Pewdiepie hit 2pl8 after 4 years of lifting

Does he have bad genetics?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It took me almost 3. I have longass orangutan arms so my range of motion is straight up moronic even with max legal width

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      It took me less than a month

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >I am going to lie to random anonymous people on the internet for no reason at all.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Yes

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >lying
        >fat c**t
        pick one

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Does he have bad genetics?
      bad training and recovery in both cases

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >I have longass orangutan arms so my range of motion is straight up moronic
      iktfb gdi

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >tfw 5'11 with 6'3 wingspan
      >tfw tendonitis
      I literally can't bench, I have to rely on machines and cables

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Some people just aren't built for benching. The idea that anybody can do any lift should be discarded. For what it's worth, I'm in the same boat as you and find push press/viking press to be a good upper push compound that works for me. Incline bench too sort of if my shoulders aren't beat up

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You dont know SHIT about having orangutan arms. I'm 6'6" with long arms relative to my own long body. My range of motion is literally taller than some of the cardio thots at my gym. I can barely even keep my ass on the bench because my torso is often longer than the seat cushion

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >My range of motion is literally taller than some of the cardio thots
        Lmao

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I always liked to think that's bullshit because to me the human body is proportionately perfect. In nature, heavier and bigger things tend to move more than their smaller counterparts. Maybe its small people's insecurities that cause them to lift more than you but at the end of the day you have to figure your own body out. Starting strength and other programs are just that. Something to start off with. You can make your own programs to see gains you might not see on say starting strength because it was made by a small bodied man.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        6'5" I feel your pain

        I always liked to think that's bullshit because to me the human body is proportionately perfect. In nature, heavier and bigger things tend to move more than their smaller counterparts. Maybe its small people's insecurities that cause them to lift more than you but at the end of the day you have to figure your own body out. Starting strength and other programs are just that. Something to start off with. You can make your own programs to see gains you might not see on say starting strength because it was made by a small bodied man.

        Us lanklets have a greater absolute potential (to a degree), but we'll never be proportionally as strong. 6 and half feet is probably close to the limit where greater size = stronger too

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I’m 6 feet 6 inches tall with a 6’8” wingspan. Most bars don’t even feel wide enough for me

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      5'5 with a 5'10 wingspan, my bench sucks too lol, though I have broad shoulders so wv

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      took 1 year for me, but getting to 300 is fricking difficult.. plateuing at two plates, but i think i have a program to break me through

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Took me three months, 6'1" reach at 5'10" and around 170lbs BW.
      Literal skill issue.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I was 5 lbs away from 2pl8 after 5 weeks of lifting

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I did 2.5pl8 the third week of lifting

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I was 5 lbs away from 2pl8 after 5 weeks of lifting

            I did 5.2pl8 the third hour of lifting.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I did 2.5pl8 the third week of lifting

          [...]
          I did 5.2pl8 the third hour of lifting.

          My story is actually real, thought I had some lifting experience from a decade ago.
          You should bench 2pl+ within a year

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >I had some lifting experience from a decade ago.

            So it didn't take you 3 months, it took you 125 months.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Yes, don't barbell bench at all in late teens just dumbbell stuff and dips, then sit on ass until failure throughout 20's. 3 months of benching when you turn 30, it's a great program I recommend it

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          My uncle benches 600lb I swear after 3 years of casual on and off lifting all natural

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >6'1, 5'10
        ? I don't know why you are pretending you're tall or have long arms. You're like 5 inches under tall, bang on average.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Iktf, 6' with just over 6'4" wingspan. I've always struggled on bench compared to every other lift.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I think it took me about 3 years as well but now I bench 385 and am probably going to close the gap to 4 plate very soon.

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >e-celeb shit
    he's natty peak, now frick off.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i got close when i took steroids

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You took steroids and didnt get 2pl8?

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    zzzzz
    could be bad consistency, bad diet, bad genetics, bad routine, bad youtube channel, etc.
    Why don't you ask him yourself?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      it's definitely diet, the guy eats terribly
      once I started eating bone broth stew and liver my lifts exploded

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    yes
    he is a manlet

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    benching 2 plates with full rom and good form for reps is actually difficult for most people who aren't starting out from a solid athletic base. also, pewds is short and lean so that's well over his bodyweight. if you hit 2 plates in less than a year but you're fat it really doesn't count

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Even from a “solid athletic base” I’ve never personally known any athletes who without ANY experience could actually, with correct form, bench 225 except for guys who weighed easily close to or over 300 lbs, literal football linemen.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Even from a “solid athletic base” I’ve never personally known any athletes who without ANY experience could actually, with correct form, bench 225 except for guys who weighed easily close to or over 300 lbs, literal football linemen.

      Then why does IST tell me I should hit it in a year? What is the benefit of hurting my feelings?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Because people are lying and a lot of people who think they benched 225 actually haven’t. A 225 lbs flat barbell bench with ass on the bench and a normal, non exaggerated arch is imo more impressive than a 315 lbs back squat, and even at a serious gym, how many NATURAL lifters do you see squatting 315 lbs? Not very many.
        Bench is the most “mass moves mass” lift. A morbidly obese guy who doesn’t lift can probably move good weight on the bench.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I can

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I squatted 315 ass to grass with a pause many months before I benched 225. But both lifts are something you have to work towards. They’re not something really anyone can just do outside of extreme cases, like a 300+ lbs fatso with average or above average upper body genetics benching 225. Or, I’d even be willing to grant a 1-100,000,000 genetic freak. But I’ve known a lot of athletes at various levels of sport and from high school to college, exceptionally athletic guys (in non lifting sports) will struggle with those lifts unless they’re huge, either weight wise or height wise and thus they weigh more too.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Out of the 20 regulars i have been regularly meeting at my gym for the past 2 years I have been going there only 4 of them can bench 100
          2 of them are on roids, no it's not cope i talked with them about this and they described to me their stacks
          the other 2 are bloat monsters

          If any Black person here mocks you for not being able to bench 2pl8 after half a year of going to the gym or less and claiming it's ez then you can be 100% sure they either
          >don't lift and make shit up
          >are on roids

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >only 4 of them can bench 100
            Surely you meant to say 200 right?

