Are you strong if you lift 1.5x of your bodyweight or 2x?

Are you strong if you lift 1.5x of your bodyweight or 2x?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    If you bench 2x youre bodyweight your pretty strong.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Benching 1x your body weight would already be impressive

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        No it isn't. It's bare minimum to not be a laughing stock

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          your brain on IST
          your average normoid can't bench half their bodyweight

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            The average normie is weak but can definitely bench half bodyweight lol. Especially if they’re not obese. Even women

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              most people are fricking weak

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Who cares? They don't train bench of course they suck at it. BW multipliers are a meme since they don't scale linearly with weight but no matter how strong you are 1x bw is a shit bench

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >BW multipliers are a meme because they don't scale linearly with weight
              >1x bw is a shit bench
              these are contradictory statements

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Bodyweight multipliers don’t scale linear with weight, but 1x bodyweight is such a low benchmark that it’s not impressive at any weight.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                a dyel 275lb fatty walking into the gym and putting up 275 on the bench would be impressive

                Because there's no weight or weight class where a 1x bw bench would be a competitive bench unless you're like 600+lbs. But a lot of really strong people in super heavyweight classes have sub 2x BW benches.

                who said anything about competitions?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >who said anything about competitions?
                I judge how good a lift is by comparing it to people who are proficient in the lift, not people who have never stepped foot inside a gym. Do you do this with other aspects of life or just the gym? Seems like a good way to cope with mediocrity but a bad way to actually get strong

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >i
                irrelevant
                goalposts for this discussion are set at what is typical for normalgays

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                no OP asked whats strong. Normal people are extremely weak, so being strong among people who don't lift means you're the strongest weak person, but you aren't strong. Again, do you compare yourself to people who have never done a thing to judge how good at a thing with other aspects of your life? Or just the gym?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                the reply chain you are participating in for all intents and purposes began with

                your brain on IST
                your average normoid can't bench half their bodyweight

                >so being strong among people who don't lift means you're the strongest weak person, but you aren't strong.
                that's not how strength works. if you're stronger than 98% of the population, you are strong. simple as.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                No the reply chain is someone saying 1x bw is impressive and then others repeatedly explaining to them that it's not and that judging how impressive something is by how well people who are completely inexperienced novices perform is a terrible metric
                > that's not how strength works. if you're stronger than 98% of the population, you are strong. simple as.
                If 98% of people are weak as shit and don't even train those movements, then it's not impressive to better than 98% of people. This is like saying someone who can only play Wonderwall is good at guitar because 98% of the population can't play a chord

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                if I am better at chess than 98% of people, it isn't the 2% of people who I get chessmogged by who determine whether my skill is impressive, it's the fact that I chessmog 98% of people. Consensus opinion exists because what (You) think is impressive is irrelevant when there are thousands of people who think differently.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Neither your chess skills (nor your guitar skills in my example) are impressive. If you want to compare yourself to completely inexperienced beginners to judge how good you are, be my guest. But people who take lifting seriously aren't going to think your 175lb bodyweight bench is impressive because it's actually shit

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                well for one that's just like, your opinion man. and it's irrelevant, frankly. because lifting isn't a specific skill in the same vein as a guitar, it's about strength. compared to other people, most of which are weak. so compared to weak people, I am strong. end of

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >well that's your opinion man
                Yeah and it's right and yours is wrong because it's pants on head moronic to judge how impressive a feat is by how people who are total and complete novices would perform and reeks of someone trying to cope with mediocrity
                >Lifting isn't a specific skill
                Lol what? It absolutely is. Yeah raw strength will get you far but there's a reason the first time beginners do these movements they make a lot of bizzare irrelevant motions. Their bodies are trying to figure out what to do and a lot of the early gains are simply neurological adaptaions, and you continue to make those as you practice.
                >It's about strength compared to other people
                Right, and you are choosing to compare yourself to people who don't train to get stronger at all and I'm saying to compare yourself to people who are both experienced and accomplished. You are weak

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >and it's right
                wrong, simple as

                >It absolutely is
                weakcel cope, it makes you stronger. if you are weak, your numbers are lower than somebody who is strong

                >Right
                I accept your concession
                end of

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >Wrong simple as
                No, you're a weak DYEL
                >weakcel cope, it makes you stronger
                LOL are you trying to call someone else a weakcel when you started off the thread saying a 1x bw bench is impressive? That's my third warmup after repping the bar and a plate I'm not even strong
                >I accept your concession
                Concession of what? That you're a weak DYEL?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >No, you're a weak DYEL
                post body
                >words words words
                reading comprehension failure
                1x bw is impressive to the majority of people. your opinion on this is irrelevant and will not be considered
                >I'm not even strong
                correct
                >Concession of what?
                the argument that you got btfo in

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >Post body
                Only if you agree too
                >Impressive to the majority of people
                I think you're overstating how impressive people will find your 175lb bench DYEL. Everyone has seen multiples of that being benched on social media. It may be better than what most of them can do, but most people wouldn't find it impressive. If anything 225 is the meme number normies who are aware of strength sports focus on
                >Correct
                I bench 310 at 190lbs bw so that's well above your meme threshold but it's not very impressive by actually same standards
                >got btfo in
                Sounds like a bunch of cope from someone who is insecure about their bench

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >Only if
                I accept your concession
                >words words words
                you are projecting your opinion onto others with the intent of making your opinion relevant by proxy which is cringe lol. normies see anyone benching over 1pl8 at all and go "he's strong"
                >I bench 310 at 190lbs
                and your dad works at nintendo
                >s-sounds like a bunch of cope
                projection, cope and sneed

