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Neil 
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 Posted: June 11 2007 at 18:25 |
I've heard of pressing flowers but pressing benches is a new one on me.
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Man Erg
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Posted: June 11 2007 at 08:47 |
 darqdean wrote:
What is a bench-press?  |
A periodical all about benches.
e.g. Bench Monthly or Bencher's Digest..etc,etc 
Edited by Man Erg - June 11 2007 at 08:48
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Peter
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Posted: June 11 2007 at 08:40 |
I swam pretty far yesterday -- stopping only occasionally to rest via my big pink floating "noodle." 
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 21:12 |
I don't even remember. I haven't weight-lifted in well over a decade. However, at the time I was muscular enough and wanted definition over muscle mass. So, instead of trying to max out, I did relatively light weights (my guess is somewhere in the 125-175 lb. regime) for many reps. At the time I could perhaps max out in the low 200s, but my memory for this is utter rubbish. Now hoisting pint glasses is the closest I'll get to "lifting"...
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JJLehto
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 20:54 |
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I can lift a 10 lb weight over and over.
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Dean
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 20:37 |
What is a bench-press?
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What?
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enteredwinter
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 20:29 |
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I bench about once a week.
I do 185 (each side has a 45 & a 25, and I think the bar weighs 45).
I've been doing 185, exactly, since around the year 2000. I know I probably should try to increase it gradually, but I'm happy with the results, and I don't want to look like some steroided-up pro wrestler or something.
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video vertigo
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 20:11 |
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My max (when I used to work out) was about 135 pounds which was about 10-15 pounds more than I weighed at the time. Nowadays I don't use weights to exercise I swim, hike, bike, skateboard etc.
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"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa
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The Doctor
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 13:42 |
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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stonebeard
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 13:40 |
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Uh...bench it.
I don't have a rack to hold the bar, so I'm really afraid to try anything more in case I drop it.
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Tony R
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 13:38 |
stonebeard wrote:
I don't bench, but I would say 80-90 lbs I can do comfortably.
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do what with it?
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stonebeard
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 13:36 |
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I don't bench, but I would say 80-90 lbs I can do comfortably.
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Tony R
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 13:34 |
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The Doctor
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 13:29 |
12 oz. for hours on end. I can even do that with 16 oz. when I get pints. 
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Tony R
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 13:20 |
I've just done 5 sets of 10 reps at 210 lbs shoulder presses.That was after running 11.5 km. Bench press 330LBS? I can do that with me tongue... 
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Kid-A
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Posted: June 10 2007 at 06:22 |
^ I always thought it was unhealthy to do it every day anyway, maybe I'm wrong.
I've never tried as much as I can, I lift 16kg 40 times, then 30 times again after a few different exercises.
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Posted: June 09 2007 at 23:05 |
Im January started to do many bench press until I managed to do 4 series of 25 repetitions with 90 Kgms every day.
One morning while doing it I heard like a belt snapping and my arm grew twice it's wide, the sinew that connects the central muscle of my right triceps to the shoulder had broken and the muscle fell to the elbow, the strange thing is I felt no pain ar all..
Surgery is not recommended because the other two muscles of the triceps will replace the tension of the damaged muscle and the scar would be from the elbow to the shoulder plus something may go wrong and loose movility of the fingers, but I can't lift more than 5 KGMS for a year with that arm and no more bench press with more than 2 seriies of 20 Kgms after the year.
The doctor said I went too fast, so it's not important how much weight you can lift, but how prepared are you for the effort, it's better go step by step.
Iván
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - June 09 2007 at 23:11
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 09 2007 at 22:34 |
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Not sure if thats oz,. pounds, metric tons or what.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Bj-1
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Posted: June 09 2007 at 21:44 |
*blows some dust off*
Tested a while back. 220lbs! Not bad for a 16 year old who have never really trained with weights before  |
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Mikerinos
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Posted: February 18 2006 at 00:33 |
The Miracle wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Peter wrote:
(I think the Velvet gang have a nob size-comparing thread you might be interested in, as well....) |
Oh for the love of God.  Well all I ever said was "Let's change the subject..."
Edit: And it was only one post by the way. 
Aside: Damn you Ansen!!!!!
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It's all Mike! |
Uh no. It was mainly Flossy and his dinosauric father.
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your max on the bench press?
I'm sorry to hear that Tony. I was recently on antibiotics for strep throat and couldn't drink for two weeks. Not fun. 