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              burger detected

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Yes
              I meant:
              >100kilograms
              >2pl8
              >220 pounds
              Sorry anon, should have specified better, I just honestly forgot you guys have different units

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            As you can probably guess, the womens preference for 6foot in EU is 180cm as its a round number. 178cm and 180cm difference is indistinguishable for women so by their standards he is are tall enough

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            alternatively they're fat and/or know to bulk to gain muscle mass but usually are just fat
            t. 325 pound fatass who hit 2 pl8 in a few months from starting bench of 155

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I hit 2 plate in 4 months of training

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          At a bare minimum you should be hitting a 225lb bench for reps and a 315lb squat for reps after 2 years of lifting/bulking.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >should
            And if I dont? Should I just kill myself? Is that what you're saying?

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              >And if I dont? Should I just kill myself? Is that what you're saying?
              Not him but no you moron, you should rethink your training methodology and recovery(nutrition and sleep), as a male.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I'm always looking for improvements in those areas and regularly trying new things... if I fail to hit some arbitrary strength goal I'm not going to radically change anything.

                (5-day ULXULUX consistent lean-bulk)

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                What are your lifts right now? How long have you been training? And what is your full program?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >What are your lifts right now?
                I did (9, 8, 8) with 30kg dumbbells on Saturday (I managed (8, 7, 7) on the 4th February, so an improvement)
                I did (12, 12, 10) 90kg squats today and don't deadlift, although I did 115kg (8, 8, 8) for RDL recently. Neutral grip pull ups I did (9, 8, 8, 6) recently

                >How long have you been training?
                Consistently for 1.5 years, although I trained very inconsistently (not at all during COVID) before that for years (where I experimented with other splits such as SL5x5 and GZCLP).

                >And what is your full program?
                A basic 5-day UL (ULxULUx). All days start with compounds and then isolation work. My basic philosophy is to slowly evolve the program over time (e.g. add a different exercise or change the rep scheme/set very slightly each workout, depending on what I think I should do) and try to progress week-to-week (which I am doing, but probably not at a rate sufficient to hit a 2pl8 bench in the next 0.5 year).

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >I did (9, 8, 8) with 30kg dumbbells on Saturday (I managed (8, 7, 7) on the 4th February, so an improvement)
                So you don't even barbell bench or know what it is

                >A basic 5-day UL (ULxULUx). All days start with compounds and then isolation work. My basic philosophy is to slowly evolve the program over time (e.g. add a different exercise or change the rep scheme/set very slightly each workout, depending on what I think I should do) and try to progress week-to-week (which I am doing, but probably not at a rate sufficient to hit a 2pl8 bench in the next 0.5 year).
                I asked for your full program not your programming philosophy I know nothing about the routine you do and the volume and intensity from this

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >So you don't even barbell bench or know what it is
                I know what barbell benching is LOL. At the moment I prefer dumbbells. Being able to bench

                >I asked for your full program not your programming philosophy I know nothing about the routine you do and the volume and intensity from this
                Alright I'll post what I've done over the past week. As I said, it changes slightly week to week.

                Monday 13th
                Neutral grip pull ups (9, 8, 8, 6)
                Tricep extension 15kg (10, 10, 8) SS DB Spider curl 15kg (9, 8, 8) SS DB pullover 25kg (12, 10, 10)
                Reverse curl 28.5kg (10, 10, 8) SS Lateral raise 10kg (11, 10, 6)
                Leg press calves 164kg (14, 11, 11)
                Ring push ups (10, 7, 6, 6) { Significantly more challenging with higher rings }
                Tricep pulldown 25kg (10, 10, 8) SS Facepull 25kg (12, 10, 8) { Long rope, old station }
                HLR (12)

                Wednesday 15th
                DB bench 27.5kg (12, 12, 10) SS Incline row 27.5kg (12, 12, 12)
                Tricep pulldown 25kg (15, 12, 11) SS Neutral grip pull ups (7, 4)
                Shoulder press 40kg (11, 10, 9) SS Hammer curl 17kg (7, 7, 4)
                Leg press calves 164kg (13, 10, 10)
                Tricep extension 20kg (8) 17.5kg (11, 9) SS Lateral raise 4.5kg (12, 10, 10) SS Facepull 25kg (13, 10, 8)
                DB preacher curl 10kg (8, 8, 5)

                ...

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                ...
                Thursday 16th
                Squat 95kg (8, 8, 8) { Have been doing sets of bodyweight squats on non-leg days. Feels good. }
                Pause squat 85kg (6)
                RDL 115kg (8, 8, 8)
                Power shrugs 115kg (12, 8)
                HLR (15, 4)
                Reverse wrist curl 10kg (10, 7) SS Lateral raise 10kg (12, 10)
                Wrist curl 12.5kg (12, 10) SS Reverse fly 7.5kg (13, 12)

                Saturday 18th
                DB Bench 30kg (9, 8, 8) SS Incline row 30kg (10, 10, 10)
                Neutral grip pull ups (8, 6, 5) SS Tricep pulldown 27.5kg (10, 8) 25kg (11) { Small rope}
                Shoulder press machine 40kg (12, 11, 10) SS Hammer curl 17.5kg (8, 7, 6)
                Leg press calves 164kg (11, 8, 10)
                Facepull 27.5kg (14, 12, 12) { Short rope } SS Tricep extension 20kg (11, 11, 11)
                Chest fly 15kg (10, 10) SS DB Pullover 25kg (12, 12) { Both slightly inclined}
                DB Preacher curl 10kg (10, 8, 7) SS Lateral raise 10kg (12, 10, 10 )

                Sunday 19th
                Squat 90kg (12, 12, 10)
                Trap bar deadlift bar + 90kg (10, 10, 10, 10) { Increase weight next time }
                Power shrug trap bar + 90kg (12, 12, 7)
                HLR (17, 15, 12)
                Hamstring curl 60kg (13) 55kg (12) 50kg (12)
                Abductor 75kg (12, 12)
                Wrist curl 12.5kg (15, 13) SS Reverse fly 7.5kg (15, 15) { Increase weight}
                Reverse wrist curl 10kg (10, 9) SS Lateral raise 10kg (11, 11)

