1st invitational fern bench press challenge!
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nice bro, it's all proportional and 19 isn't far off the 22 reps Dell boy managed! What sort of pace did you set yourself? I'll be giving it a nudge tomorrow night.
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[quote name='Paekakboyz']nice bro, it's all proportional and 19 isn't far off the 22 reps Dell boy managed! What sort of pace did you set yourself? I'll be giving it a nudge tomorrow night.[/QUOTE]<br />
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My less than expert advice is to go as hard and fast as possible ( But without lifting your asssss off the bench of bouncing off your chest ). Good work though Volts, just one off the magic 20 mark. You're gonna ache like farkin anything in the afternoon though believe me, doing this to absolute failure rips the shit outta ya ! -
Will try remember to give this a crack on the weekend. <br />
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Weighing in between 81 and 82kg right now so will be lifting 60kg. Am currently doing a top set of 70kg (10reps) so think should be able to do a few at 60kg - would like to think 20 but hard to say as dont usually do more than 12 reps. Won't know until they are on the board. -
[quote name='JK']Will try remember to give this a crack on the weekend. <br />
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Weighing in between 81 and 82kg right now so will be lifting 60kg. Am currently doing a top set of 70kg (10reps) so think should be able to do a few at 60kg - would like to think 20 but hard to say as dont usually do more than 12 reps. Won't know until they are on the board.[/QUOTE]<br />
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I find this to be pretty damn accurate ( give or take a kg or two ) heaps of people don't trust the calculators for some reason.<br />
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[URL]http://www.muscleandstrength.com/tools/bench-press-calculator.html[/URL]<br />
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So Voltron according to this your 1RM is 111kg.... <br />
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It seems to work pretty well at any type of exercise, I used it to judge my skull crushers and deadlift 1RMs as well..... -
Yeah mate that sounds about right. Last 1RM i did was a couple of months ago, 107.5, but i was not far away from 110, unfortunately i dont have any weights in between. So 111 would be pretty close anyway.<br />
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As for tempo PKB, first 5 were at about normal pace but then i slowed it down, probably 1-2 seconds between reps. I dont reckon id last if i went full speed. -
Ugh, pain! 97kg so 72.5kg - managed 20, definitely burning over the last two reps. Did it at the start of my workout, maybe I could have warmed up a bit but it was tough. Around 13-14 I was thinking I'd be good for mid 20's but then the burn hits and that 20th rep was tough! Good fun though!
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I'm in but will have to wait until next week as I did a very quick workout today that included DB chest press<br />
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Currently weigh in at 79kgs so 75% = 59.25 -
[quote name='BartMan']weight this morning after breakfast 90.2.<br />
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Will do an official weigh in tomorrow monring before food, those few hundred grams might be the difference....!!!![/QUOTE]<br />
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I've never been that great at Maths but weighing 99-100 certainly helps work out weight for this contest. <br />
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Paekak I thought you'd be a mid 20s man, warm ups do help though no doubt. Personally for me it was 2 sets of 10 at 40kg to get the blood flowing so that may get you another couple of reps next time. Did the Rexona Greatest athletes have a warm up ? I'd assume so. <br />
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I'm gonna try again next week and maybe smash an energy drink beforehand, that might get me to 22 ! -
hmm interesting between keeping the powder dry and doing a warmup... Thought I'd have a better crack at it if I started out fresh. Will have another go on saturday and include a light warm-up. <br />
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Bart, a decent alpine movement could shave 1-2kg of your lift weight, well worth the effort!<br />
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2011 challenge Table so far:<br />
MN5 - 100kg, 75kg lift, 21 reps (1st Attempt)<br />
Paekakboyz - 97kg, 72.5kg lift, 20 reps (1st attempt)<br />
Voltron - 92.7kg, 70kg lift, 19 reps (1st attempt)<br />
Bartman -90.2g (pre-alpine movement), 68kg? lift<br />
JK - 81-82kg, 61-62kg lift<br />
ACT Crusader -79kgs, 59.25kg lift <br />
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[quote name='Paekakboyz']hmm interesting between keeping the powder dry and doing a warmup... Thought I'd have a better crack at it if I started out fresh. Will have another go on saturday and include a light warm-up. <br />
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Bart, a decent alpine movement could shave 1-2kg of your lift weight, well worth the effort!<br />
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2011 challenge Table so far:<br />
MN5 - 100kg, 75kg lift, 21 reps (1st Attempt)<br />
Paekakboyz - 97kg, 72.5kg lift, 20 reps (1st attempt)<br />
Voltron - 92.7kg, 70kg lift, 19 reps (1st attempt)<br />
Bartman -90.2g (pre-alpine movement), 68kg? lift<br />
JK - 81-82kg, 61-62kg lift<br />
ACT Crusader -79kgs, 59.25kg lift <br />
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game on boys![/QUOTE]<br />
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Theres always gonna be a lot of factors, after a nasty dose of the runs I did it and managed 17 as I said in Paekaks thread. A week later once I could finally keep food down and was well rested it was 21. <br />
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Does everyone use a fairly wide grip or close grip ? I've been told my grip is pretty close for someone quite tall. I find it hard to stabalise if I go really wide but perhaps it is a case of being so used to benching closer ?
