jhayunga Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 This is a challenge to everyone responding to the 225lb bench press string. I have been working out regularly for 5 years. My bench press varies from 250- 290 depending on how disciplined I am being with my workouts. One day a freind of mine challenged me with this. try to bench press just the bar (45 lbs) 100 times. I try it from time to time. The most I have ever been able to do is 79 times. Not a regular workout thing, but its fun to try once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 I tried that before (back in High School)...I never made it much past 50. From what I remember....it was torture!...:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Ah the hundred rep thing. Few bodybuilders back in the early 90's swore by it. Remember that in the gym. Bench, arms, and if memory serves the back and maybe the 45 leg press. Major ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Hog Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Haven't tried that since HS... hmmmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Originally posted by Phat Hog Haven't tried that since HS... hmmmmmm. Yeah, and I have the physique to prove it...:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Now, I do remember something like that, from my youth. In Jr. High, and the first two years of High School, I ran Cross Country. For the High School part of that, I ran every weekday. (Coach was a runner, and had voluntary workouts during the offseasons and summer). We moved to NoVa before starting my Jr year. To a place in Fairfax Co on a twisty gravel road, with no sidewalks, where you couldn't possibly run without taking your life in your hands. My brother (also a runner) and I came up with an idea for how to exercise indoors. We went downstairs to the weight bench (which neither of us had used), got two 10-pound weights, put the weights on our shoulders, and did 100 deep-knee bends. (Walking up two flights of stairs, afterwards, was interesting, too.) After running daily for four years, I was 6-3 and weighed 155. After doing this exercise several times, I still weighed 155, but I swear my thigh measurement doubled. I also wondered why, in gym class, the jocks all seemed impressed that I was able to leg press 900 lbs on the nautilus machine. (I knew I was just a wimpy runner, and assumed they were making fun of me.) Now I read scouting reports that make me think that I was leg pressing weights that would put me in Rock Cartwright's class. So, based strictly on personal experience, YMMV, and all that, Larry's Secret Training Formula to Get You Into NFL Shape is: Five years of running and cardio, followed by weight training at 100-reps weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 I've tried it, and I've succeeded... but the burn afterwards is awful, ruins a workout, I'll never do that again. In fact, it's not even burn, it's pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom [Giants fan] Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Hmmm, I never tried this, when I fully recover from surgery, I'll try it. In about two months or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 I believe I got it 60-something times in high school. I haven't been lifting regularly though, so I couldn't do that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Williams Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Anyone who is going to try the 45lbs reps don't do them fast........Your elbows will hurt like a MFfffff in the morning..... I found out the hard way...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Originally posted by KINGBRICE_28 Anyone who is going to try the 45lbs reps don't do them fast........Your elbows will hurt like a MFfffff in the morning..... I found out the hard way...... I never had that problem. Make sure you warm up and stretch out really well before any sort of weight lifting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project myu Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 LOL! Now I'm curious about doing this.. But since I go to the school gym, it'll look goofy, and seeing as how it doesn't really do anything anyways, I guess I'll never find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roqnap1 Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 I just do curls. CONSTANTLY! 12oz. at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Originally posted by project myu LOL! Now I'm curious about doing this.. But since I go to the school gym, it'll look goofy, and seeing as how it doesn't really do anything anyways, I guess I'll never find out. My friends and I did it every once in a while. Unless things have changed vastly in the 2 years I've been gone from high school, you'd be surprised at how willing people are to try things like this. Maybe we had a little respect in the weight room since we were on the football team, but nobody ever said anything about it looking goofy. (Although it definitely does once you get to rep 40 or so.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symbol Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 I've personally not done it since high school. I hit 203, the best in the school was 211. I have a kid on my team, a junior who benches 315 got 247. I had him tested immidiately It's fun to do once in awhile, but it doesn't do much more than show that your muscles are in good endurance shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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