                All sets are 0-2 RIR.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Comparing a hypertrophy routine to strength training is a bit moronic in general but benching the 30gs for 9 is not remotely impressive. Same with trap bar deadlifting 110kg for 10. All your lifts are novice level. Your squat is your best lift but it's still not exactly great either.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I know its not impressive but its the best I can do. What do you want me to do about it? Do you want me to feel bad about myself?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                ...
                Thursday 16th
                Squat 95kg (8, 8, 8) { Have been doing sets of bodyweight squats on non-leg days. Feels good. }
                Pause squat 85kg (6)
                RDL 115kg (8, 8, 8)
                Power shrugs 115kg (12, 8)
                HLR (15, 4)
                Reverse wrist curl 10kg (10, 7) SS Lateral raise 10kg (12, 10)
                Wrist curl 12.5kg (12, 10) SS Reverse fly 7.5kg (13, 12)

                Saturday 18th
                DB Bench 30kg (9, 8, 8) SS Incline row 30kg (10, 10, 10)
                Neutral grip pull ups (8, 6, 5) SS Tricep pulldown 27.5kg (10, 8) 25kg (11) { Small rope}
                Shoulder press machine 40kg (12, 11, 10) SS Hammer curl 17.5kg (8, 7, 6)
                Leg press calves 164kg (11, 8, 10)
                Facepull 27.5kg (14, 12, 12) { Short rope } SS Tricep extension 20kg (11, 11, 11)
                Chest fly 15kg (10, 10) SS DB Pullover 25kg (12, 12) { Both slightly inclined}
                DB Preacher curl 10kg (10, 8, 7) SS Lateral raise 10kg (12, 10, 10 )

                Sunday 19th
                Squat 90kg (12, 12, 10)
                Trap bar deadlift bar + 90kg (10, 10, 10, 10) { Increase weight next time }
                Power shrug trap bar + 90kg (12, 12, 7)
                HLR (17, 15, 12)
                Hamstring curl 60kg (13) 55kg (12) 50kg (12)
                Abductor 75kg (12, 12)
                Wrist curl 12.5kg (15, 13) SS Reverse fly 7.5kg (15, 15) { Increase weight}
                Reverse wrist curl 10kg (10, 9) SS Lateral raise 10kg (11, 11)

                All sets are 0-2 RIR.

                I said you don't do it not that you don't know what it is. Your program surprisingly isn't bad

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            How many people lift/ eat consistently for 2 straight years? Usually it's a couple months on then slacking off/ backsliding, repeat

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I concur. After exactly a year, I do 3x8 175lb on bench and 3x5 270 squat.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              What are you concurring with? You have no idea.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I remember seeing max 70kg bw 18yo school boys walking into gym and some of them hit 100kg even for reps, no cheating, in like 3 months of solid training. Others can train seriously for a year or more and keep pumping the same 50-70kg tier weights. Also some of these guys at the first day bench a 40kg max while others have a 80kg max, tho the former can too hit the 100kg in a short time.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I forgot to add that no one who goes to gym for their first year has in no way a strict diet or a strict optimized program, none of them. They just go and do things.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            People continuing to pretend genetics are not a factor in lifting is getting really tiresome. NH fans claims it's the difference of 5lbs of muscle which is completely wrong in every way.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Yea the first year of lifting varies so much for different people that you could say it's determined beforehand. I guess being athletic instead of sitting inside during your childhood can give you some base development which is helpful if you start going to gym later. Other than that there are zero people ever who optimized everything or anything in their first year and they have different outcomes. At zoomers age you can use drugs and sleep 3h a night for a year and you might get totally different maxes than the next guy. Interestingly a lot of them can have a similar frame and skeleton on surface, it doesn't even matter always if they have long arms or not even if obviously on average it's easier + a barrel chest compared to flat chest.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          What the frick are you even tlaking about? Being heavier is a detriment to lifting more, especially in bench. Your mass doesnt mean a damn thing when youre pushing upwards on your back. Its purely about physical strength at that point. Pull exercises are more about mass moving mass.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            At least a massive back helps with the bench press and I hear bulking up your bodyweight helps up to some point with your bench but I wouldn't see it as helpful if you gain 20kg bw to gain 20kg more bench press max. You could argue that mass is not good if you want to do more pull ups or even squat at some point because you need to squat with your own bodyweight too from knee up on top of the weights on bar.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Are you moronic or new to strength sports? The heaviest raw benchers are both 350 pound plus, the guys who deadlifted 500kg were both over 400 pounds when they did it.

            There are of course exceptions to "mass moves mass" but acting like a a higher bodyweight is somehow a detriment to benching is absolutely fricking moronic.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          ive been lifting 6 months and i do 225 incline reps bro wtf you smoking on

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          im obese, fat doesnt help you press, its fat, not muscle

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          wait a minute. if I place 225 total on the bar and bench press it I did bench press 225 am I correct?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            No, in that case you bench pressed 270.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              This. Bar is supposed to be 45 pounds otherwise you got a bar that'll start bending permanently on you before you touch 400.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >Bar is supposed to be 45 pounds otherwise you got a bar that'll start bending permanently on you before you touch 400.
                Bars aren't all made of the same walmart brand garbage you buy, dude.

