Benching Your Own Weight
Give yourself a pat on the back if you ve conquered the feat of benching your own bodyweight.
Benching your own weight. More repetitions using lighter weights 10 to 15. Kilograms kg pounds lb age range. Guidelines on how many times to bench press weight varies by your age health and fitness goals.
The american college of sports medicine recommends eight to 12 repetitions for people younger than 50 who have reached puberty. Male bench press. This would be more impressive if i hadn t developed a hernia the next day.
5 x 8 reps at 65 1rm. Benching your own weight. 5 sets x 10 reps at 60 of 1 rep max goal 120 lb for a 200 lb man week 2.
The bench press targets the pecs shoulders and triceps. Did you know the average weight training enthusiast can barely bench press their own bodyweight. When i was in my early 30 s i benched three sets of 10 of my own weight.
Make good form a priority over increasing your bench press weight. Be consistent in your approach and aim for gradual. Gender male female.
Your bench press to bodyweight ratio depends on your current fitness level gender and weight. Our bench press standards are based on 13 354 000 lifts by strength level users. Train them so they don t become the weak link in your bench s kinetic chain week 1.