For all the ppl who go to the gym

[cannabis campbell]

its no contest or anything but i was just wondering for some of the men here how much can you, or how much do you benchpress rather and how long have you been training?

im currently lifting 70kg but i cant normally do more than 14reps in one go

[Samwhore]

when I was working out, I could bench 100lbs around 5-10 depending how good the workout was

[Matt the Funk]

I do 20 reps wait a little bit, then do 20 more. I bench press about 50lbs lol. I dunno how much I can do, probably 75 if I tried hard lol.
EDIT: If samwhore can lift 100 I have no doubt I could do 100.

[bong_man]

i never bench press just do weighted pushups, but now im all curious and shit lol

[Samwhore]

I do 20 reps wait a little bit, then do 20 more. I bench press about 50lbs lol. I dunno how much I can do, probably 75 if I tried hard lol.
EDIT: If samwhore can lift 100 I have no doubt I could do 100.

:wtf:WTF I find that sexist. I am older than you, and stronger than you, dont be jealous....

all my weight lifting is done in the 100's

I am an exception, most girls my age couldnt even lift the 45lbs bar

[Matt the Funk]

:wtf:WTF I find that sexist. I am older than you, and stronger than you, dont be jealous....

all my weight lifting is done in the 100's

I am an exception, most girls my age couldnt even lift the 45lbs bar

Not to sound sexist, but I just think I could. I've been lifting weights since I was like 10. I do curls more than bench pressing. I curl 50lbsin each arm and do about 20reps wait abit repeat. I try not to strain my muscles too much either. But hey for all I know you could lift 10x what I could and be a champion weight lifter.

[The.Devil.Himself]

:wtf:WTF I find that sexist. I am older than you, and stronger than you, dont be jealous....

all my weight lifting is done in the 100's

I am an exception, most girls my age couldnt even lift the 45lbs bar

I want you.

Now.

[bong_man]

so do i lol

[Samwhore]

I want you.

Now.

ive always wanted to have hot sex with the devil

[Samwhore]

Not to sound sexist, but I just think I could. I've been lifting weights since I was like 10. I do curls more than bench pressing. I curl 50lbsin each arm and do about 20reps wait abit repeat. I try not to strain my muscles too much either. But hey for all I know you could lift 10x what I could and be a champion weight lifter.

were not talking about curls:p

All I did in weight training was hang out at the bench, no one could spot me, I have to have the guys do it...

want to be my spotter?

[bong_man]

ive always wanted to have hot sex with the devil

WHAT ABOUT THE BONG MAN! :rastabong: look at the size of that thing

[Samwhore]

WHAT ABOUT THE BONG MAN! :rastabong: look at the size of that thing

devil, bong man, devil, bong man,

enee meene miney... devil, sorry, but the devil must have some pretty bad ass bongs

[Matt the Funk]

were not talking about curls:p

All I did in weight training was hang out at the bench, no one could spot me, I have to have the guys do it...

want to be my spotter?

Yes i'd like to be your spotter. We can work out then smoke a fat blunt to relax afterwards.

[Samwhore]

Yes i'd like to be your spotter. We can work out then smoke a fat blunt to relax afterwards.

:jointsmile:

Ill fall asleep midway during this relaxing time

[Matt the Funk]

:jointsmile:

Ill fall asleep midway during this relaxing time

What if the devil was there? Or maybe we could use bongmans bongg

[Samwhore]

What if the devil was there? Or maybe we could use bongmans bongg

if the devil was there, sorry, id leave with him

[Matt the Funk]

if the devil was there, sorry, id leave with him

Oh well.

[Samwhore]

Oh well.

im pretty sure if jesus was there youd leave me for him

[Matt the Funk]

im pretty sure if jesus was there youd leave me for him

Nahh man jesus is sooo boring, he thinks he is all gang banger and shit, and he doesn't even smoke!

[thcbongman]

Not to sound sexist, but I just think I could. I've been lifting weights since I was like 10. I do curls more than bench pressing. I curl 50lbsin each arm and do about 20reps wait abit repeat. I try not to strain my muscles too much either. But hey for all I know you could lift 10x what I could and be a champion weight lifter.

If you can curl 50lb, you could definitely bench 100. Way more than 100 infact, unless all you're doing is curls and leaving all your other muscles alone.....

A year ago, I could bench 225 15 times. Now that I have cancer, I'm trying to work everything back, so currently right now, I'm only benching 135 15 times. Not very impressive lmao.

But I'll be at my original mark again in 5 months I say.