                I guarantee you a bella bar from Rogue (15 kg) is not going to permanently deform well beyond 400 lbs whereas some Dick's Sporting Goods $300 bar + weight special will start bending below even their advertised limit of 300 lbs in a few months even though it's a 20kg/45lbs bar.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Even the cheapest Walmart special 45lb bars can withstand 300lbs for any length of time, assuming you’re not dropping them. I’m skeptical that a 35lb bar would perform significantly better, even if the material is better.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              >counting the bar
              Shiggy

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            I include the bar weight in the total weight. Therefore, if I were to place 225lbs of weight on a 45lbs bar, I would be benching 270lbs.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          this 100%

          https://i.imgur.com/vUTPZ4u.jpg

          forgot the pic

          i can guarantee you cant even bench 60kg

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            you guys make us look bad by having worse reading comprehension than a Black person

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >

            https://i.imgur.com/YHbpSXI.jpg

            I'm a bit overweight like 17-18% body fat but not 245lbs
            This is me now:

            [...]
            >These are the people on IST telling you that you're weak for not being able to do 2pl8

            I'm out

            I literally said it was me before lifting in the post above

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Obviously the one with a black guys pic is me in case you didn’t get it

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >how many NATURAL lifters do you see squatting 315 lbs? Not very many.
          what gym do you go to

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I agree based on my own exp, I got to 350lbs squat in my first 5months but couldn’t get passed 150 bench in a year.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It's fat powershitter cope. 1/2/3/4 is also incredibly moronic because 1pl8 OHP is orders of magnitude easier than a 3pl8 squat. But since powershitters don't work shoulders and do squats every day, they cope with that joke of a standard.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          There aren’t any powerlifters who call it 1/2/3/4, that’s exclusively a IST dyel thing. For PL a beginner standard is either 2/3/4 or 1000 lb total as a goal.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          There's the other standard of posting body but you won't do that either
          twink crab bucketers are so sad

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Completely ass backwards. 3 plate squat is a cinch compared to a 1pl8 ohp

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Because this website primarily exists to demoralize people.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          shouldn't that make you more motivated to work out? idk, my parents abused me for several years and it only made me stronger

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        my father hit 2pl8 bench in 6 months of lifting and he weighed 125lbs. i have been lifting for 10 years and still dont bench 2pl8 lol
        idk, life is weird sometimes

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Have you ever seen your father bench 2pl8?
          Boomers are known bullshitters, they do so to feel better about getting old.
          Are you two much different height-wise?
          Still, 100kg in 6 months of consistent training is doable depending on your starting point and height/genetics.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Have you ever seen your father bench 2pl8?
          Boomers are known bullshitters, they do so to feel better about getting old.
          Are you two much different height-wise?
          Still, 100kg in 6 months of consistent training is doable depending on your starting point and height/genetics.

          A 1.8x bw ratio even for a turbomanlet (which he has to be at 125) isn't happening in 6 months

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Maybe he was crippled and didn't have legs kek

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >benching 2 plates with full rom and good form for reps is actually difficult for most people who aren't starting out from a solid athletic base.
      It's not

      >if you hit 2 plates in less than a year but you're fat it really doesn't count
      and I wasn't fat

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >It's not
        Laughable. You don’t know what you’re talking about. “For most people who aren’t starting out from a solid athletic base,” benching 2 plates isn’t just difficult, it’s nearly impossible except in the few cases of genetically gifted individuals, who would likely need some kind of strength training to have even gotten to that point, like they were manual laborers.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I got a 225lb paused bench press from just ICF 5X5 after 8 months of lifting and the only reason it took a 8 months was cuz of covid restrictions. I'm not genetically gifted as you can see from my before physique, just average or slight above and I never played a sport before this I was a science and anime geek. If you don't bench 2 plates after 2 years at most as a male, you need to reconsider your training methodology not your genetics

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            forgot the pic

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              https://i.imgur.com/CiN0GKQ.jpg

              This is my bodyweight right now and I just ate right now so I'm like 180lbs. I can bench 245lbs right now with a pause, so no. It is a 1.36x bench

              https://i.imgur.com/YHbpSXI.jpg

              I'm a bit overweight like 17-18% body fat but not 245lbs

              https://i.imgur.com/sTTA7JN.jpg

              Here, I took the pic before the comment

              Anon, is your skin black?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I think something is wrong with the color saturation on his phone

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Bro you're fricking fat

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                This is me now

                https://i.imgur.com/YHbpSXI.jpg

                I'm a bit overweight like 17-18% body fat but not 245lbs

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Just looking at that picture id guess 225 is way closer to your bodyweight than PewDiePie's.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                It's not:

                https://i.imgur.com/CiN0GKQ.jpg

                This is my bodyweight right now and I just ate right now so I'm like 180lbs. I can bench 245lbs right now with a pause, so no. It is a 1.36x bench

                , he weighs 170lbs from this thread that isn't that much from 180lbs

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Also I can bench more that 225lbs not a lot more cuz I haven't been training seriously after I finished my newbie gains with a 245lbs paused till recently but still I have a 255lbs paused bench now

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Did you attach the wrong picture? The picture appears to be of a Black person

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              I think your mom applied bronzer instead of sunscreen anon

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              N

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              https://i.imgur.com/CiN0GKQ.jpg

              This is my bodyweight right now and I just ate right now so I'm like 180lbs. I can bench 245lbs right now with a pause, so no. It is a 1.36x bench

              https://i.imgur.com/YHbpSXI.jpg

              I'm a bit overweight like 17-18% body fat but not 245lbs

              https://i.imgur.com/sTTA7JN.jpg

              Here, I took the pic before the comment

              kill every Black person on earth

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            https://i.imgur.com/vUTPZ4u.jpg

            forgot the pic

            congrats on the bodyweight bench press anon.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              This is my bodyweight right now and I just ate right now so I'm like 180lbs. I can bench 245lbs right now with a pause, so no. It is a 1.36x bench

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                https://i.imgur.com/vUTPZ4u.jpg

                forgot the pic

                >can bench 245 paused
                >zero tricep development
                Jesus christ bench really is a meme lift.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >>zero tricep development
                >Jesus christ bench really is a meme lift.
                I literally said that was me before lifting
                This is me now:

                https://i.imgur.com/YHbpSXI.jpg

                I'm a bit overweight like 17-18% body fat but not 245lbs

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                You literally don't show your triceps at all in that photo

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Here, I took the pic before the comment

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Looking fricking strong black anon.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                damn Black person I'd pay at least $10 for you 200 years ago, keep it up.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I'm a bit overweight like 17-18% body fat but not 245lbs

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                What kind of skin condition is that? Is it curable?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Sir, I believe your skin appears to be blackened. You pray you get that fixed soon, godspeed.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                N

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Post a video of you benching over 2pl8 then

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                This is an old vid of a 235lb close grip bench. I can bench about 5% less than my normal grip bench if I use that form

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I had similar progress but I’d also say your strength genetics are better than you think even if your physique isn’t quite there yet

