How much did you bench the first time you ever tried?

[biteme]

and how old were you?

120 on the universal machine at 14. 195 by the end of the school year.

 

[wootoom]

145

 

[biteme]

Does anyone besides me and Wootom lift weights?

 

[patsfan1379]

i could hit 135 for 3 at 15 lol

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

like the bar and 5's at age 14

 

[theoak01]

I think I benched 85lbs,my bench isnt to great even now,I can just do two plates,but then it was pathetic

 

[DieselGunz]

I used dumbells and I was SO happy when I finally could grab the 50 pound dumbell


I started with about 40s or so

 

[perkele]

30kg benchpress

 

[patsfan1379]

Kg.... foreigners......

 

[Gambino]

smith benched 145 at age 15
currently smith benching 165 at age 27

 

[biteme]

smith benched 145 at age 15
currently smith benching 165 at age 27

Making great progress. You must tell me your secret.

 

[Gambino]

Making great progress. You must tell me your secret.

3 spotters

 

[IvanOffelitch]

95 lbs for several (fairly easy) reps at age 13.

Bench is nothing to write home about now though thanks to lousy shoulders.

 

[eat big]

135 for 2 at the beginning of my weightlifting class in 8th grade. 185 by the end of it.

 

[silverfish]

85lbs for my first time out. 8th grade.

Max bench was 265lbs right after college.

Now, I'm somewhere between those 2 numbers.

 

[NJjuice22]

95 lbs @ 14.. ...i remember like it was yesterday, I put those 25's on and I felt like i was the man when i got it up. By 16 I was benching 245 which wasnt to shabby.

 

[BrothaBill]

LOL, so long ago I was just a tyke when I started lifting. Im sure it resembled Beavis and Butthead when they tried to bench,
'Beavis, get this thing offa me'

"KICK ME IN THE JIMMY!"

 

[hawaii50]

160 @ age 13... but i was the stocky/fat kid

 

[Austin316]

don't remember but the first time I ever did it was in 5th grade so I know it wasn't much lol

 

[needtogetaas]

95lb@8 or 9 years old,my old man spent over 30,000 on his gym.and Ive bin in and out of bb ever sence then.

 

[gymrat]

65

 

[danaf1]

the bar, when I was 12

 

[pintoca]

44lbs+the bar...and it was wiggling everywhere!!!

 

[Yarg!]

75 whole lbs.

 

[CENTURION44]

i can barely push up 135 now..im 28 6'3" 235lb at about 15% BF.....

 

[CENTURION44]

and that is after 3 cycles of gear...

 

[tinytank]

and that is after 3 cycles of gear...

28kg at 13

 

[HiDnGoD]

Grade 9, 14 YO, 105 lbs X 10. I remember 'cause I was so excited I broke 100. 260 X 5 about 2 months ago in a heavy cycle.

 

[jrlex]

and how old were you?

120 on the universal machine at 14. 195 by the end of the school year.

Shit, it was the summer of freshman football conditioning and I was having problems benching the 25lbs (sniff, sniff). I was 14.

 

[jdynasty]

I think i was having trouble with the bar and 10's on each side, was 14, repping 315 now, but have been up to 405

 

[Lumberg]

I don't know, but I do remember getting pinned by 95 like within the first year.

 

[Lestat]

jsut the bar.. 45lbs

 

[Sub-Zero]

I think I benched 85lbs,my bench isnt to great even now,I can just do two plates,but then it was pathetic

2 plates once? damn

me i did the 35's a couple times my first time, it was really fucking wobbly. i probably coulda done more though..

this was a year and a half ago...im up now..i dont really max, but i got 245 3x3 on friday, last week...well see how today goes

 

[jrlex]

i can barely push up 135 now..im 28 6'3" 235lb at about 15% BF.....

Don't worry some of us just weren't meant to bench alot..just keeplifting and don't worry about it too much

 

[Smurfy]

in highschool i used some weird pin loading machine and was able to do sets with "75" but its not like a real 75.

on the bench I think my first time I could do as much as 65 or 70 for a few reps and this was about 3 years ago