Bench-your-body-weight-for-reps contest results

[power-builder]

There was an area meet nearby that was a push-pull only meet(bench and deads, what's up with no squats? That should be the topic of another thread). Anyway, I'm 6 weeks out from my next meet so I decided to go try the "exhibition" event, bench your bdywt for reps. Everyone pays $20 and the winner gets half, the other half goes to charity. I weighed in at 224 and had done 225 for 33 (at the end of my regular bench routine) last week so I felt good about my chances. I went next to last which helped. The first few were in the 20's and things were looking up. Dude before me was in the regular bench meet and got a 450 at 212 with no bench shirt. Slight concern. He does 210 for 32, gonna be tough, I'm thinking. On the dude before him they took away 4 reps for not locking out, I'm thinking slow down a tad and make sure to lock 'em out. Well that must've played a part 'cuz I only got 31 with 225, but they took 1 away, I couldn't get 32 (to tie, by my count at the time) to lock out. So I ended up second place with 30. Winner took home $60.

Not too bummed 'cuz I had a good time and saw some good lifts. Saw a SHW get 575 (barely missed 600) and 450 at 212 (no shirt). Time to quit fooling around with reps and get back to the power stuff.

 

[ZZuluZ]

33 bodyweight reps is damn impressive....

Congrats

-Zulu

 

[Arioch]

Good job.

Sore yet?

 

[Cubanito17]

WAY TO GO that's impressive I can only do my BW 15 times and that's b/c i'm not 200lbs yet.

 

[power-builder]

Thanks guys. I'm very surprised I didn't get sore seeing as how my blood must've been pure lactic acid by the time I was done. My leg was shaking and all on the last one.

 

[ZZuluZ]

You have great work capacity

-Zulu

 

[benchmonster]

I am amazed. Bodyweight for that many reps is very impressive, even if you weigh 148 or 165, but at your weight, that is phenomenal.

I cannot rep for shit. People who do things I cannot impress me to a much greater degree than those who do things I am at least adequate at. That is why I admire deadlifters so much, and also why I admire those who can do tons of reps.

Cannot say enough how impressive that is.

B.

 

[Arioch]

B,

I will gladly trade you my ability to do reps for your 1RM.

 

[power-builder]

bm, I just the opposite of you. I can rep out pretty good, but my 1RM sucks in comparison to others that I know.

 

[erickthegreat11]

That's incredible! That's one of the cooler user names too by the way. I find it fascinating about not being able to bench as much for 1 rep. Ought to look up some articles on it.
I've looked up world records for push ups and it's in the 1000s. You know they can't be heavy power lifters, but this seems disproportionate to weight. I'm sufficiently baffled............

 

[Arioch]

Some people, like myself, have a disproportionate number of slow twitch muscle fibers in certain muscles, like, say, the triceps, dammit. (me: 71%, average: 53%) This will adversly affect my ability to execute a 1rm, but enhance my ability to perform low relative intensity repetitions.

Also, there are a wide variety of neural factors that occur, metioned in the long thread about CNS/hypertrophy that would play a part. As well as conditioning.

Also, the particular response of an individual to recruite the slow oxidative glycotic system will play a part.

This could be the subject of an epic length post, and one day it will be.

 

[ZZuluZ]

"
This could be the subject of an epic length post, and one day it will be.
"

LOL....looking forward to it!!

-Zulu

 

[Arioch]

I am glad you are. Parts of it are involved in the paper I am working on now (for something else). It is driving me up a wall. To much detail, and it is growing out of control.

 

[benchmonster]

B,

I will gladly trade you my ability to do reps for your 1RM.

Do I get your squat and deadlift in the bargain? Chicks dig the big deadlifters you know.

Seriously regarding the ability to deadlift, I have been pouring over meet results reported for the last year across the country and the guy with the highest deadlift gets the highest total and amazingly inordinate amount of the time.

The guy with the best bench rarely seems to get the best total, but it is hard to find a result where the best deadlifter did not win the meet.

This may be common knowledge to those older and wiser than me, but I was previously unaware of the very high percentage of wins by the best deadlifters.

Food for thought. . .

And I must have a very low percentage of slow twitch muscle fibers. I can only rep 225 for about 17 or 18 reps, but bench over 500 with a shirt. And around 400 or a bit less without one. I have always said, I am more of a crocodile than a gazelle. I have always been pretty explosive, but not much on endurance. Even when I was younger and ran a lot, still more explosiveness than endurance.

B.

B.

 

[power-builder]

500!! Nice!!

Damn, bm that 500 is pretty impressive! You must get a hell of a lot from your shirt. My no-pause, no-shirt best with 405 is a double, but my best with a shirt in a meet is 423, I missed a 440 that day. So I'm getting a lot less out of my shirt (Inzer HD poly). I would love to get 100 lb from a shirt but I don't know how to do it.

 

[Lumberg]

Good show for the defunct company. I am in the 10-15 range for benching my body weight. I have relatively low upper body strength. I think it's my lats. The deadlift is by far my strongest lift. Does that mean I should enter a meet?!?!?!

Anyways good job, great perspective, glad u had fun. Now go kill it in the real meet.

 

[Deciever]

power builder- if you want more out of a shirt, try a denim, or a double denim radical cut open back.

 

[Kepeli]

I saw a contest like that years ago. The winner was 130lb and he did his body weight 44 times.

 

[Arioch]

Chicks dig the big deadlifters you know.

Yes, I know.

This may be common knowledge to those older and wiser than me, but I was previously unaware of the very high percentage of wins by the best deadlifters.

Well, when everybody else has finished their best lifts, it is easier for the big deadlifter to plan his or her attempts, making it easier to plot a decent strategy to win.

Take two guys who total the same, but one is ahead at sub-total by 100 pounds, but deadlifts 100 pounds less than the other. Given the fact that both may be tired, the individual with the better deadlift has a distinct advantage.

During my second full meet (took second in my first one), I was behind by 150 pounds at sub-total. Won by 5 pounds. But a lot of people in that meet had poor deadlifts (was only a state level meet).