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                you are a Black person you do not belong here you will be LYNCHED for SPORT

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Chill it chang, don't be mad he cucked you that's your culture.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                This

                This is an old vid of a 235lb close grip bench. I can bench about 5% less than my normal grip bench if I use that form

                was also before I learnt how to arch so the descent is fast cuz of the pain in my rotator cuff

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            2 years of training is a base.
            Mate Zion Williamson benches just under 300 lbs and this is one of the biggest and strongest professional athletes in the world.
            By the way I benched 225 a little over a year after I started consistently lifting. It’s hard.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Ryan crouser benches 518 for reps. Frick off with your Black person worship

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Wow, a strength athlete can bench a lot of weight! You’re one dumb motherfricker honestly, you don’t even remember what it is we’re actually talking about here, which is a 225 lbs bench and whether or not someone with no real athletic training has a reasonable shot at performing that lift and the answer is NO.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                He also has a 34" vertical, 4.3 sec 40m, and 3'2 standing leap while being 310lb. He's not only strong but insanely explosive

          • 1 year ago
            sage

            https://i.imgur.com/vUTPZ4u.jpg

            forgot the pic

            >These are the people on IST telling you that you're weak for not being able to do 2pl8

            I'm out

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      [...]
      Then why does IST tell me I should hit it in a year? What is the benefit of hurting my feelings?

      I'm a 30 year old boomer.
      ~16 years ago when I was in a high school they picked on kids for not benching over their bodyweight. (Think 160-180) Anyone who actually hung out at the gym after school for long enough to be a regular benched more than 2 plates. Anyone on the football team was training to as many reps as possible of 225 to mimic the NFL combine shit. The school I was in was laughably bad at all sports.

      Did microplastics frick up zoomers that much?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        The 50 kids on that football team were probably the most predisposed to strength training out of the 2000+ students who went to your high school.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I'm 30 too and 90%+ of guys in my high school were DYEL twinks. I think you have selective memory.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        You can take a dude benching 400lb for reps with an impressive 40yd dash and he could still be shit at football.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >they picked on kids for not benching over their bodyweight
        yes and now kids do zero exercise and are told they will live their lives on a computer never needing to so they hit 22 and can have never even tried to lift their bodyweight

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        im sorry your peak in life was watching your high school class mates bench their bodyweight.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Yes, and the average American is also like 5'8 so lmao.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          If you factor in Mexicans yeah, white Americans are roughly 5'10" on average

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I'm 31 and no-one in my high school could bench 2plate.

        Granted, I never went to many different gyms, but seeing a people bench 100kg or more for reps is actually uncommon in commercial gyms.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          90-120kg for 1RM is where most people stall out from beginner gains.
          If your routine, diet and sleep is inconsistent, getting there can take years. If it's on point, it can be months to a year.
          Getting past that point requires more intelligent programming and sticking to it. If you bench 2pl8 for reps casually, your 1RM is 120kg+.
          Most people at a commercial gym don't have the interest, will or knowledge so they stay forever late beginner/early intermediate.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      This, he was a neet all his life. 2pl8 starting from zero is not too bad.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >short
      He’s not short.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        he's a 5'11/180cm giga manlet

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          HOW IS 180CM A MANLET YOU DOBLE Black person

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Anything under 6ft is manlet territory

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Height inflation

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            180cm is noticably below average for young European males

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            It is, sorry.

            T. 179 cm manlet duke

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          he's not 5'11. He's 5'9 and pretty insecure about it. He wears giant shoes and lies about being 5'11. Joey his friend who is 6'0 measured himself with pewdiepie side by side and he dwarfs him

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    He would have bad genetics had he NOT done it. He did it. So no.

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Can we add pewdiepie to the Trump/Ye/Musk/Tate outlaw celebrity group or is he not famous and controversial enough?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      He's free to add himself any time

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    He weighs 220lbs?
    Benching 15lbs over your BW doesn't sound impressive.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      *5lbs

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      2 pl8s is 220lbs when you use 20kg plates

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I guarantee you it’s because he refuses to bulk enough. Skinny guys stall quickly because they suck at eating.
    The guy is like 5’10 and weighs 170lbs. If he bulked for the first 2 years and put on 20-30lbs, he’d be hitting 225x5 minimum.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >If he bulked for the first 2 years and put on 20-30lbs
      But then he'd be fat.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Is he really only 5'10"? Isn't that turbomanlet tier by Swedish standards?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Why be fat just to bench a number when you can be skinny and do it later anyway

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Exactly this. In one of his videos he was talking about being on a cut and this homie was easily about 14% bodyfat. No one would suggest he needed to cut at all. Shame really because he clearly likes lifting but if he's no going to commit to eating right then he'll just grind his gears

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    took me 7 years

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      haha it took me only 6.5 haha

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    does that mean only one rep is required?

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I'm 1.5pl8
    should be able to handle 2pl8 before summer if I commit

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    my plates weight 10kg (22lbs) and my bar weights barely 10kg too.
    My goal would be 4.5pl8

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Why do you have to be that moronic?

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    bruh he is 5'11 and he took that much, I guess it will take me 6 years at 5'7

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      The shorter you are, the easier it is

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        it is easier to hit your x bw not 2pl8 aaaa

  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    He never went try-hard with bench if he had for comp he would already be doing 3pl8 lmao for reps.

  17. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I've been lifting for 7 years now and my best 5x5 bench was 185

  18. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Your expectations are skewed from e-statters and fat "powerlifters"

  19. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    There is a very limited amount of muscle you can grow per year as a natty. For the most part, natties who are throwing up impressive numbers in short time frames are either fatasses or tall

  20. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    slow progress is still progress bros <3.

  21. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Lot of morons in this thread. For 3+ years of lifting he didn't even have a barbell. He had powerblocks, and they went nowhere close to 225 lbs. That's why it took him that long. He literally didn't have the equipment to go up that high. Everyone else above is just absolutely moronic.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Pretty much this -->

      Not everybody makes the gym the #1 priority. Most Normies go through phases, few months on few months off. And even when they stay consistent, it's rarely a strict growth regimen/diet.

