at this shitty noob advice. If u get stronger u WILL get bigger. Pump training wont do shit

Shut up redditor. Of course that’s true but you have to make the muscle bigger to make it stronger as well. That’s why you get stronger in higher rep ranges too

 

[Mateusz74]

Shut up redditor. Of course that’s true but you have to make the muscle bigger to make it stronger as well. That’s why you get stronger in higher rep ranges too

If u focus on progressive overload you will inevitably get bigger. You can’t keep adding more and more reps. Increasing ur strength and volume over time will lead to the biggest gains.

 

[nvck_pilled]

Is it over if you aren't anywhere near lifting your own bodyweight on bench press?

i hit 245 for 8 today feelin jOOcy

 

[bladeeout]

If u focus on progressive overload you will inevitably get bigger. You can’t keep adding more and more reps. Increasing ur strength and volume over time will lead to the biggest gains.

You literally can just keep adding reps. why not? It works the same way as adding weight

 

[bladeeout]

If u focus on progressive overload you will inevitably get bigger. You can’t keep adding more and more reps. Increasing ur strength and volume over time will lead to the biggest gains.

And yeah you can progressively overload in multiple ways. Faster rest intervals, more reps, changing up the exercise. It’s literally just about tearing up your muscle fibers, your muscle doesn’t know that you’re lifting a certain amount of weight.

 

[Mateusz74]

You literally can just keep adding reps. why not? It works the same way as adding weight

After a certain rep range it becomes muscular endurance work and hypertrophy is minimal.

 

[bladeeout]

After a certain rep range it becomes muscular endurance work and hypertrophy is minimal.

Reddit meme. Not real

 

[Deleted member 7192]

At least look big if you can't perform big

what does it mean? explain son, what does this line mean

 

[Mateusz74]

Reddit meme. Not real

You don’t know the basic concept of putting on size. Keep coping with ur “30+ reps” greycel

 

[bladeeout]

You don’t know the basic concept of putting on size. Keep coping with ur “30+ reps” greycel

Whatever man, keep reading bullshit workout science. The Chad muscle intuition vs the virgin believes what he read on the internet

 

[nvck_pilled]

you need intensity to grow
the insane mind muscle connection olympia guys have where they can stress individual fibers with the whole "lighter" load isn't something you can do

 

[Mateusz74]

Whatever man, keep reading bullshit workout science. The Chad muscle intuition vs the virgin believes what he read on the internet

I’m telling u based on what I tried. I started with the “more reps” bullshit ur saying first when I was a beginner. Made minimal gains. Soon as I focused on strength and volume on key lifts, I gained a fuck ton more size. The rep shit ur talking about sounds more like reddit to me. Does heavy weight scare u?

 

[bladeeout]

you need intensity to grow
the insane mind muscle connection olympia guys have where they can stress individual fibers with the whole "lighter" load isn't something you can do

You could say the same about any other form of training. “You don’t have the insane muscle fibers that roided up Olympia guys do so the whole lifting heavy weights thing is something you can’t do”

 

[Brian Peppers]

I could bench 68kg on my first week in my mid thirties. It took me 4 months to get to 90kg. Is that that bad?

I had no previous lifting experience.

 

[bladeeout]

I’m telling u based on what I tried. I started with the “more reps” bullshit ur saying first when I was a beginner. Made minimal gains. Soon as I focused on strength and volume on key lifts, I gained a fuck ton more size. The rep shit ur talking about sounds more like reddit to me. Does heavy weight scare u?

No I think you’re just misunderstanding me I don’t think I explained well. Obviously you will up the weight eventually but in the meantime you don’t have to increase weight to make gains. You can progress weight on accessory exercises too. But like there are other ways to get stronger besides just grinding out reps with heavy weight

 

[Deleted member 3299]

nah maybe after a year of proper training and nutrion if you cant bench your bodyweight then its over

 

[nvck_pilled]

You could say the same about any other form of training. “You don’t have the insane muscle fibers that roided up Olympia guys do so the whole lifting heavy weights thing is something you can’t do”

if you're not training intense it doesn't matter
repping 145 for 30 till lactic acid kicks in isn't gonna make me blow up like the 8-12 rep range till failure

 

[Madness]

Over if not benching atleast 25lbs more than body weight for reps

 

[Mateusz74]

No I think you’re just misunderstanding me I don’t think I explained well. Obviously you will up the weight eventually but in the meantime you don’t have to increase weight to make gains. You can progress weight on accessory exercises too. But like there are other ways to get stronger besides just grinding out reps with heavy weight

That’s why I mentioned progressive overload.. the things u mentioned fall under it. And you said “you literally can keep adding reps”. And by higher intensity im not telling u to do ur 5 rep max for every exercise. Just saying light weight high rep work wont do much

 

[nvck_pilled]

if you're not training intense it doesn't matter
repping 145 for 30 till lactic acid kicks in isn't gonna make me blow up like the 8-12 rep range till failure

saying this as i do heavy compounds 6-12 reps and isolation work 15-20

 

[bladeeout]

if you're not training intense it doesn't matter
repping 145 for 30 till lactic acid kicks in isn't gonna make me blow up like the 8-12 rep range till failure

Prob bc your forearms would give out or you would run out of breath or something but it all works the same. Intensity is key though

 

[SPFromNY914]

what does it mean? explain son, what does this line mean

It means even if you don't have the functional strength to back up the looks of your muscles, you can at least give off the illusion you're strong/jacked by doing super high reps

 

[Deleted member 7192]

It means even if you don't have the functional strength to back up the looks of your muscles, you can at least give off the illusion you're strong/jacked by doing super high reps

oh Ion really care. id rather look ripped and be weak then look weak but hulk tier strength

 

[nvck_pilled]

oh Ion really care. id rather look ripped and be weak then look weak but hulk tier strength

just train however you enjoy, if you love it you're gonna stick to it
the most important thing to gains is consistency, high or low reps you're gonna gain muscle

 

[Deleted member 6573]

just train however you enjoy, if you love it you're gonna stick to it
the most important thing to gains is consistency, high or low reps you're gonna gain muscle

I agree. try not to get too much into the science behind things. If you enjoy it, you will keep doing it, and make progress.

 

[CsCurry]

Not benching you’re weight = turbo subhuman.

utterly over if you cannot atleast hit 190

 

[HurtfulVanity]

I started when I weighed 116 pounds and could only bench the bar 6 times now I'm 126 but can rep 135 9 times I literally got no gains just dueto not eating enough omfgt