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Thread: How many times can you rep out 225lbs on bench

post 1667849823 09-14-2022, 08:18 AM
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How many times can you rep out 225lbs on bench

Also state whether you are natty or not


I'll start wit the weak sauce: 2 reps (obviously natty)
post 1667849903 09-14-2022, 08:19 AM
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Lifetime PR is 23 reps, didn't get it on video though.

Got a video of 22 reps though


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post 1667850043 09-14-2022, 08:23 AM
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If I can do 275 for 10 what does that translate to?


Obviously natty
post 1667850073 09-14-2022, 08:23 AM
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Could get 8 ish before I took a break this summer.

natty obvs
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post 1667850163 09-14-2022, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted By Jacobcapra⏩
Lifetime PR is 23 reps, didn't get it on video though.

Got a video of 22 reps though


You got elbow wraps so I’m gonna have to Half that
post 1667850173 09-14-2022, 08:25 AM
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I’ve done a 20 rep set before. Natty
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post 1667850343 09-14-2022, 08:27 AM
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There was a tine ten years ago when I used 225 as a backdown set after every bench workout. I think I got up to 25. My bench PR was 375.

If I had done it fresh, I assume I could have done more.
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post 1667850503 09-14-2022, 08:31 AM
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Flat bench? 5 reps.
post 1667850583 09-14-2022, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted By TrlggaTrey⏩
If I can do 275 for 10 what does that translate to?


Obviously natty
Probably close to 20. when I hit 225x22 I was getting 275x12.
Originally Posted By TrlggaTrey⏩
You got elbow wraps so I’m gonna have to Half that
They're sleeves not wraps. They might add 5 lb. to your max.
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post 1667850673 09-14-2022, 08:35 AM
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225 lbs. Is my warm up set, srs.

25ish, no wraps.

Natty af….. wish i was on the juice again tho. Feels bad man
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post 1667850753 09-14-2022, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted By backmarker⏩
225 lbs. Is my warm up set, srs.

25ish, no wraps.

Natty af….. wish i was on the juice again tho. Feels bad man
on juice again? I guess I always took natty to mean lifetime natty.
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post 1667850883 09-14-2022, 08:38 AM
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just 1 lol
post 1667850903 09-14-2022, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted By Jacobcapra⏩
on juice again? I guess I always took natty to mean lifetime natty.
Yeah I know guys who have been natty for years, but they still don't look natty because 15 years prior they did several cycles of T
post 1667851243 09-14-2022, 08:44 AM
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Probably 10-11.. I kind of gave up on hitting a PR for barbell bench tho.
post 1667851273 09-14-2022, 08:45 AM
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Reckon I could crank out about 12 right now.
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Originally Posted By Jacobcapra⏩
Probably close to 20. when I hit 225x22 I was getting 275x12.




They're sleeves not wraps. They might add 5 lb. to your max.
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post 1667852073 09-14-2022, 09:02 AM
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Have done it for 20 a bunch of times and got 21 once. Lifetime natty.
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post 1667853203 09-14-2022, 09:25 AM
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Natty

At my strongest, I could bench 225 for two reps in 2017
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post 1667853243 09-14-2022, 09:26 AM
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Probably 8-10. I did trt doses for a few months last year and I went from 8 to 22 reps though. Just lol at natty lifting.
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Originally Posted By Unstumpable⏩
Probably 8-10. I did trt doses for a few months last year and I went from 8 to 22 reps though. Just lol at natty lifting.
Congratulations on needing drugs to be a man.
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