Is benching your own bodyweight the first major gym milestone?

Is benching your own bodyweight the first major gym milestone?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    For me it was deadlifting my body weight

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    First milestone is actually getting your fat ass to the gym.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I managed to do 2 reps on 60 kg bench while weighing 62, so I don't know if it's impressive but it's a nice milestone for me.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Bro, the war is over, they liberated your camp decades ago.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        My metabolism is really good and I don't eat like a pig, so I stay at those weights. But I still try, a year ago I was at 57.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Your metabolism isn't good, you're actually displaying symptoms of having metabolic syndrome.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Care to elaborate?

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              no

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous
    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Same but 80kg bench

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I ran a sub 20 5k on the mill before I did any freeweights kek

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >going to the gym for a month without skipping a session/breaking your schedule
    >1pl8 on any of the big three with good form
    >bodyweight on any of the big three with good form
    >1/2/3/4
    After that the goals become much more nebulous and self-defined as you become aware of the aspects of fitness that appeal to you and you start to chart your own course.

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    some of us don't weigh 100 pounds twink

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You shouldn't weight more than 185 pounds unless you're really tall, anything else is fat frick cope

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        t. woman or gay

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >fat

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        If you weigh less than what I can overhead press you are either a woman or a child and I am going to lift you over my head and say "goo goo gaga" in your face

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Yes
    t. 400 pound man chasing a 400 pound bench press

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    For me it was my first handstand pushup

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If you weight 180lbs+ yeah, it not no

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >If you weight 180
      I don't see why that makes any difference but I can do that

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Benching 135 at 135 bodyweight is not impressive, as a male

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >Benching 135 at 135 bodyweight is not impressive, as a male
          Explain why

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    For me (relatively new) it is, I don't follow 1/2/3/4 but instead i set my goals at: OHP 1/2 of BW, BP your BW, squat 3/2 of your BW, DL 2 times your BW.

    ATM I've managed to do both mine 1 and 2 for reps and even added weight, I should change this system soon

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i played lots of sport before hitting the gym. i was able to bench my bodyweight on my first try (200lbs).

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    First gym milestone is when you look at yourself and think that you look kinda okay. Powershitters can suck my dick. I looked better as a 17 year old after a year of brosplitting and eating clean then these fat/skinny fat/built fat fricks ever will. Unless you're into competing at meets and shit, then I respect your goals, but most people never do compete, yet choose to chase numbers while not looking at the mirror/scale.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I compete with myself from yesterday

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >bodyweight
    You'll never make it if you purposefully choose metrics that change from person to person so that they're easier for you rather than raw uncaring numbers. Especially this one, you're resigning yourself to ALWAYS being mogged by ants.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Bodyweight basis is the most realistic metric for personal strength level and progress, its different when comparing with others.

      https://i.imgur.com/P9zdvie.png

      Is benching your own bodyweight the first major gym milestone?

      It should be 10 pull ups or 20 chin ups, BW bench press should be second.

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If you're sub 1/2/3/4 is it a bad idea to train the same muscle every single day? It's not like the weight lifted is even that heavy to begin with

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If it is, then 3pl8 is quite a ways away for me.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Not really, 3pl8 can be meme arc backed easilly by wimpy DYELs... Not that its a good form to do so.

  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    bench isnt a fitness milestone as pecs are useless muscles functionally speaking and pectoral hypertrophy has no functional use

  17. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Is benching your weight is the same as able to dip properly?

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