Bench Press challenge...
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[quote name='Red Beard']I will give it a go tonight. Struggling to find an accurate pair of scales though.[/quote] <br />
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Well I know I'm not gonna beat you ( yet ) !!!<br />
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I did guffaw at a mate of mine who popped up for a few weights and collapsed under 70kg, not one rep !! xzxrofl -
I'm weighing in at a trimish eusa_whistle 92kgs at the moment.<br />
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Did 29 reps of 65kgs. Thought it was all too easy when I got to 20 and after that it was all down hill fast. I did it yesterday after reading the other thread and I'm damn sore today. Reckon I could hav got to 30 with a spotter. Chickened out when I thought I might be getting stuck with the weight on me. -
[quote name='Toddy']I'm weighing in at a trimish eusa_whistle 92kgs at the moment.<br />
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Did 29 reps of 65kgs. Thought it was all too easy when I got to 20 and after that it was all down hill fast. I did it yesterday after reading the other thread and I'm damn sore today. Reckon I could hav got to 30 with a spotter. Chickened out when I thought I might be getting stuck with the weight on me.[/quote]<br />
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Just roll it off dude !! easier doing it with 65kg than 3 figures though....<br />
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Good stuff, i will be doing this on monday. Weighing in at 93/4kgs at the moment so weight should be aroudn 65kgs (about 22.5kgs each end then i guess).
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[quote name='Mojoman']I tried this again today, I'm weighing 110kg now so 77kg. Managed to get 23 earlier and today managed to bang out 25. Nearly killed me though.[/quote]<br />
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Excellent effort mojoman, based on that the warratahs should have you on the wing and kick Lote to touch...<br />
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I'm hoping to crack the 20's by the end of the month will try again after a great nights sleep, no booze for a few days ETC to try and sneak a rep of two extra...... -
Hmmm I should get in to this.<br />
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When i was at uni (ok 10 years ago) I was weighin in at 82kg and could bench that pretty easy - unsure how many reps I could do over 3 sets though.<br />
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Only weigh 75kg now and would like to think I could do a fair few reps of 52.5kg if I got back in to it! -
so does everyone count bar weight to their total, or do you load up the bar with their 70%??<br />
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I'm 90.5 so its a tad over 63 kgs. Will try on Friday. -
I reckon - you're lifting it, it counts!! <br />
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I was down to 95.7kg this morning after gym and a big shite...<br />
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However, changes my BP weight by 500g, which can't change, so will have to carry on with 67.5!!<br />
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WIll have another crack on Monday, did normal chest workout today, heavier weights and lower reps! -
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second time out yesterday, 67.5kg - 31 reps, 19 reps, 12 reps<br />
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Was going fine to beat my 31 record until 28 reps, then went from hero to zero in three reps!!<br />
Second set the same as last time, third time managed to crank out 4 more than first time out. -
[quote name='BartMan']second time out yesterday, 67.5kg - 31 reps, 19 reps, 12 reps<br />
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Was going fine to beat my 31 record until 28 reps, then went from hero to zero in three reps!!<br />
Second set the same as last time, third time managed to crank out 4 more than first time out.[/quote]<br />
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We never agreed to doing two more sets ?!?!?! <br />
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Gonna leave this for a bit as my benching is more along the 5 x 5 type training at the moment. I will however try again in a month or two cos lifting bigger weights will mean the 70kg seems lighter and consequently I should get more reps ! Andrew Symonds is in my sights, Lote Tuquiri is next....<br />
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Okay down to 89 kgs so I loaded 30kgs on either side and went to work. Got to 15 and was feeling okayish, bar hitting the chest and all. Got to 17 and things started shaking abit. Barely pulled out a couple of more before the bar went up. So first dig 19 reps.<br />
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Went in for the 2nd set. Feeling okay after 10 but only got to 12. 3rd set was a struggle to get past 5.<br />
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Just on the bench press, I used it the other day as my weight exercise in what I call a killer high impact 23 minute workout. <br />
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Lifting a fairly heavy weight (not completely max) in my case about 65kgs. Do 6 reps. Then jump on the treadmill straight away and then sprint for 3mins. I start at 12km. Then no rest do 6 reps again. Then on the treadmill for another 3min sprint at 13km. Do 6 sets in total each time upping the sprint. <br />
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The key is no resting. Try it with any weights exercise.
