What is your 1 rep max on bench press?

[bighead]

I know what your mean but I'm talking about where he has his backside about a foot above the bench.......extreme arching which turns the exercise more into a decline bench press.I've seen a lot of people do this.Surprised none of them don't get hurt more often.

 

[PussyDr]

5 reps @ 250 pounds

 

[Paulos]

Most I've ever done was 350 at 210.

 

[JohnyJuice]

I know what your mean but I'm talking about where he has his backside about a foot above the bench.......extreme arching which turns the exercise more into a decline bench press.I've seen a lot of people do this.Surprised none of them don't get hurt more often.

Cause he is cheating. People can generally lift more in a decline, so he is putting himself in that position. It also makes the bar travel less of a distance. There is actually a little less stress on the shoulder joint in this position, if i am not mistaken. But yes, i would think you would pull some muscles somewhere in that bent shpe, but who knows.

In all seriousness, i benched 365 3 times max. I weigh 235lb.

 

[tee]

350 too, but now that I'm an old old man, I think the bar may crush me! lol

 

[TheProject]

Last time I tested, I benched 232 at about 190lbs.

BTW...if you bench like a powerlifter, you will arch your back some, but your ass needs to stay on the bench.

 

[JohnyJuice]

on the topic of benching...a good way to get your bench up drastically is start doing weighted dips.

 

[Dr.M]

I'm a little tall and was never a good bencher, 245x10 or 320 for 1. I prefer slow reps, helps keep my shoulders from bitchin, but I really prefer dumbells over BB.

 

[Roadblock]

In competition, arching is allowed as long as the shoulders and lower back are in contact with the bench, that´s how I bench. But what I don´t understand is people benching with their butt one fot above the bench.

 

[Dr.M]

That is exactly how I bench because if I use the dead fish technique, it kills my shoulders and sometimes my back. Pull your shoulder blades in, arch the back a bit and keep the rest of your body on the bench.