What's a decent Bench press for a mid-weigth?

[kryo]

Uhh.. if you can bench alot then yeah, you are considered strong. Most just can't hit hard.

[abdiel2k3]

i also use to bench a fair amount
weighted about 180 hitten about 280
but after a while i realized its not very practical unless your goin into pro lifting
its a neat trick
but thats all
it helps with nothin
try other workouts the will help ya build muscles youll use for a fight
unless ya plan on benchin a guy ina fight

[BrooklynBomber]

Weight lifting is rather bull****.

For example.

I havent benched for ages, went to my buddies, and had a hard time with 160lb. So I came back the next few days, spent 30min on the bench each day. And the next week I was at 200lb withouht problems. I spent another fews days, and 230lb was fine. Then I stopped. And I never bench press.

Dunno if its only me or its liek that with everyone.


Some days I simply cant bench for ****. Another Ill bench a lot.

Another thing. Cause you can bench a lot doesnt mean you are strong.

For me its usually means that I ate crappy food on that day, if I cant bench for ****.

[Banderivets]

Uhh.. if you can bench alot then yeah, you are considered strong. Most just can't hit hard.

Uhh sorry mate, but I call bull**** on that.

I know a lot of guys who can bench a lot, but are useless ****es when it comes to doing a task were true strength is required. Such as lifting a very heavy TV, carrying very heavy bags, moving heavy things.

My co-worker benches 350, and there are plenty of things that he has hard time lifting, and I do not.

Strength is about you core, your legs your entire body. Not your arms.

As been said, its a neat trick, but it helps with nothing.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

Weight lifting is rather bull****.

For example.

I havent benched for ages, went to my buddies, and had a hard time with 160lb. So I came back the next few days, spent 30min on the bench each day. And the next week I was at 200lb withouht problems. I spent another fews days, and 230lb was fine. Then I stopped. And I never bench press.

Dunno if its only me or its liek that with everyone.


Some days I simply cant bench for ****. Another Ill bench a lot.

Another thing. Cause you can bench a lot doesnt mean you are strong.

There are many things when it comes to weight lifting that you need to remember..

First is once you bench a certain weight, if you ever stop benching and drop beneath that mark it will be easier to reach that mark again than it was the first time....

For Example, lets say you work really hard and reach a max of like 180 lbs...and you stop benching for a year....You go back and your bench is about 135....well if you work moderately for awhile you'll reach 180 because you've already hit it....



As fraidycat said Weight lifting has its place in boxing..

[RockyMarcianofan00]

Uhh sorry mate, but I call bull**** on that.

I know a lot of guys who can bench a lot, but are useless ****es when it comes to doing a task were true strength is required. Such as lifting a very heavy TV, carrying very heavy bags, moving heavy things.

My co-worker benches 350, and there are plenty of things that he has hard time lifting, and I do not.

Strength is about you core, your legs your entire body. Not your arms.

As been said, its a neat trick, but it helps with nothing.

This happens when all you do is bench...Benching does alot, but when thats all you do, you won't see results in real life...

[-Antonio-]

I cant tell you how many times I used to come across guys at the gym who could bench a horse but couldnt even squat two plates.

When I see a guy who can power clean a lot, I know hes a strong guy.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

I cant tell you how many times I used to come across guys at the gym who could bench a horse but couldnt even squat two plates.

When I see a guy who can power clean a lot, I know hes a strong guy.

I can't squat alot, but thats because I never do it...Mainly because I always feel like if I try and do alot I'm gunna fall over and get hurt...

[Southpaw16]

That is a very good amount. You can probably expect that that number might even drop a tad as you focus more of your time and energy on roadwork and different reflex and stamina related excersise. But 240 for a 150 lb fighter is definately way above average for a boxer. Benchpress isn't particularly important for boxing. It isn't a bad excersise to do occasionally, but you are probably going to find yourself generally refocusing your fitness goals as you continue with your training.

[Verstyle]

my squat in h.s when i was 17 was 330lbs.and thats going all the way down to the last safety bar and standing there with the weight for 1 sec.and then coming back up.the football players did it half way and there squats were like 400 to 600lbs.talk about false advertisment.ahaha