The plateau is over! I benched 355 lbs. tonight!

[LostInAnomie]

I'd been stuck at 340-345 for a couple of months. Finally, tonight I managed to put up 355 on flat bench. I tried 360 lbs. and ended up wearing it.

[petronius]

1. Whatever - I do twice that much every workout

(Of course, I do it as 3 sets of 12... ;))

Congratulations! :toast:

[pokerfan]

2. In highschool I once benched four-fifty

That's four (4) fifty pound weights!

[petronius]

4. LOL!

That's a lot o' weight... :)

[flvegan]

3. How many reps? And did you count the bar?

I ask because that's a really odd benchmark weight.

Also, legs up or flat?

Congrats, regardless. That's a good bit of weight.

[LostInAnomie]

7. One rep with 45 lb. bar included.

Three 45 lb. plates and two 10's on each side.

Legs flat (but I didn't arch) with a one second pause at my chest.

[Skittles]

5. I could still kick your ass

yes INDEED

[MrSlayer]

6. I do many 12 oz. curls every night.

Seriously, if you really benched 355, damn dude.

[scarpa43]

8. I used to work with a guy...

...that said the most he had done was 3 reps of 650 or so, if I remember the number correctly.

No I did not see it, but all you had to do was look at the guy and you knew it was true. He had tried out for the NFL a few times and had been 95% of what they were looking for and had switched to training for strong man competitions.

[underpants]

9. AWESOME!!

I have started lifting a bit recently. After running into a broken leg I decided to do what I have been reading for a long time and adding some lifting. So I am basically doing a water polo workout-lift and swim (no leg kicking)

I have dropped 20 pounds since July 8th and that includes noticeable change from my upper body lifting. Noticeable.

Good job.

Nice guns dude!!!