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Beating 99% of people who weight train with modified bodyweight exercises is definitely a stretch. A pushup is equivalent to benching roughly 64% of your body
by billmalarky 10y ago
Beating 99% of people who weight train with modified bodyweight exercises is definitely a stretch.
A pushup is equivalent to benching roughly 64% of your body weight. So if we say one armed is similar to benching 128% of your bodyweight... That puts a person in the intermediate level of weight training.
http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/BenchStandards.html http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/BenchStandards.htm...
- witty_username 10y ago> intermediate level of weight training in which population?
- Thriptic 10y agoStrength training athletes
- gaius 10y agoIt's a fact of training that you get what you train for. A huge physique may be intimidating but the sort of capability you would need to survive a violent environment is that of a soldier/marine or a boxer or MMA fighter - and you can develop that far quicker, and without access to good nutrition.
- mrob 10y agoA one handed pushup is much harder than that because of the great difficulty in keeping your body stable. Somebody who can bench twice their bodyweight might still fail a one handed pushup if they haven't trained for it.
- gaius 10y agoExactly. The pressup engages the entire anterior chain. And no-one cares about anyone's bench press 1RM in a fight or indeed any situation outside of the gym - it just isn't a useful kind of strength.