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >I accept your concession
                I accept yours, why won't you show me how it's done DYEL?
                >At your dad's work at Nintendo
                Lol okay dyel
                And yeah cope, seethe etc. 1x is shit

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >I-I accept yours!
                no such concession. you can accept this dick tho lol
                >Lol okay dyel
                wheres ur body
                >1x is shit
                yeah
                still impressive to normies tho. sneed

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >No such concession
                Okay, let's see your body now lol
                >still impressive to normies
                225 is the meme number that normies might find impressive, not your BW bench

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >no timestamp
                i accept your concession
                >225 is the meme number
                no it isn't. normies who don't lift have no clue what number is impressive, only what looks impressive. once again you are projecting your opinion onto normalgays in order to make is relevant by proxy. any further reply is 100% cope

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Please tell where I got that photo from them lol but okay here's a timestamp
                >Normies who don't lift blah blah
                Cope, seethe etc you're weak

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                good body, I was wrong to doubt you. however your opinion is unfortunately still wrong. normgroids will always find 1x bw impressive unless it is somehow less than 1pl8 generally

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Why should a fitness forum judge things by the standards of normies who are terrified of physical activity? Shouldn't we hold ourselves to higher standards?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I do. I personally do not find it impressive. However my opinion, generally speaking, is irrelevant. Look at the big picture, it's mog or be mogged and this just makes it easier to mog because if a normalgay finds some dyel doing 175 impressive your 315 would be considered almost divine by comparison. WAGMI

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I just don't think we should be using those standards to discuss what's impressive here since it goes without saying that people have piss poor standards. I saw a screencap of a Redditor saying Jeff Bezos is super ripped and huge
                when he just looks good for his age. When we use normie standards to judge our lifts we normalize their mediocrity whereas comparing yourself to strong people you humble yourself and also realize how much potential you have if you try. But you have a nice night anon

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Yes anon. Two things can be true at once however. You can be impressive to normies while being a 1x bw bench dyel while also being a laughingstock on IST, which was my point. You're preaching to the choir regarding the comparisons to strong people. I compare myself to space marines and those aren't even real so I will never feel complacent with my lifts. Regardless, it's 1:30 here. You are aesthetic and strong and are verifiably gmi. Have a good one

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Because there's no weight or weight class where a 1x bw bench would be a competitive bench unless you're like 600+lbs. But a lot of really strong people in super heavyweight classes have sub 2x BW benches.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            The average normie is untrained and can hit a bodyweight bench in under a year.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              a dyel 275lb fatty walking into the gym and putting up 275 on the bench would be impressive

              [...]
              who said anything about competitions?

              i got a bw bench in about 7 weeks, only did push ups before going to the gym and wasnt THAT good at those either

              if you take more than 3 months at a bw bench maybe you are just hella fat or turbo skelly but really bw bench is barely novice tier

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I've been lifting since sophomore year of high school. I'm in college now. I still haven't hit bw bench,

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            And... why should I care about what the average person can do again?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I am obese (105kg) and after a year of training, I could bench 190kg. My physique has not improved at all and I have only become fatter.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >i have only become fatter
        sounds like you're a moron and lifting won't help you

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >benching over 4 plates after 1 year of lifting
        >not even that fat
        Cap bruh fr

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        190kg after 1 year is high talent chad tier, video?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Post body and lift

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Beginning to lift is dangerous if you’re fat, because you can easily get addicted to being much stronger form the get go than so many other people at the gym to the point that you don’t want to cut and just want to stay obese. I’ve seen it happen multiple times. If you’re okay with being obese, then you might as well embrace the bloat and go full powershitter

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    1.5x bodyweight is a good starting point for overhead press, but I wouldn’t consider a man “strong” until 2x bodyweight.

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Depends on the lift. Deadlift. No. Ohp, definitely.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I weight 100kg and 200kg deadlift would be impressive at a regular gym

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I weigh about the same and see it almost anytime I'm in the gym. Usually lanky zoomers with terrible form

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Muh form
          Post body. It’s always DYELs whining about this. Yeah it’s not good to do deadlifts with a rainbow back hitching the bar all the way up, but I’m certain that’s not what you’re seeing. A little bit of upper back rounding is fine. Struggling at the lockout is fine. Using mixed grip is fine (yes really I’ve seen people b***h about this on here).

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Hitching is fine if you aren't training to powerlifting comp standard. Strongman allows hitching and they intentionally practice it.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              I guess some people can get away with it, but every time I’ve hitched a deadlift I’ve woken up with lower back pain the next day. Deads never cause me any trouble if I stop before I need to hitch.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      2x bodyweight ohp would probably be a world record

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    this doesn't work perfectly across weight classes because of the square-cube law

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      no lifts are impressive if you're fat though

  5. 2 years ago
    Pb_runner

    Lol no
    I JUST hit deadlifting my own body weight at sets of 10-15
    It’s gonna be a long time before I can do 1x my body weight at the other lifts

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I refuse to date a girl who cant bench 100lb or even weighs less than 100lb no thank you I dont want a weak bloodline

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I will also post bod, because frick it

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    1.5x my body wieght, expect my bench which is only 1.2. Funny thing is my squat and deadlift are actually pretty similar.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I still don't know why morons think there's a correlation between being fat and upper body strength. It makes 0 sense. For legs, it makes some sense, but being fat doesn't make you better at benching. This board literally doesn't lift.
    t. am fat and started with benching the bar 2 months ago and I'm at 1pl8

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Fat isn't contractile tissue and doesn't make you stronger but it can give you better leverages on bench and squat but yeah overall I agree. Fat strong people have a lot of muscle too fat people are usually just weak

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