[Matt the Funk]

If you can curl 50lb, you could definitely bench 100. Way more than 100 infact, unless all you're doing is curls and leaving all your other muscles alone.....

A year ago, I could bench 225 15 times. Now that I have cancer, I'm trying to work everything back, so currently right now, I'm only benching 135 15 times. Not very impressive lmao.

But I'll be at my original mark again in 5 months I say.

I dunno why but curling is something I focus on more. I don't work out as much anymore either. But the most I ever remember bench pressing was 120 and I did it I think about 10 times. That was a while ago though. 225 is a lot haha.

[thcbongman]

225 isn't really that much. You have to train a bit to reach that point, but I see guys in the gym that bench 315 as warm-ups. What they do at max is just sickening. These guys are simply huge.

But ya, man if you continue training, add some bench presses and such. It works your chest, triceps and shoulders in 1 sitting. Pretty efficient exercise. Curls is an isolation exercise, which would only work biceps and forearms, but nice if you want to make those pistons sharp, but it doesn't really add much unless workout triceps and shoulders for full arm definition. You should keep going. Curling 50 is definitely impressive, even when I was in prime shape, I couldn't recall lifting a 50lb with each arm. Damn.

[Matt the Funk]

I try :p But yeah, one of my dads co-workers, is this huge el salvidorian guy named george. He can bench like 500 and curls 100. But this guy is just HUGE, and I think he's been working out for a looong time.

[Jaerl]

Been workin' out for about 6 months, 17 years of age, Max on bench is 195 (Not a very big person, my max out when i started was about 110...)

[Samwhore]

Nahh man jesus is sooo boring, he thinks he is all gang banger and shit, and he doesn't even smoke!

well, it doesnt say anywhere that the devil does either

[Matt the Funk]

well, it doesnt say anywhere that the devil does either

If you were the devil, what would YOU be doing? Probably smoking.

[Samwhore]

If I were the devil id be plotting my way into getting samwhore into hell with me..

IF I was the devil

[reprisler]

i've been regularly lifting weights for a little over 3 monthes. keep in mind i don't have anyone to spot me, so i keep the weight a little lower than i want to for safety reasons. for bench press i do 3 sets of 7-10 reps at 145lbs.

[halfassedjediknight]

i usually do 3 to 5 sets of around 10-15 reps at 100 lbs. otherwise my max is about 190.

i dont really try to benchpress much though, just to tone them pecs!

[TheSmokingMonkey]

Another lady weighing in....

I used to bench 70-80 lbs. at my peak fitness level. Maybe 6 reps or so.
I am a metric conversion retard so I don't know how many kg that is.

[notransfer]

so sam you curl 100?

[notransfer]

i can only curl 80 on one bar...i can curl single 50lb dumbells and my bench sucks id prolly max at 115-120...i do bicep tricep forearms the most...lat pulldowns about 130 with those..seated close grip rows of which the weight i dont know..

sam ...all your things are in the 100s like squats i can imagine, but 100lb on a bar to curl is tough

[Samwhore]

so sam you curl 100?

I can bench 100, not curl,

[birdgirl73]

Before I had to ease up on my exercising last month after I was in the hospital, I could bench 90, but the truth was that much weight was hard on my elbow and shoulder joints even through my muscles could handle it well. That's one bad thing about getting older. The muscles can sometimes keep up ahead of the joints once you've logged several decades of heavy physical activity. I'm taking glucosamine/chondroitin for the joint trouble, but I'm not yet allowed to get back in and work up to my previous weight levels.

[sky valley]

I've been going to the gym for the last 10 years... my best bench is 318 for 3 reps. I am usally in the gym 5 to 6 days a week...

[206 DankySpanky]

i max out at 285

[MadSativa]

I work with 190 right now give or take 15lbs., I do twelve reps seven sets, three diferent styles of bench(incline, decline, standard) My max is about 420 three reps however that was about a year ago and I was working with heaveier lbs. then. Been lifting for about 15 years, have been slackin the past couple years though.:pimp: My incline leg bench is at 1300lbs.

