MT 220lb bench press competition!

i tried this other day before i'd even read this thread which is kinda weird
 
i got 17 reps with the last 1 assisted by training partner
 
 
my bro is 22 and is ridiculously strong on free bench press
 
he's currently at 210kg x1
                          200kg x 2
                          180kg x 6
 
so it will be interesting to see what he gets    i know he WARMS up on 100kg but literally stops after a few reps  im very sure he can get 40+ reps
 
i remember him saying not so long ago that last couple of yeard 60kg/100kg    1 plate/2 plates a side feels simliar!  :O
 
it feels alot bloody differnet to me   lol!!
 
i have a couple of videos of him doing 200kg/2 reps and 180kg/reps if someone knows how i can upload them from my phone??
 
i'll try get one of him doing the 100kg challenge to as no one ever believes what he can lift
 
 

he tried today after a back session and got 36 reps
 
reckons fresh on a chest day could hit 40  reps
 
says he felt comfortable till 30 ish then lactic acid build up and arms went dead
 
his words were if he trained for more reps rather than max lifts etc he'd get 50 reps by march.......
 
 
 
 

I had a go today after my equipped bench training.

I got a measly 100x8 then died on the 9th. Tris too fryed from the equipped work but there ya go!

iaink
I got a measly 100x8 then died on the 9th. Tris too fryed from the equipped work but there ya go!

 
Same here - in terms of performance, at least. I was fresh - i.e. main set for the session. All reps paused briefly, but probably not long enough to pass in competition. First session after flu, but I doubt that I would have achieved much more even without prior ailment. Feeble... I think that I got this many reps (albeit t-n-g) with 120kg the first session after a comp. in 1997... But onwards and upwards, eh?
BTW: I do have a vid of this awesome performance, but I ain't posting it because:
1) Anonymity is a sine qua non for my online dealings;
2) Would anybody really want or need to see proof of a 90kg male claiming a spectacular 100 x 8 bench???

i did it a whole 3 times :D get the medals out lol.

calffaf


i did it a whole 3 times :D get the medals out lol.

Good effort. Being able to rep with 100kg is a bit of a landmark lift. Base camp set up, onwards!

I got 1 rep a few weeks back, felt epic till I read this thread too. lol.

Nice to hit a good benchmark!!

One rep with 100k, done correctly, is a very good effort.

Tried this got 26 upto 20 felt really easy then last 6 felt like 180kg! lactic acid really built up quick,

Anothe effort on tuesday;

100x11

Still not close to what I think I could do at my best. The high rep stuff is a killer get to 8 no probs then crash and burn reall quick!

Excuses this time where; done after deadlift training and 2 days after heavy equipped bench training lol

I had a try on Saturday and got 18. I got to 16 and thought 20 was within range. Turns out that it wasn't, and rep 17 was hard work and 18 was a total grinder.

I think a league table may be nice for this thread? Based on those that have posted since the thread was re-actiavted as it were?

I'm at 16, but actually am training for a football combine where they test the 225, so im finding this thread very interesting. Anyone care to share how they are training for this? Any deviation from normal bench training?

I am not sure anyone is actually training for it? I know I am, just throwing in the odd rep set when I can. As a powerlifter I rarely do any serious work above 5 reps. It's interesting to try and rep something out to failure lol

If I was training do do resps with 225 I'd simply combine training to get stronger benching with higher rep work for conditioning.

That's pretty much what im doing. I;m doing a westside type program with max effort uppers on monday, and dynamic uppers on thursday, with max rep work at the end of every second dynamic uppers day.

had a go today and got 20 without a spot,quite pleased with this coz only been back  5weeks after a long lay off
go for 25 next week

iaink


I think a league table may be nice for this thread? Based on those that have posted since the thread was re-actiavted as it were?

I'm game for that. But would entries only be accepted with video evidence?

I got 100 x 6 before Xmas. Then came the turkey dinners, boxes of quality street and can just about push out 3 again after 3weeks back training! Gutting.

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iaink


I think a league table may be nice for this thread? Based on those that have posted since the thread was re-actiavted as it were?

I'm game for that. But would entries only be accepted with video evidence?

I got 100 x 6 before Xmas. Then came the turkey dinners, boxes of quality street and can just about push out 3 again after 3weeks back training! Gutting.

If James et al wanted to spend time doing it, they would not need video evidence. The powerlifting totals don't. It's only a bit off fun. Gona try and vidoe my next attempt on thurs.

I need video evidence of myself doing what I used to on this!  I can't do half what I used to anymore!

half the fun is the videos! it does not matter how meny reps you do! every body starts some where. there is nothing better then seeing the last rep; pass or fail being struggled up!
besides we all have a friend who could do a hundred reps.