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[Sean Abdullatif]

Tips? How much can you do? Routines?

Whatever, write it here..

[AmbientPanda]

650 lbs.

3 sets of 30 reps.

[Wyatt4prez]

651 lbs

4 sets of 31 reps.


Really makes ya feel good you know?

[Slayer]

i can do about 10 reps of 90 in 3 sets

back when i was actually lifting weights i was doing 120 10 reps 4 sets

[Sean Abdullatif]

I really dont calculate it like yous guys.

I just start from little weights and go up to like 70 and go back down, sorta like a pyramid..

Its better for me. 

[Red Intensity]

I can bench press 45 lbs in a couple reps before exhaustion. I'm not skinny, but I'm not strong.

[Sean Abdullatif]

I can bench press 45 lbs in a couple reps before exhaustion. I'm not skinny, but I'm not strong.

Lower weights and a lot of reps is better anyways.

[EG NeoMorph]

Personally...

... I use a really good iron and a blanket on top of the bench to keep from getting marks on my shirts.

[Slayer]

I can bench press 45 lbs in a couple reps before exhaustion. I'm not skinny, but I'm not strong.

Lower weights and a lot of reps is better anyways.

To lose weight

[Sean Abdullatif]

Nope. to get stronger..

[Slayer]

ook

[Homeles]

I think my one rep max is... 115. I normally rep about 70? 75? I don't remember. I only wiegh 111ish. Actually I'm going to weigh myself right now.

Yay I weigh 113. Anyways, make sure you have a spotter. And know that lowering the wieght to your chest is just as important as pushing it back up. Don't drop it instantly to your chest and bounce it right back up. Take it nice and easy.

[Sean Abdullatif]

I think my one rep max is... 115. I normally rep about 70? 75? I don't remember. I only wiegh 111ish. Actually I'm going to weigh myself right now.

Yay I weigh 113. Anyways, make sure you have a spotter. And know that lowering the wieght to your chest is just as important as pushing it back up. Don't drop it instantly to your chest and bounce it right back up. Take it nice and easy.

I read that somewhere..

Doing it nice and slow, is more of a workout for your pecs and biceps.

[Slayer]

Im 150 lbs, 5'9" (y)

[EG NeoMorph]

I found that one area that I am REALLY weak on is pull-ups. I just can't do them, even when pushing out 100 push-ups was easy. When I was that fit I could only do like 8-10 pull-ups no matter what exercises I did to build up my muscles and what is worse is that I only weighed 8 stone at the time. I'm guessing it was another symptom of the damaged protein chains around my joints which causes joint hypermobility.

Thing is, why is pushing easier than pulling? Anyone know?

[Homeles]

Well I think it's the muscles involved partly. Your biceps are the main muscles involved in a pull-up I believe. With push-ups you have a whole lotta muscles working together to bring you back up. Also, when doing a push-up, some of the weight of your body rests on your feet as well as your arms. Pull-ups are all arms.

[Omarrrrrrr]

I'm 212 5'11. I max out at 100. By the end of this summer I hope to get to 160 or 170...

[Homeles]

Is 100 your 1 rep max?

[EG NeoMorph]

Well I think it's the muscles involved partly. Your biceps are the main muscles involved in a pull-up I believe. With push-ups you have a whole lotta muscles working together to bring you back up. Also, when doing a push-up, some of the weight of your body rests on your feet as well as your arms. Pull-ups are all arms.

That could be it... I only just realised that when doing the pull-up the weight of my body was causing my shoulders and elbow joints to sublux (partial dislocations) which are bloody painful after a while. Doing push ups means I am compressing the joints together rather than pulling them apart so less problems. I used to do 1 handed push ups too but couldn't do many because my shoulder started getting hot.

Oh and this was the British Army push-ups. Feet are on a bench while the hands are on the floor to force more weight onto your shoulders. Then there was the one where your partner holds your legs like when you do the wheelbarrow race at school but then you have to do push ups instead.

I do know that the DI used to scream in my ear because I couldn't do many pull-ups. I'm sure that my hearing in my left ear is weaker because he made me deaf with shouting... erm... "YOU BAD BOY, HANTON"... or words to that effect... God, I so hated that man... lol.

[EG Haggard Spartan]

I rep around 185 4 sets 8 times for regular bench press.
Incline I do about 135 10 times 3 sets.
Decline i do about 205 8 times 3 sets.

[AmbientPanda]

400 BABIES.

[EG NeoMorph]

400 BABIES.

Holy crap, you must have been busy... got a harem have you?

[dudeskis]

215 max, I usually rep 180-190.  As for the Pull up deal, it depends on how you do them, if you do them over hand, then you're using your back and shoulders along with your biceps.  If you do it underhand, it's all bicep, meaning that you do less.  Plus, with pull ups, it's more weight, because in a pushup your legs are taking some of your weight.  But the only way to get better at pull ups is to do pull ups.  I was in the gym every day for a month and I only gained one pull up, after two weeks of doing pull ups 3 times a day, I gained like 5.

[Sean Abdullatif]

Okay,

So on a pull up.. Whats easier? Doing a pull up with your wrists facing you, or flipped around?

[dudeskis]

It honestly depends, I can do more underhand, but most people I know do them easier overhand.  The back muscle is a lot bigger and stronger, but some people (myself) have weaker backs.  It depends on your body, do them both ways to find out which is easier for yourself.

[Homeles]

I wish I had an easy way to work my back...

[EG Haggard Spartan]

I wish I had an easy way to work my back...

So many workouts for your back its ridiculous you just gotta experiment and look online.

[EG Haggard Spartan]

Just repped 220 8 times 2 sets. I'm excited.

[EG NeoMorph]

OK... dumbass here just figured out why pull-ups are hard for me while push-ups aren't.

I HAVE JOINT HYPERMOBILITY... Arrrgghhh... why the frak did I forget this....

Seriously... When I do push-ups I'm pushing the joint's together... this makes the joint stable and means no problemo. When I do pull-ups though it is pulling the joints apart and then I sublux the joint (partial dislocation) which then causes inflammation and pain when the joints click back together... LOTS OF PAIN!.

It was only when I was trying to do some pull ups tonight that it sunk into my thick head lol. Push-ups were fine but pull-ups were just as hard and when my wrist and elbow dislocated I went OUCH and OH FFS... NO FREAKIN WONDER I CAN'T DO THIS!.

Anyone got a decent second hand body they want to swap for my weirdo body? lol

[Omarrrrrrr]

Is 100 your 1 rep max?

No, I'd say at about 145ish would be my one rep max.
With how big my arms are I should be able to do that no problem.
I'm ashamed, but I rarely bench.

[EG Haggard Spartan]

Dont be ashamed. I started at my max being around 135 last year. Now my max is somewhere around 265. Its not that hard you just gotta be dedicated.

[Omarrrrrrr]

I'm seriously starting to bench, soley because of this thread.

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