[paulcky411]

i can only curl 80 on one bar...i can curl single 50lb dumbells and my bench sucks id prolly max at 115-120...i do bicep tricep forearms the most...lat pulldowns about 130 with those..seated close grip rows of which the weight i dont know..

sam ...all your things are in the 100s like squats i can imagine, but 100lb on a bar to curl is tough

50 pounds in each hand??? i seriously doubt that... you must be using the wrong form or doing something wrong... there's no way you're benching only 120 but you can curl almost half that in each hand...

the way i bench is by using free weights in each hand instead of a bar because i have no spotter... i started w/ 50 (each hand) x 10, then 60 (each hand) x 10, 70 (each hand) x 10 and lately 75 (each hand) x as much as i can... if it's only a few, i'll drop back down to 65 and go for 10

and curling... i can barely do 10 reps of 70lbs on a straight bar (proper form, without bending my back) which is why i have a hard time believing someone that can only bench 120lbs can curl 50lbs in each hand...

[FreshRollyG]

Yeah, i'm 17 at 6'ft and been weight training for nearly 2 years...

I use to be 128lbs @ 12.5%BF (bodyfat)

Now currently; 168lbs @ 9%BF

Train for an hour, 4x a week at the gym...

My lifts vary alot;
Bench Press (Barbell): 200lbs x 2
Bench Press (Dumbells): 70lbs x 6
Deadlift: 365lbs x 4

For being such a frail frame and my age, i've built up alot of strength and mass I guess...

www.myspace.com/freshrollyg (http://www.myspace.com/freshrollyg)

[GoldenBoy812]

I consider myself a genetic freak. The most ive ever weighed in my life was 171lbs. I consider myself an athlete first, and weightlifter second. So, taking athletics into consideration, bench pressing, and cheat curling are very low on my list when in training for competition. BTW, im an amateur boxer.

When you do exercised such as the bench press, cheater/true curls, triceps workouts, etc, you are really only working out small muscles, that have little to do with increased atheltic ability. Genreally, it is an ill concieved thought that lifting heavy weights makes you slow, and lifting light weights at high reps will increase speed. WRONG!!!!!!!!!! People have also been mislead to believe that lifting heavy weights for low reps will help you gain mass, while lifting low weight, higher reps will help you gain muscular definition. Again, WRONG!!!!!!!

My typical workout routine involves mostly olympic style power lifts, and the ultimate emphises on explosion. Remember, the way you train is the way you perform. Powercleans, cleanpresses, squats, snatches, dead lifts, weighted pullups, weighted dips, combined with my very own core strengthing workout are what i do in the gym. I do bench press, but only for max. I do dumbell press, and one arm dumbell press for chest workouts as well as 1arm, and behind the back clapping pushups. I work biceps, but only preacher curls, and wrestler curls. Also, ive aquired a personal preference for dumbells rather than bars.

The rest of my training will be running sand dunes, weighted sprints, bleachers, swimming, and of course actual boxing training.

Due to a really bad buldged disk , i was unable to workout for the last 7 monthes.

Im currently 155lbs. I have just been cleared to begin training. So Saturday i had to where my body is as of right now.

My max bench was 265, which was kinda depressing considering i was weighing 171 and benching 350. My Squat dropped from 530, to 360. My vertical reach took a monsterous hit form 41" to 31":( . I powercleaned 200lbs 3 times, but couldnt hit 225 once, when i cleaned 290 8 monthes ago:wtf:. Last but not least, i could once dead lift 625, now i could only barely do 400.

On the positive side, I could still knock of 35 pullups; down from all time best of 51 but still not bad at all, and do 10 clapping pullueps. Oh yeah, was able to do 8 dips with 100lbs weight, formerly doing 135 in sets of 6.

Bottom line is benching and curling mean jack shit unless your an offensive lineman. If you think because you can bench 300 and cheater curl 100lbs, your gonna be unstopable, your wrong. If you have really big biceps, chest, and shoulders, and think you have one punch knockout power, again your wrong.

Power= Force x Acceleration. Seventy five % of your total human body power comes from you lower body and core. Remember the more muscle mass you have, the more slow twitch muscle fibre you posess. That makes you unathletic.

Sorry to ramble on, i just thought i would shed some light on the subject.

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[Xhoshi]

I don't bench press much...last time i tried my max. was in 9th grade, it was 155lbs in 4 reps. I was prbably 125-130lbs.

Right now I'm 17 years old, 154 lbs., and i only do push ups, elevated V sits, leg ups, and sit ups, and isometric exercises.

I can do 94 pushups on average without resting within a minute.

[jdmarcus59]

when I was working out, I could bench 100lbs around 5-10 depending how good the workout was

you can only bench 100lbs? I,am sorry but are you a girl?

[Samwhore]

you can only bench 100lbs? I,am sorry but are you a girl?


Yes.