      He's a filthy rich psuedo-celeb who travels the world with his qt gf. Hitting a 2pl8 milestone isn't the focal point of his life, kek. I'll give him props for it, who cares how long it took.

  22. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I’m 90kg (185cm) with 1 year of lifting, no gear/roids. That’s 3plate for 5 reps, I’d post video but more than 4MB

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      have a nice day

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      your form is so bad in this picture, i find it hard to believe you

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      bouncy bouncy doesnt county

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >close grip 315
      >1 year
      nah brah

  23. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    220 kilo is pretty impressive bench

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      220lb is a natty warmup weight :

  24. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qKNpbsm2UJQ
    >That form

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Is it okay to struggle that much and have no spotter?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        the safties are right there

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Yikes, powershitter will defend this shit. He went from a dumbell press with a nice stretch to half repping a single rep with his ass up

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qKNpbsm2UJQ
        >Never touches chest
        >no pause
        >ass off bench
        No, powerlifter will defend this

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >bar doesn't touch chest
      >ass left bench
      He still can't bench 2pl8

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      oh dear. i'm sure he'll there eventually because he actually seems to like lifting and improving, but even for a half rep that was bad

  25. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I've been lifting for 1.5 years and can barely bench 145 on a good day. I look much better though so idgaf about it.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      maybe quit the asiatic tunes and the other bullshit you probably consume and you body will stop producing so much estrogen.

  26. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Probably shit programming,bad form or bad diet. Honestly that’s how it is for most people who take a while to hit 225.

  27. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >I am posting with Black folk

  28. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    2 plate took me 2 years, 3 plate took me 1 year after that.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      how was getting 3 plates faster than getting 2? feel like I'm in the opposite situation

      t. 180lbs 5'11"

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Idk I was more consistent 3rd year with training, daily multivit + creatine, taking protein shakes in the morning.

        I was more disciplined with phases of training, doing hypertrophy, strength and max intensity into peak blocks. I knew the percentages that worked, the assistance that was useful and how to break plateaus.

        And it just takes time to grow a big chest and strong triceps

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I was 190lb 6 ft when hitting 2plate and 215lb when hitting 3plate

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          same on the diet + daily protein (mostly animal)

          did you do training maxes? feel like they are helping me out with backdown sets rather than 8-12 reps

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Yes. But to get to 2pl8 I mostly did sets of 3-5 and maxxed out on reps every workout. Higher volume blocks of 3 weeks with 8-10 reps helped a lot and a lot of assistance exercise volume + good selection of assistance helped a lot. I was not doing that prior at all since I was told for strength you should never go beyond 5.

            With bench you can do a lot of rep maxes and recover well just don't do them every workout.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              I'm already at 2p8, asking what you did specifically to get to 3p8 within a year

              rep maxes?

  29. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    No, there are multiple factors when trying to achieve a weightlifting goal, such as diet, sleep, genetics, athletic baseline, etc.
    Pewdiepie’s LMAO2PL8 is more real than homosexuals here telling you they reached 1 plate in less than 3 months.

    >Verification not required.

  30. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I hit 3pl8 my first day of lifting. 5'6 and 120lbs. Maybe you're just gay

  31. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If you can't do 2pl8s within 3 months you're not training seriously enough

  32. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    He is natty and genetics. some people just arn't suited to a lift. I have a similar phenotype as him. Tallish nordic looking guy, with small hands/wrists. I was deadlifting 440 x 3, and ATG squatting 340x3 without being able to bench 200 pounds. I got way better upper body gains and athletic progress once I gave it up completely and just focused on calisthenics for the upper body. benching got me nowhere and was a giant waste of time

  33. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    why do you care about how much someone benches if he's not a powershitter

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      It's the #1 lift and anything else is cope.
      I used to cope with dumbbells, weighted dips and what not too, but I redeemed myself.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        based on what? don't get me wrong, i like bench, that's why i'm in this thread, but that's just, like, your opinion, man.

  34. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I didn't bench 225 for like 2 or 3 years. Didn't really care about it until a work injury made me only able to do upper body for 4 months. Started at like 215 for 3 and ended at 275 for 1

  35. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Took me about three months to hit 2pl8 for reps (5x5) and then another 7 years to hit 3pl8 for reps. Your starting point means a lot.

  36. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Could be he just isnt consistent some people exercise extremely on and off

  37. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    IST has given you impossible expectations as well as extremely efficient methods of strength training that most normies aren’t aware of and won’t stick to. Realistically if you took a random twink off the street with frick-arounditis and gave him a program that’s not specifically strength based, it will take him multiple years to reach a 225 bench. If you give him enough drive to get fat and starting strength that he follows to the letter, he can make it happen in 6-12 months.

  38. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If you don't look like pic related after one second of working out, you might as well as give up because your genetics are shit

  39. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    how many reps? I dont watch tv.

  40. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I did 200+ in middle school. I honestly didn’t think it was that impressive but hell idk anymore.

  41. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Maybe his goal isn't to get strong. I do two plate without really lifting.

  42. 1 year ago
    BrotherCecilDrake

    HURR I SHIT ON X ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF

    This is what society looks like without God.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Dude. Christianity is literally the world's largest religion. It's a global homosexual religion.

      • 1 year ago
        BrotherCecilDrake

        I'm a latter-day Saint, most Christians do not consider this Christianity.

        I say, I can not prove things either way.

        But who is honestly trying to help you, who is caring about you.

        The Saints are against globo homo.

        Heck, we're all brothers and sisters. The antithesis of globo homo.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Dude. You can't even tell the truth in one sentence. We don't even know each other. We will never be brothers or sisters and the only people who ever took care of me was my own blood. My family. To believe otherwise is to lie to oneself.

          • 1 year ago
            BrotherCecilDrake

            The Prince of lies is trying to influence you.

            We;re replying, connecting. You are my brother.

            Why would I not take care of you? Look out for you?

            Because I am a stranger and thus against that?

            Nope. That's what they want you to believe, truth is, 99% of us are in the same boat. Divide and we are weak, unite and they fear us.

            Brother, God is my witness himself. It is so.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              *some* of the elite are israeli. There's various different kinds of elites, and all of them are connected with some form of faith and religious discipline. The dominant elites are Luciferian.

