Heres how you calculate your MAX bench ...

[musclebones]

Thought some of you might find this interesting ...

# Repetitions --------------------------------- %
-----------------------------------------------------------------

1 -------------------------------------------------- 1.000
2 --------------------------------------------------- .955
3 --------------------------------------------------- .917
4 --------------------------------------------------- .885
5 --------------------------------------------------- .857
6 --------------------------------------------------- .832
7 --------------------------------------------------- .809
8 --------------------------------------------------- .788
9 --------------------------------------------------- .769
10 ------------------------------------------------- .752

Sample: Maximum of 5 reps with 280 pounds

280 / .857 = 325 predicted MAX



use the force ..

mb

 

[Abbaddon]

before any other comment is made were did you get this info from?

 

[SNAKE BITE]

I'm gonna try this and see how accurate it is.

 

[drrman]

actually, i figured some stuff up and it is pretty close

 

[musclebones]

Straight from the Tufts university football manual. I confirmed it with a couple trainers.

 

[str8cubano]

not soo bad...fairly close

 

[Doctor Dbol]

Why is everyone so obsessed with benching? This dipshit at my gym is always bitching that he needs to bench 3 plates. All I ever hear from him is what do you think I should do different so that I can bench more. I tell him he can start by cutting back on the amount of chest work he does. I give him this advice and he looks at me like I'm from another planet. he tells me he works chest 4 times a week and does about 25 sets minimum. What a jackass

 

[td24]

I would say thats correct!

 

[Keep it beefy]

who here is from tufts?

 

[musclebones]

My buddy is on the football team ..

mb