[dankman]

last time i maxed out was a year ago and i had 135 but ive been working out for like 3 weeks now i do mostly pecks cuz im hella fat and im trying to get rid of my tits but yah i could probably put up 165 or maybe alittle more i dont know i need to work on that

[LaidZeppelin]

i only weigh about 135 and when i was lifting my heaviest I could bench about 150lbs. i was pretty proud but i havent lifteed in a couple months im sure i could do about 10 reps of 120 tho

[thcbongman]

last time i maxed out was a year ago and i had 135 but ive been working out for like 3 weeks now i do mostly pecks cuz im hella fat and im trying to get rid of my tits but yah i could probably put up 165 or maybe alittle more i dont know i need to work on that

That won't do much to get rid of your tits. It'll make your chest stronger, and keep future fat off it. Spot reduction is a myth. There's no predictable way to get rid of fat in certain places.

It's inevitable, but run, bike, or box. You have to some aerobic to get rid of the fat.

[Grade A]

I weight 140 and bench 155 for 4-6 reps when I'm adding mass. When I'm trying for endurance, I'll do 130-135 for 8-12.

[Headin2KONA]

Let's see..to start I weigh about 173 and i'm 6'2..19 years old..I've been lifting weights for about 2 months now..before that I was just doing pushups and jump roping...i'm up to about 165 10x benchpress..70's if i'm using dumbbells... but it's only recently that i've gotten to the point where i'm gaining strength rapidly..there was a decent period of being too weak to really work out the chest...i'd say within a month i'll be doing 15lbs over my body weight 10x..so about 190..

What supplements do you take if any? I usually get stoned then take 2 scoops of N.O Xplode before my workout..it gets me focused as hell while still staying hyper enough to lift..I was taking Nitrix for a bit but that shit works TOO well on me..my veins will start bulging ridiculously out of my arms and my whole arms will start tingling..

[Grade A]

What supplements do you take if any? I usually get stoned then take 2 scoops of N.O Xplode before my workout..it gets me focused as hell while still staying hyper enough to lift..I was taking Nitrix for a bit but that shit works TOO well on me..my veins will start bulging ridiculously out of my arms and my whole arms will start tingling..

The only supplement I use is Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein pre and post workout. Otherwise, I eat chicken, eggs, steak, tuna, oatmeal, whole grain rice, and whole wheat bread like it's my job. I either drink green tea or Bolthouse Farms cappuccino drink (it has 10g of protein and provides caffeine for a boost) 20-15 minutes before my workout.

[Grade A]

I consider myself a genetic freak. The most ive ever weighed in my life was 171lbs. I consider myself an athlete first, and weightlifter second. So, taking athletics into consideration, bench pressing, and cheat curling are very low on my list when in training for competition. BTW, im an amateur boxer.

My typical workout routine involves mostly olympic style power lifts, and the ultimate emphises on explosion. Remember, the way you train is the way you perform. Powercleans, cleanpresses, squats, snatches, dead lifts, weighted pullups, weighted dips, combined with my very own core strengthing workout are what i do in the gym. I do bench press, but only for max. I do dumbell press, and one arm dumbell press for chest workouts as well as 1arm, and behind the back clapping pushups. I work biceps, but only preacher curls, and wrestler curls. Also, ive aquired a personal preference for dumbells rather than bars.

The rest of my training will be running sand dunes, weighted sprints, bleachers, swimming, and of course actual boxing training.

Due to a really bad buldged disk , i was unable to workout for the last 7 monthes.

Im currently 155lbs. I have just been cleared to begin training. So Saturday i had to where my body is as of right now.

My max bench was 265, which was kinda depressing considering i was weighing 171 and benching 350. My Squat dropped from 530, to 360. My vertical reach took a monsterous hit form 41" to 31":( . I powercleaned 200lbs 3 times, but couldnt hit 225 once, when i cleaned 290 8 monthes ago:wtf:. Last but not least, i could once dead lift 625, now i could only barely do 400.

On the positive side, I could still knock of 35 pullups; down from all time best of 51 but still not bad at all, and do 10 clapping pullueps. Oh yeah, was able to do 8 dips with 100lbs weight, formerly doing 135 in sets of 6.

Bottom line is benching and curling mean jack shit unless your an offensive lineman. If you think because you can bench 300 and cheater curl 100lbs, your gonna be unstopable, your wrong. If you have really big biceps, chest, and shoulders, and think you have one punch knockout power, again your wrong.

Power= Force x Acceleration. Seventy five % of your total human body power comes from you lower body and core. Remember the more muscle mass you have, the more slow twitch muscle fibre you posess. That makes you unathletic.