              Do you even lift?

              • 1 year ago
                BrotherCecilDrake

                >Do you even lift?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                You do not. Stop doxing yourself.

              • 1 year ago
                BrotherCecilDrake

                Mate I am an ex "certain military unit" aka the worse card hand you could possibly be dealt.

                Am I doxxed? Yeah. Do I care? No.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >I'm a card
                The military took you in?

              • 1 year ago
                BrotherCecilDrake

                It did indeed.

                My Father was killed by a Black person drunk driver before I was born, I grew up in South Cal surrounded by gangs, drugs, and violence.

                I'm short, a loser a nobody. A fricking regret. I should just suck on a shotgun and blow my brains to Mars.

                Only I joined the military and excelled. Politics aside, I became a machine.

                Death angel to messenger of God.

                And here we are.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Or you can channel that anger into punches and kicks. Channel it into a punching back with the intent to grow stronger instead.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                back = bag

              • 1 year ago
                BrotherCecilDrake

                Brother, I channel everything into God.

                This week, I met someone who couldn't even afford to feed their dog.

                Right now, his belly is full, the dog is wagging his tail.

                We're matchsticks. Alone, we can not hold up even a fish.

                Together, we can hold up the world.

                Brothers, Sisters, Saints.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Dude. Christianity is literally the world's largest religion. It's a global homosexual religion.

      This is what society has become with it being the most dominate force on Earth. Believers become politicians, become illuminated on the situations, and act in accordance with their belief systems in tact. This is the world we live in because of that.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        The elite are mostly Luciferian. Christianity is still observed by some of the elite, but it's twisted and exploited most of the time. The only reason The Bible hasn't been *completely* censored and re-written is because no one actually reads the damn thing.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          The elite are israeli because the world worship's their religions.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            *some* of the elite are israeli. There's various different kinds of elites, and all of them are connected with some form of faith and religious discipline. The dominant elites are Luciferian.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              >The dominant elites are Luciferian.
              it's not a coincidence that the AI machine god they believe will begin the singularity is referred to as "The Basilisk".

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          It's clear you never read the bible.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Why do you say that. None of the elite conform to the Bible.

  43. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    nah, it took me about 3 years to hit 2pl8s
    that's just how it be for natties

  44. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I hit that in like 3 months while losing weight. I dropped from 215 to 165 in a 6 month period while hitting 1/2/3/4 in that period of time. I was literally just messing around in the gym, no set routine or program.

    wtf are you guys that are struggling doing?

  45. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Comparing yourself with others
    >Not seeing only yourself and your potential for reference

    For some people that always say "WAGMI" most of you have a pretty big crab bucket attitude.

  46. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Started the gym in December. I am 80kg for 8 reps atm. I do have 6 months of training 4 years prior, but I can't imagine how 100kg would take that long.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >I am 80kg for 8 reps atm
      That's a projected 100kg 1RM. Do 1-5 rep heavy sets for 2-3 sessions and you will be able to bag it anon.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        yeah, probably, but I think I am just gonna progressive overload 4-8 reps until I can do it for reps. Keep it safe.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Learning to keep your form with heavy weight is a skill in itself. In fact going there with reasonable body awareness as you seem to possess reinforces your technique, simply because you cannot afford to slip up or it's a missed lift and/or higher injury risk. If you rapidly get stronger at 1-3RM, that translates into a higher 8RM. Think of it that way.

  47. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    What a useless metric. If you can't do a planche you are fat and a failure at life.

  48. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Who cares about bench? Literally doesn't matter.

  49. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Happy for the guy tbh. Noobie gains gonna carry me to 100kg bench in max 3 weeks. Adding 20kg after that seems daunting. Took me less than 2 months to go from 70 to 95, but the good times can't last forever.

  50. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    He doesn't eat meat.
    Of course he's going to be a lot weaker.

  51. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    He’s a lot smaller than you think. So it’s not that bad. What is he, like 5’9, and skinny. He’s definitely tends toward ectomorph type traits but unless he’s pic frauding hard he’s got solid abs

  52. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    He's only been using barbells for less than half a year

  53. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    …I don’t understand this. I’ve been training for one year straight, and I finally hit a 3pl8 bench the other day. I’m natty. I was so proud of my achievement… Yet, it seems like so many people struggle to hit a 2pl8 bench. Are my genetics that good, or could it be that people are just not training right or something?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Assuming you’re not lying and not a fatass then your genetics are very good. Despite what all the morons larping on here might say, 315 as a natty is like top 1%. When you add in hear it all goes out the window and people lie so that’s why everyone’s perceptions are fricked up. I leveled off at 275 for like a year after initial rapid progress as a natty and am looking at 4pl8 now after three test cycles. Roids are why you do actually see 315 benches in the gym but even so it’s still pretty rare. If you’re arching your back though frick off

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Arching back
        But somehow straps, assists, spot lift offs, and chalk don't count.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I don't count steroids either too because if you're telling me dudes that do over 4 plate are roiding then I'm gonna start considering the whole lot of you weak in the mind. If you wanted personal power that much you should have spared your body and got a gun instead. You're supposed to raise it natty for spiritual gains to pass on to your kids.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >If you’re arching your back though frick off
        That's called good form. You do it primarily to pin your lower back secure and keep shoulders retracted. How much you fraud ROM by getting into advanced gymnastic with it is up to you, but slight arching is just doing it correctly to move more weight and stay safer from shoulder issues.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Plenty of people that bench 3pl+ at my Uni gym natty. None of them are very lean of course, but I respect that insanely much more than roiding and still being weaker than some powerbloated based bench enjoyer.

  54. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I'd rather be born in a body with the genetics to lift 4 plates without needing to work for it kind of like how animals in the wild can be but roids robs you of that. I bet if you took a wild boar and matched it against the average lifter in a cage pound for pound, it'd win even with roids.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Look at any dog with a respectable bite power. People hate and love them but you know what they do? Sleep, eat, and play when they feel like it. They don't train to have that massive bite power. They just have it. Imagine if you strength trained them. Please, grow strong natty and pass it to your kids.

