Bench Press Your Own Body Weight
Using the bench press test table below.
Bench press your own body weight. I think being able to bench press your body weight is unusual for guys. See how the maximum weight you can bench press for a single repetition compares to that of other men in your age group. Bench press strength standards help you to compare your one rep max lift with other lifters at your bodyweight.
The amount you can bench press can be used as a marker of your strength but it s just one part of the picture. First divide the weight you lift by your bodyweight. Bench press form use the five point body contact position.
For example if you bench press 300 pounds at a bodyweight of 200 pounds the weight you lift as a proportion of your bodyweight is 300 200 1 50. To get a rough estimate of how much you should eat lopez says multiply your body weight by 18 to get your total calories per day goal. Xc team there seems to think it s closer to 50.
Based on these calculations we can say when you are doing a push up you are lifting about 56 of your body weight the other 44 is held up by your feet. The bench press targets the pecs shoulders and triceps. Your bench press to bodyweight ratio depends on your current fitness level gender and weight.
If you re going to build a monster bench you need to eat like you re in offseason mass gain mode. The average man in his thirties can bench press 90 percent of his body weight. Head upper back and butt should be on the bench and your right and left feet firmly on the floor in a wide stance.