Sorry to ramble on, i just thought i would shed some light on the subject.


I agree with most of what you said. It's all what you're shooting for. I'm the same way, I only do compound or functional lifts except when I want to isolate biceps or triceps. I'm very interested in boxing too. Although, I'm having a hard time finding a boxing gym around my area, anyway. I was on a power building routine (new muscle group every day, 5-8 total sets, 4-6 reps, 5 days a week) for the last 8 weeks, but I think I'm looking to switch it up. I was doing deads, squats, weighted dips, weighted pullups, lunges, stiff leg deadlifts, bench, military barbell press. All that good shit. I saw a major increase in my strength (my squat went from 225x8 to 345x6), but I lost quite a bit of speed.


When you do exercised such as the bench press, cheater/true curls, triceps workouts, etc, you are really only working out small muscles, that have little to do with increased atheltic ability. Genreally, it is an ill concieved thought that lifting heavy weights makes you slow, and lifting light weights at high reps will increase speed. WRONG!!!!!!!!!! People have also been mislead to believe that lifting heavy weights for low reps will help you gain mass, while lifting low weight, higher reps will help you gain muscular definition. Again, WRONG!!!!!!!

I don't agree with that, because I've tried it and saw the results for myself.


What does your typical routine look like?

[Headin2KONA]

Hmm, well I don't claim to be a fitness expert or anything like that but I can tell you from experience that i've found the best way to gain muscle mass is to lift as heavy of weight as you can while still doing the exercise properly, and having a spotter that helps you do atleast another 3-4 reps that you wouldn't normally do. So with bench right now for example i'll put up 185..do it like 2-3x by myself and then my brother will spot and help me do another 3-4.. do 3-4 sets of those (we do 3 sets if we're doing two muscle groups or 4 sets if we're just doing one muscle group)..usually doing 3 different exercises for each muscle group..on top of that I've found it to be extremely beneficial to 'burn out' after each exercise..after our 3rd (or 4th depending if we do a 4th) set of an exercise..drop the weight down a significant amount and do as many reps as you possibly can... doing those two things and intaking a shitload of protein = muscle gain guaranteed....not to say it's the only way or anything, but I know for a fact it works....

Oh I also find it beneficial to do as many pullups as I can before every workout..

What have you guys found to be the best cardio? I'd personally say Spinning to be the best all around with the elipticle coming in second ( I like the elipticle because it's very easy on your body..and allows you to easily keep your heart rate up for long periods of time...)

My 2 cents..

[Grade A]

Hmm, well I don't claim to be a fitness expert or anything like that but I can tell you from experience that i've found the best way to gain muscle mass is to lift as heavy of weight as you can while still doing the exercise properly, and having a spotter that helps you do atleast another 3-4 reps that you wouldn't normally do. So with bench right now for example i'll put up 185..do it like 2-3x by myself and then my brother will spot and help me do another 3-4.. do 3-4 sets of those (we do 3 sets if we're doing two muscle groups or 4 sets if we're just doing one muscle group)..usually doing 3 different exercises for each muscle group..on top of that I've found it to be extremely beneficial to 'burn out' after each exercise..after our 3rd (or 4th depending if we do a 4th) set of an exercise..drop the weight down a significant amount and do as many reps as you possibly can... doing those two things and intaking a shitload of protein = muscle gain guaranteed....not to say it's the only way or anything, but I know for a fact it works....

Oh I also find it beneficial to do as many pullups as I can before every workout..

What have you guys found to be the best cardio? I'd personally say Spinning to be the best all around with the elipticle coming in second ( I like the elipticle because it's very easy on your body..and allows you to easily keep your heart rate up for long periods of time...)

My 2 cents..


I agree with your philosphy. For muscle building, I'll do 3-6 depending on exercise and volume of workout; 8-15 for endurance. Running is by far the best cardio. Doing stairs and sprints are great too. That's what I do for my cardio.

[FreshRollyG]

People have also been mislead to believe that lifting heavy weights for low reps will help you gain mass, while lifting low weight, higher reps will help you gain muscular definition. Again, WRONG!!!!!!!

In the study of skeletal hypertrophy, muscles do tend to promote growth more substantially at around 6-8 reps (bodybuilding; muscular growth/hypertrophy) with heavy weight. For more strength, 3-6 reps (strongman, power lifting). These are still conceived as 'low reps'... High reps are generally noted at around 12-15+ reps.

