Is a 225lb/100kg 1RM bench press considered DYEL-tier in 2020+3?
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Is a 225lb/100kg 1RM bench press considered DYEL-tier in 2020+3?
Its dyel tier because everyone trains like shit. A 225 bench isn’t that hard to reach with proper training and form.
But everyone*
This. It's really not hard to reach with some consistency, even if your diet is off or if you skip a few gym days.
The problem is that the vast majority of people aren't consistent, so the vast majority of people can't do a 225 lb bench. The short answer is that 225lb 1RM bench isn't DYEL, but only because everyone else is pathetic and ill-disciplined, not because your body is anything even close to special.
good post, tbh. I think a lot of it is form. I think most people starting or casually working out just lay on the bench, and try to lift the weight.
I'm not totally moronic, but the form is a bit complicated compared to just laying on the bench and making the bar go up and down.
I've hit 2 rep max so far. Also coincidentally learned how to pec bounce.
>I think most people starting or casually working out just lay on the bench, and try to lift the weight.
you get good at how you train. there are tons of gymbros i see at my gym who have extremely lazy bench press setups, almost 0 arch or leg drive, barely any scapular retraction, but they still can rep out 3 plates.
there's lots of powerlifters who move massive weights with this lazy setup as well, which kind of disproves the theory that bench is some very technical lift.
you just have to hammer away at it. you're not gonna 'technique' your way from a 2 plate bench to a 3 plate bench
> almost 0 arch or leg drive, barely any scapular retraction, but they still can rep out 3 plates.
Huge chest helps. You're not going to be benching 3 plates without scapular retraction without plenty of PT and hospital visits though unless somehow you keep your shoulders from impingement.
Just training logically should get someone in a period of +/- 12 months from 2 plates to 3 plates. Might be 18-24 months if you're a manlet or choose to remain lower weight. With logically I mean proper training blocks (volume, intensity, peaking) and good additional exercise selection + volume. Consistency in going to the gym 3 times a week to bench helps a lot as well. Basically the kind of stuff people did to get to 2 plate but it should be more refined and consistent.
> Its dyel tier because everyone trains like shit.
Except you? Show me dem tiddies bouncing!
Post body, lardass.
This shitty image hurts because I currently have a long-time childhood friend whos on the verge of trooning out ;/
I see lots of people doing 2pl8+ now, wasn’t this way back in the late 2010s
So yes anything below 2pl8 for reps is relatively dyel in 2023
That said bench numbers are very bimodal: everybody is either above 2pl8 or stuck around 1.5pl8 and it’s not like anybody cares
It's unironically the threshold of just leaving beginner tier, yes.
how do i progress past 2pl8? I've been stuck at 225/245 for like a year. Every time i start to make progress i begin having shoulder or wrist pains, step away to recover, and i revert back to 185 by the time it goes away.
i also play sports, so if I get hurt it actually matters outside of lifting.
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it's a nofap comic
anon you can reach the stars if you stop jerking it
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If the "pain" is an ache, not a sharp pain, try to train through it. Adjust your form so it hurts less.
gaining weight always works
This picture unironically made me sad
same
should be 1.5/3/4/5 in current year tbqhwy famalam
1/2/3/4 is for natties - roiders should move up to 2/3/4/5 honestly
ive never seen a 100 kg bench press irl
no but it is the bare minimum to be able to work out alone on the bench without a gymdaddy
kinda depends on how much you practiced the movement, what your ROM is, and how fat you are.
But yea if you bench 100kg you lift.
>how fat you are
I've always wondered about this. Why is it easier for a fatty to bench press more weight than a normal person?
It's not easier per se, it's just that you get stronger if you always bulk and never cut, so someone who both lifts AND is fat is usually stronger than someone who tries to also be lean. It's why all powershitters look like beer bellied middle aged dads instead of bodybuilders.
Not dyel. I'd say it's the line between a beginner and an intermediate, or maybe just like "not-so-beginner-anymore". Of course body size also matters there a lot. But for like an average sized guy I'd say that.
Still there are a bunch of these 18 year old zoomers at my commercial gym benching 160kg+ and biggest bench I've seen there has been 300kg
A lot of people saying yes, when it's absolutely not DYEL tier
2 pl8 bench is impressive, don't let these morons demotivate you. Stick at it and you'll get to your end goal.
I've literally ever seen exactly 1 guy in my gym benching more than 1pl8.
Wouldn't their bodyweight be a big variable in your question? 150lbs benching 225lbs is a lot more impressive than a heavier guy doing it