How much weight should the avg male be able to bench?
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That’s my boy’s trademark
What I need to lift weights for when all I need to do is pull 4 pounds lol
colicolicoli
Droid Gang
His own weight.
I love these threads, just the dumbest takes imaginable 
Trying to manipulate/lift another grown person is difficult even if they're complicit but that being said a man should be able to bench his own bodyweight, ideally with reps but at least 1-2.
That number will vary since every man is not a 6'3" 230 pound vigilante like the our resident Coli brehs but most grown men in reasonable shape will likely between 150 and 250 (accounting for height).
That number will vary since every man is not a 6'3" 230 pound vigilante like the our resident Coli brehs but most grown men in reasonable shape will likely between 150 and 250 (accounting for height).
Fillerguy
Veteran
That's completely unrealistic for untrained lifters. 70% of your body weight is the bare minimum. Body weight should be your goal.
225 is an nfl combine standard. America is too
to throw that up.
OneManGang
Veteran
This thread did not go how I expected, very grounded 
Was gearing up to read a consensus of “If you can’t bench 3X your body weight with your legs off the floor you ”
Was gearing up to read a consensus of “If you can’t bench 3X your body weight with your legs off the floor you
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Pool_Shark
Can’t move with me in this digital space
315 is the average
1) It's the simplest exercise people think ofWHy is benching the go to metric for this? There are better, more useful exercises and body parts to gauge strength than a bench press
2) Upper body strength is a sexual dysmorphic trait between men and women.
3) In most potential conflicts with another man, you're more likely to be pressing forward/pushing off than pulling.
I don't disagree that it's not the best overall metric but it speaks to our primal nature.
It's not a debate, recognizing that most men don't weight train with regularity.
This why women be lying. Meanwhile I know if she ain't 140 she ain't the 1 4 meThat girl ain't 100 lbs packing all that ass
Makes kinda sense, but any violent movement, that power is generated from the back, core, or legs/hips1) It's the simplest exercise people think of
2) Upper body strength is a sexual dysmorphic trait between men and women.
3) In most potential conflicts with another man, you're more likely to be pressing forward/pushing off than pulling.
I don't disagree that it's not the best overall metric but it speaks to our primal nature.
It's not a debate, recognizing that most men don't weight train with regularity.
This why women be lying. Meanwhile I know if she ain't 140 she ain't the 1 4 me
threattonature
Veteran
My first time lifting I was doing around 240. At that time I never did regular workouts. Just played basketball all the time. But I was always naturally strong. I weighed about 180 at the time. The times I maxed out I was around 315. Once I did start lifting I usually stay around the 175-225 range though cause I ain't trying to prove shyt.
I will say being able to pick a woman up with ease is a cheat code. I've done it a few times. The look that hits their face. The latest was at a beach in Hawaii. We came upon a little fence. I grabbed her under her arms and lifted her straight up in the air and over the fence, and she let out an "oh my god" and started blushing. She got flirty as shyt right after and crept in to my bed later that night.
You gotta remember muscles have nothing to do with fighting. My MMA gym is in a BK sports club. They had to remove the heavy bag they had in the weight area because whenever we would do drills upstairs for fight camp, muscle bound nikkas would look away and then complain to the management. "Why they shaking the whole pull equipment with they kicks."
And grappling forget about it. They wanted no parts of us.
No you're not.
Pressing is not conducive to punching. It's not the same motion because punching mainly involves hips.