For high reps, it depends how you see it... Training aerobically with light weights with high repetitions will create a cardio workout... And it will burn excess calories efficiently enough if you do high reps. Thus, in the interim you will lose body fat and collectively attain more definition through time. But there are various other MUCH more effective ways to lose fat, but this is generally overlooked at a more indepth level.


My typical workout routine involves mostly olympic style power lifts, and the ultimate emphises on explosion. Remember, the way you train is the way you perform. Powercleans, cleanpresses, squats, snatches, dead lifts, weighted pullups, weighted dips, combined with my very own core strengthing workout are what i do in the gym. I do bench press, but only for max. I do dumbell press, and one arm dumbell press for chest workouts as well as 1arm, and behind the back clapping pushups. I work biceps, but only preacher curls, and wrestler curls. Also, ive aquired a personal preference for dumbells rather than bars.

I too prefer dumbells over barbells. Especially for chest; more range of motion to work with and you can even your muscles out more symmetrically too.


Due to a really bad buldged disk , i was unable to workout for the last 7 monthes.

Im currently 155lbs. I have just been cleared to begin training. So Saturday i had to where my body is as of right now.

I know how it feels. I missed out only 3 weeks once for work and I lost it, lol.
Not only did I lose my sanity, but I lost 10lbs while still keeping up with my diet which is around 3-4000 cals a day. (mind i'm ecto).


My max bench was 265, which was kinda depressing considering i was weighing 171 and benching 350. My Squat dropped from 530, to 360. My vertical reach took a monsterous hit form 41" to 31":( . I powercleaned 200lbs 3 times, but couldnt hit 225 once, when i cleaned 290 8 monthes ago:wtf:. Last but not least, i could once dead lift 625, now i could only barely do 400.

Amazing lifts for your weight man, your deadlifts and squats are awesome. I've never tried maxing out with most exercises yet.


Bottom line is benching and curling mean jack shit unless your an offensive lineman. If you think because you can bench 300 and cheater curl 100lbs, your gonna be unstopable, your wrong. If you have really big biceps, chest, and shoulders, and think you have one punch knockout power, again your wrong.

I agree to an some extent; But those compound lifts do mean 'jack shit'. Depends on your own personal fitness goals. Yes, the bench press to me personally is overrated; "oi man how much you bench?" - most common remark.

Yes, large muscles alone don't mean anything in terms of functional and physical ability to 'knockout' people, but people normally have the tendency to believe this because training specifically for hypertrophy itself doesn't indirectly effect the muscles flexibility, speed etc.

BUT, with the right training routine, and integrated exercises and goals... A 200+lbs guy can have the mass, speed and muscular endurance if he trained to. The human body is amazing that way.

More people have the preconception those who weight train tend to lack all these attributes, yet not all people who incorporate weights into their routine primarily want to only attain JUST mass and JUST lift heavy weights. I think people more associate people who weight train in the same class as those whom bodybuild.

I myself, have gained around 40lbs of muscle mass, lost 4% bodyfat (now at 9%) and I also play Lacrosse and do Le Parkour (Which I can describe to a personal level as street gymnastics).

I am more flexible, faster and agile and bigger than I use to be and I'm glad i've started at such a young age - I'm now 17.


Remember the more muscle mass you have, the more slow twitch muscle fibre you posess. That makes you unathletic.
I beg to differ, My uncle competed at a competitive level in Bodybuilding yet outran and out competed all other families at my sisters sports carnival in running and LONG JUMP.

You ever heard of Kevin Levrone? Professional Bodybuilder? He not only enjoyed his competitions, but he loved his track running. Watch these in order;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlZdX1YtcPo
YouTube - Dwain Chambers vs. Kevin Levrone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYX2EWK4QWo)




Sorry to ramble on, i just thought i would shed some light on the subject.
It's helpful.

Nice to see another fitness orientated person on these boards :)

[Wtfsnuked]

180-200 bench depending

[Wtfsnuked]

Just read above about the lineman comment, you need more legs than arms as a lineman. You do need arms and chest to get the initial push and lockout, but legs are the driving force for everything you do. I'd much rather squat 500 and bench 200 than bench 300 squat 300 or something like that. If you don't agree, you really don't know how to play line.

[hemodilator]

17 highschool student i play football

bench press max 280 squats 425 cleans 225 thats about it.

i was first team all league last year for Defensive End

[zsouj]

I lift around 70kg or 75kg also, 14 reps in one go, but it varies depending on what exercises I did before

[King Cannabis]

315 for 3 reps.