i just got into benching about a week ago, i'm a beginner. I'm 19, 170 pounds, and i can bench 60 pounds 10-15 times in 1 rep. Is this bad? i know this isn't great and i'm working on it. I recently bought a bench press set in my basement. is this considered, average, good, or like horrible. Also, what is ur age weight and how much can you bench how many times?
LegitGamer3212
well its a start, but 60lbs is not much to bench. however 15reps isnt bad. You could try upping it a little with fewer reps maybe. In my weights class (highschool years ago) the minimum to pass the class was a max at like 100% of your body weight (which isnt really that impressive even). At first its tough, but after you can bench like 95lbs with ease, then you'll see some gains (that's what i remember from highschool). you just gotta keep it up and try to work on increasing every other day or something. When i used to bench alot, i was 17, 155lbs and i would do quite a few reps at like 110lbs, my max was a whopping 155.... that was years ago though.
Some people only care about their max, but if you want to go for that use either a bench machine (sorta cheating and alot easier) OR get a person to spot you. You dont wanna hurt yourself like that guy at USC did. His hand slipped and he required an emergency surgery on his neck/throat. I am pretty sure he almost died cuz he was benching a LOT and didnt have a good spotter.
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