How much can you bench? How strong is EF!

[SouthernLord]

Best ever 405 in single ply at 198 lbs

Most ever raw 315. This was also around the time I was pressing in gear.

I'm not doing any flat benching in my current routine and it's been a long while since I've maxed. I would say I currently I could rep 275 for a double or triple max.

I am doing sets of 8 with 70 pounds added to dips for my main upper body press exercise at the moment though This seems to be the only lift besides chins/pull ups that is increasing on my diet.

 

[Peanutz26]

264x9. how much is that in 1RM?

 

[SouthernLord]

264x9. how much is that in 1RM?

One Rep Max Calculator

340

 

[skullcrushin22]

280x11...puts my 1RM around 375 @ 6'2' 214lbs

 

[eliteandy]

One Rep Max Calculator

340

A kid at my gym tried 315 the other week and got buried in the process. Me and my buddy had to pull it of his chest. When he stood up he said "I don't get it. The 1RM online calculator said i could do 315 for 1". Yeah, we LOL.

 

[SouthernLord]

A kid at my gym tried 315 the other week and got buried in the process. Me and my buddy had to pull it of his chest. When he stood up he said "I don't get it. The 1RM online calculator said i could do 315 for 1". Yeah, we LOL.

lol

Yeah I should have posted my thoughts on this as well.....Most 1 rep max calculators are BS. I would not blindly max based on them.

 

[eliteandy]

lol

Yeah I should have posted my thoughts on this as well.....Most 1 rep max calculators are BS. I would not blindly max based on them.

Yeah, closest thing ive come to a real 1RM calculator was more of a chart.

Something like:
135- 12
205- 10
245- 8
275- 4
295- 2
305- 1
I made those numbers up cuz its been so long since ive seen the chart. but its close i think. lol
If you could do said sets then your 1RM was something like 325-335.

The guys i trained with using that chart were no fucking joke either, 315 for 8-10. 365 for for 4. 405 for 1 raw. And on occasion a couple of them got buried with that 405!

They would fuck with me when i first started training with them and act like 315 got stuck, then rep it out like 6 more times lol

 

[Peanutz26]

340 sounds about right. Btw I weighed 209 when I did that. thnks.

 

[sbs40]

275 for 3 sets of 6-8 reps...8 months after bicep surgery..

 

[the.gladiator1987]

Dmn i got a long ways to go. I should have made a deadlift one as well, oh well.

SL thats cool that you are doing weighted dips, i love those, however when i do them i feel like my sternum is going to pop. Its not too much weight though. Am i leaning too far forward? i dont get it