Your Best Natural Bench

My Junior year of HS, I benched 195. My Senior year, after switching to morning workouts, that was 275. Then last year after I actually learned what I was doing in the gym (after 5-6 years of training) and switched up my workout to meet my needs better, I maxed 365x1 flat bench. Even after being stagnant as hell for ~7 months for reasons that'd take too long to discuss, I put up 375x2 on a decline right before Xmas this past year. I'm down considerably now, due solely to lack of sleep (think 3.5-4 hrs/night for 3-4 months, excepting a very few weekends), probably only be able to put up 325 or so.
 
Saddest thing is, I was maxing that on bench but only 425 on squats.........seems like no matter how hard I train the damn things I just can't get my max up.
 
SpikeyLizard said:
My Junior year of HS, I benched 195. My Senior year, after switching to morning workouts, that was 275. Then last year after I actually learned what I was doing in the gym (after 5-6 years of training) and switched up my workout to meet my needs better, I maxed 365x1 flat bench. Even after being stagnant as hell for ~7 months for reasons that'd take too long to discuss, I put up 375x2 on a decline right before Xmas this past year. I'm down considerably now, due solely to lack of sleep (think 3.5-4 hrs/night for 3-4 months, excepting a very few weekends), probably only be able to put up 325 or so.
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Natural? before any steriods? Wow!
 
jcp2 said:
Remember this is not the sampling of a gym, it is a sampling of a few countries. I benched 170 when i was 14, i think i hit 185 at 14. I don't know anyone who worked out with me in HS, that did not bench 300 when they went on to college if they kept lifting.
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And they were all natural you truly think? I guess that was part of the reason for a thread like this, publically a lot of folks claim they are natural, for obvious reasons, when they aren't. I wonder about most of the dudes at my gym, is it just because they are avid lifters, or are they on? I tell you they all look mostly like freaking supermen compared to what you see on the street.
 
pullinbig said:
if you have a 225 bench natty and then you juice for a year very doubtlful you gonna have a 450 bench after a year. or 170-340. that would be very rare. folks who havent juiced for some reason think Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS) is a magic potion or something. take it and grow. it aint like that. take it, eat right, lift heavy weight and tou will grow faster but not anywhere near 2x. 10-15% advantage maybe. food is the best ananbolic out there, bar none.
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Well I guess the cool thing about that then is that even though my maxes aren't too impressive, they are percentage wise. Say 160 was my 1 RM (close I bet), then 275 after a few years of use is not too bad.

Essentially, it evens up the playing field genetically a little bit.
 
mesomorph said:
And they were all natural you truly think? I guess that was part of the reason for a thread like this, publically a lot of folks claim they are natural, for obvious reasons, when they aren't. I wonder about most of the dudes at my gym, is it just because they are avid lifters, or are they on? I tell you they all look mostly like freaking supermen compared to what you see on the street.
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I am the only one of my friends who ever did steroids. Except one, and i don't count him on this as he neve lifted until after college. It is just amazing that the bar gets dropped so damn low about what can be done naturally. I have friends who were mid 400 benchers and 700+ squatters natually in college. Alot of these are people who never thought about gear, it didn't matter to them. The fact that you have to answer if someone is natural who is benching 300 is fucking scary. A 300 bench in hs is not exceptional, a 400 bench in college is not exceptional, they are very good lifts, but not exceptional. I had many D1 college football friends, who never did gear, i know that amazes people but i fucking lived with them. The thing is you might as well use gear, because if you are strong people will never beleive it anyway, because it is the only thing that can make them feel better about their shortcomings. This isn't necessarily pointed at you, but the net as a whole.
 
jcp2 said:
I am the only one of my friends who ever did steroids. Except one, and i don't count him on this as he neve lifted until after college. It is just amazing that the bar gets dropped so damn low about what can be done naturally. I have friends who were mid 400 benchers and 700+ squatters natually in college. Alot of these are people who never thought about gear, it didn't matter to them. The fact that you have to answer if someone is natural who is benching 300 is fucking scary. A 300 bench in hs is not exceptional, a 400 bench in college is not exceptional, they are very good lifts, but not exceptional. I had many D1 college football friends, who never did gear, i know that amazes people but i fucking lived with them. The thing is you might as well use gear, because if you are strong people will never beleive it anyway, because it is the only thing that can make them feel better about their shortcomings. This isn't necessarily pointed at you, but the net as a whole.
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I agree, there were alot of guys on my football team, I played D-1 as well, that never used and were strong as brick shit houses. 500+ benchers natural. I was midrange benching 410 but definitely not the leader of the pack my sophmore year in college. By my senior year I was benching 545 which was tops on my team but I was not natural then. The guys that did not use and were benching 500 were always accused of using but I knew they were not. If I was natural and people accused me of using gear, I would take it as a compliment.
 
Lifterdude said:
Actually on a serious note. How do you guys feel about rep calculators as far as being accurate, especially on bench...?
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First link in my sig is very accurate for me, however the more reps performed the more chance for a screw up in form, ruining my total rep count. If I dont hit the right spot on my chest, it taxes my arms too much and can easily kill 2 reps.
 
bigtraps? 325 at 16 and 5'7? especially natural? either you are the lord himself or full of shit cuz that is either awsome as hell or bullshit. i have 225 natty and that aint light weight either. no screw that theres no way yur body is developed enough for that, when yur 16 ahhhhhhhh......................worst thread ever
 
mesomorph said:
Well I guess the cool thing about that then is that even though my maxes aren't too impressive, they are percentage wise. Say 160 was my 1 RM (close I bet), then 275 after a few years of use is not too bad.

Essentially, it evens up the playing field genetically a little bit.
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not if everyone is doing it. =0l
 
Ive seen guys bench 300 at 16 natural. Ive also seen a guy benching 400lbs at 17. He was juiced out but he did it.
 
DiscoFever said:
bigtraps? 325 at 16 and 5'7? especially natural? either you are the lord himself or full of shit cuz that is either awsome as hell or bullshit. i have 225 natty and that aint light weight either. no screw that theres no way yur body is developed enough for that, when yur 16 ahhhhhhhh......................worst thread ever
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diso just cause you dont have a big bench dont mean everyone is like that. i have seen highschoolers bench 400+. and since when does his height have anything to do with a bench?

you dont have a clue what your talking about. go to a plng meet and watch the teen benchers.

and 225 is light weight. sorry.
 
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