Whats yo bench? The only question anyone asks.

[Desibaba]

Is it just me or do anyone of you find it somewhat annoying that everyone (mainstream people) who talk to you about working out have only one question."HOW MUCH CAN YOU BENCH?" I like the bench press and its not a bad chest exercise but come on. Is that the only thing everyone wants to know?Just today i had this one kid about 20 or so ask me "bro, you are getting pretty big.How much can you bench?" So i tell him how much i can for 5 reps.Next question "How much can you lift for one?" I told him i had no freakin clue cuz i never do less than that 4 or 5. He tell me his supposed "Trainer" had told him you have to do bench press in singles and no one ever gets big without maxing out on the bench.WTF? No one asks how much can you squat for one rep? Curl for one rep or even deadlift for one rep? But soon as they ask you about working out you can bet the next question will be "Whats yo bench?"

[gixxerboy]

simple answer. just look him square in the face and say " More then you"

[esco]

i also like to take the extreme opposite response sometimes too... i'd say 80lbs! i hate that sheet! or even better say, i dunno, i never worked out a day in my life!

[Bob Smith]

From what I understand, its a geographical/cultural thing. Americans ask what you can bench, and Euros/Scandanavians ask what you can squat or DL.

[occam]

Originally Posted by Bob Smith

From what I understand, its a geographical/cultural thing. Americans ask what you can bench, and Euros/Scandanavians ask what you can squat or DL.

Funny you mention that Bob, that has been my experience also.

I like to ask what a guy can rep out with 225, I guess because that is what I'm focused on right now.

[roadkill]

Oh yeah!!! Then they all go on to tell you that thier ex brotherinlaw's second cousin's mailman's daughter's new boyfriends step uncle can do more than that!! LOL everytime!

[jamesdal7]

OK, I don't know about other high schools, but the district in Texas I was in,
during the off football season, we would weight train.
Before the training of weights, they would test us in 4 or 5 "stations".
They would test us in bench press (of course), bench incline, back, squats and
I think dead lifts, there might of been more but I dont remember.

After we would test out, they would give us our work out routine, after about 4 or
6 weeks, we would test again. They would even give out shirts if u benched a
certain weight. As we talked to other guys during their off season training, they
said it was pretty much the same thing. I don't train like that anymore, I don't
even know how much I can bench press, plus I do dump bell bench presses
instead of using the bar.

If other schools were like that, I guess thats why so many
people say, "how much u bench?" I tell them, dont know, i dont ever max out.

Maybe others can comment on their high school weight training.

[nj juice]

yeah we had something similar for my h.s. football team. they would periodically test how mcuh we could rep at a certain weight, i think it was 185lbs. those of us who could max out higher than 250 you got a t-shirt that said "iron shop" on the back.

[KCSMAN]

Ih High School We Had A Coach That Would Give Us Shirts. One For The 750 Lb Club And The 1000lb Club. Had Our Last Name On The Back And On The Front It Said No Whimps Allowed. (i Think I Spelled All The Shit Right).

[Bob Smith]

Originally Posted by KCSMAN

Ih High School We Had A Coach That Would Give Us Shirts. One For The 750 Lb Club And The 1000lb Club. Had Our Last Name On The Back And On The Front It Said No Whimps Allowed. (i Think I Spelled All The Shit Right).

Is that for 10 reps or what?

[tonyton]

Originally Posted by Bob Smith

Is that for 10 reps or what?

i can do 405 for 10....thats what I say

[nightcrew213]

I tell them I never lifted weights in my life.......its all juice that makes me look like this.

[tonyton]

Originally Posted by nightcrew213

I tell them I never lifted weights in my life.......its all juice that makes me look like this.

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hahhaha...thaats a good one
I went to montreal they all thought I was a pro football player..
I said I used to be.3 years special teams..lol
meanwhile I just palyed college and went to the combine