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> For the first time in my life I got really strong, bench pressing my bodyweight I quit reading here. Absolute beginner starts exercising and immediately star
by marcuskane2 2y ago
> For the first time in my life I got really strong, bench pressing my bodyweight
I quit reading here. Absolute beginner starts exercising and immediately starts preaching as an expert.
A bodyweight bench press isn't "really strong", that's like a baseline for a healthy adult man. To not be able to do that is a sign of being overweight, frail, or both.
- polishdude20 2y agoDamn I feel personally called out haha. I'm a 6ft 170lb male and I can bench press maybe 120 lbs for one rep max? I've been neglecting my bench press.
- harshalizee 2y agoAbsolutely no one untrained is lifting their body-weight in a bench press. About 1.1x body-weight 1RM press is largely considered as an intermediate lifter.
- rendang 2y agoAre you saying that the typical man who's 180cm 70kg and doesn't work out at all, but doesn't have any diseases or health problems, would be able to bench 70kg their first time?
- marcuskane2 2y agoI'm saying if an adult man can't bench press 70kg then they are unhealthily frail, yes. "Doesn't work out at all" is a problem. That's unhealthy and decreases their quality of life and shortens their lifespan. Our concept of "normal" in Western countries today is so far removed from what humans evolved to do and is good for us. The most basic physical activity (whether playing sports, doing manual labor or any exercise program) should be enough to do a bodyweight benchpress. 2x bodyweight is an accomplishment that requires dedicated weight lifting. 1x bodyweight is something that basically every man 100 years ago could have done.