Bench Press challenge...
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Hmm I'll give this a shot on my next chest day, which is tomorrow<br />
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I'm 192lbs or 87kg<br />
So 70% = 134lbs or 61kg<br />
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Thats almost exactly 1 45lb on each side + the 40lb bar weight<br />
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No idea what I can do, I never do reps that high, but I would hazard a guess of around 25 - 30, now watch me embarrass myself and do about 12.... -
[quote name='MN5'][quote name='Duluth']I find stacking the plates in reverse helps too. So you strip off the larger plates early and the smaller plates towards the end.[/quote]<br />
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Gonna do some pyramiding tonight I think. 10 x 50% of 1rm, 8 x 65%, 5 x 75% etc building up to the 1RM then back again. Should take me about half an hour ( they advise 3 minutes rest between sets ) so hopefully I survive.[/quote]<br />
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DOH !!! Some shit lifting last night. Going well until the lift 100% ( recently cracked 120kg ) but it only got about half way up and I had to do the roll off. I blame the lack of sleep from the boy yelling the last few nights. Maybe I needed more rest between sets and maybe the lack of food during the day didn't help either.....oh well gonna lay off weights for a week or two to give the joints time to recover and hit it with gusto then ! -
The original challenge in this thread came from "Rexona's Australia's Greatest Athlete"<br />
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They've just finished a second series of that with Billy Slater (again), Wendy Sailor and rugby rep being JOC (if they wanted a young union player they should have gone with Digby or Pocock..)<br />
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If anyone is having a slow day at work the whole series can be viewed in small clips here - [url]http://www.greatestathlete.com.au/[/url]<br />
The bench challenge stuff is in ep 5 -
[quote name='Duluth']The original challenge in this thread came from "Rexona's Australia's Greatest Athlete"<br />
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They've just finished a second series of that with Billy Slater (again), Wendy Sailor and rugby rep being JOC (if they wanted a young union player they should have gone with Digby or Pocock..)<br />
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If anyone is having a slow day at work the whole series can be viewed in small clips here - [url]http://www.greatestathlete.com.au/[/url]<br />
The bench challenge stuff is in ep 5[/QUOTE]<br />
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Sheesh big Del was lifting up a storm. Indicates he is a strong/heavy bastard really ! -
Slater and O'Connors power:weight is amazing - ripping out 30+ reps at 60 odd kg is impressive, even if you are a pro athlete!<br />
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Although O'Connor didn't display much intelligence with pushing the sled! thought he should be pushing from the top which dug the front of it into the ground... -
we used to do 60kg rep max workouts - 70 odd was my best IIRC - mind you, I was weighing in at about 110 then, ready for battle!<br />
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Might do one of these as I lean down for comp - have chest tomorrow in fact - maybe I'll do this instead o the negative reps on the machine to pre exhaust. I think it'll work!! -
Let us know how you get on. I'd like to know
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[quote name='BartMan']it's a date - 6:05 tomorrow morning, think of me (not THAT way you prev), I'll see what the 91kg BartMan can do, as opposed to the 110kg monster...[/QUOTE]<br />
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97kg MN5 may give it a go as well......<br />
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Bart, 70 reps of 60 is farkin impressive by the way ! -
[quote name='MN5']97kg MN5 may give it a go as well......<br />
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Bart, 70 reps of 60 is farkin impressive by the way ![/QUOTE]<br />
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Hell yeah!! Did that outstrip other players or guys you were training with BartMan? that is a truckload of reps! -
It killed them - think prop Cyril smaashed out 50 odd first time out, the number eight that we were training with was 40 odd.<br />
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This morning 38 reps.<br />
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Funny though, when I did heaps, when you first picked up the bar, it would feel like nothing - 60kg was like the bar. Feels a bit heavier now from the kick off, and when you fail, it's quick - going fine, and then within five or ten reps, pow, all over! -
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Blimey.. [b]Had a go at 70kgs.. Could only do 55 reps[/b].. But I had to push it with everything I had..<br />
Felt like nothing until I hit 25-30 reps.. And then burnt quick as hell<br />
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Didin't realise we had a pro powerlifter on these boards. Keen readers of my thread will note I haven't benched in ages but I'm hoping all the push up stuff I've been doing will see an increase. -
55reps of 70kg <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':hi:' /><br />
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Hell yeah! That is a massive effort! Fark, that is some elite lifting right there bro.
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nup.. im not a powerlifter.. im just a math teacher..<br />
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but like most samoans i do weight training at home lol..<br />
i do 5x5 stronglifts.. and it has helped improve my benching..<br />
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i started training again cos the 1st XV boys always wanna take me on in the weights room lol (arm wrestling challenges are common as well)