  55. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Lifting for 6.5 years on and off
    >best I can do is like 70-80 kg

    Is there a secret to increasing 1rm or should I just kill myself?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Yes, following a non moronic routine and actually eating.
      I went from 70kg for a couple of reps to 100 for 1 with a little left in the tank within 3 months. Haven't lifted since I was 19-20, I am 30 now.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Yes, following a non moronic routine

        Such as?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Bench 2 times a week.
          Follow a proper structure, don't just go in and do failure x yolo sets. I can give you what I used if you're interested.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            that'd be great, thanks.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              I did the 2 day beginner one. Swapped close grip on day two with wide grip because my weak point was off the chest and not lockout. Go get the excel file (you can use a temporary fake mail), the AMRAP's decide if you increase your training max or not which means adjusted %'s.
              Otherwise make sure your setup and technique is consistent. You get good at what you practice. Eating and sleeping enough is also important.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                alright thanks man. I think my major problems are form and constistency.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Also, I ignored everything about suggested accessories in the file.
                I just plugged it into my upper/lower split. So on upper days I do the prescribed benching, then barbell OHP, pullups, lateral raises, barbell curls and skull crushers. Just don't go crazy with the volume and intensity. High rep with 1-2 left in the tank on the OHP and pullups,

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                cool, what the frick is with the rounding value?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                The decimals or integer the weights will be rounded to, downwards. Put it at 0.1 to get the most true value, then lift the closest to that value possible with the microplates at your gym.

  56. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    2pl8 is 80kg right? I almost there after 1.5 years (1.5 pl8), so it seems like a normal natty progress.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      80kg on the bar yes

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      100kg=bar + 80kg

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >He counts the bar

  57. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    He's a millionaire. Lifting probably isn't all that high on the list for him. If he was some lonely neckbeard that the only things they did was work, lift and sleep, sure he would have probably gotten there faster. I would imagine being one of the most well known and richest men in the world is probably fairly busy. He recently moved to a new country, his old dog died, got a new dog, got his wife pregnant. Has multiple businesses hes involved in. His bench press total is im sure way down the list.

  58. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    He was training with dumbells until moving to Japan. He also said he was just working out for the sake of it, and being constant about it.
    Also, that video is supposedly from 4 months ago, and he got the half rack and barbell 6 months ago, so that's 2 months of training to get to 2 plates.
    He is also vegetarian and doesn't drink milk or animal protein.
    He is having a very positive impact on his audience, you can see many people on his reddit posting their lifts and all of the claiming they started working out for him

  59. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    its probably diet
    i dont know much about him but im willing to bet he eats a ton of basedslop

  60. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    remember that IST is fricking moronic and 2pl8 bench isnt hard if you actually train. now if youll excuse me im gonna go back to posting that you cant hit 315 squat without roids

  61. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    when i was 165lbs and im a 5 foot 7 manlet, it took me like 5 months to reach 220...i had done calisthetics for several years and casually benched off an on before that so i wasnt starting from total scratch

  62. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I've been trainig for 11 years at normie gyms and have seen maybe 5 people lift 2p8s alone and with good form.

  63. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I don't get this. I'm 5'9" 150lbs and I hit 2pl8 bench within months. Must be developmental or something. What is the explanation for this?

  64. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Assuming I weigh 130lbs and bench 1 plate for one rep untrained, how long might it take to get to 2 plates? I'm like 5'7 or 5'8

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      27 years

  65. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If you care about numbers you are already fricked. It's about the clench of the muscle. If he gets a good pump with that weight after 2 years he's doing better than you if you can do the same after 1 year while shaking like a shitting dog.

  66. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I managed to hit it in 1, but at the end of the day, does it matter? He's not a professional, he just does it to stay in shape. If he hits it after 1 or 4 years is of little relevance when he'll preferably do it for some 40 more years.
    It's not a sprint, better to progress a bit slower than to frick yourself up

  67. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Isn't he like 40? Also does he still speak like a homosexual? God i hate swedes

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >God i hate swedes
      lol for a second i took that so personally. why do you hate swedes. we are good peoples.

  68. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Well, anons? Can you?

  69. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    he's actually pretty jacked. solid genes

  70. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I've been lifting for 4 years and my bench is only 170 due to a broken hand when I was younger. My grip is very weak and limits a lot of lifts.

  71. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Does he have bad genetics?
    Not really. going from absolute zero to 2 plates is respectable at any rate. I hit it within 6 months but as a high school gymnast i had really well developed chest already and obviously i was very athletic.

  72. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    You are all dyels who need to try harder. I hit 225 on bench as a 16 year old who weighed 150 lbs with no prior athletic experience. I hit 315 on bench a week before I graduated high school after squatting 435 lbs. One of the guys I coach started from nothing, built like a total string bean, and hit a 2 plate bench in 4 months. You WILL NOT get stronger unless you are eating enough to gain weight. It DOES NOT need to be quick weight gain, but it must be consistent. No elaborate rep scheme or program will give you strength gains past a point so long as you aren't eating enough. Food is the basis of everything. You can still make gains while sleeping like shit, granted they will be far less than if you were sleeping well, but if you aren't eating enough, no amount of sleep or recovery will allow for the supercompensation required to get stronger. EAT MORE

    Before you bench, you should be as heavy as possible, meaning you should be stuffing your face for the whole day before the gym. Focusing on le epic reddit good form is not going to put pounds on your bench either. Forcing heavy reps in any way you can is the #2 thing (behind eating more) is what will put pounds on your bench. Cope all you want if you disagree, but at the end of the day, I bench 375 lbs and squat 525 lbs at 194 lbs bodyweight, and the rest of you are seething about not being able to bench what a high schooler should be able to bench after a year at most.

    As for form, the only thing you should be concerned about is turning the bench press into a row. Pull with your elbows on the way down like you're doing a row/like you're a puppet with strings attached to your elbows. This will put you in the proper position at the bottom of the rep and you won't have to think about form on the way up unless you're moronic. Take a gigantic breath at the top of the rep and hold it throughout the entire bench rep as well. Arching your back is perfectly fine as long as you aren't doing the exorcism arch.

  73. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    How are my genetics for lifting for less than a month at 6’2 and 25 years old?

    265 lb Bench
    375 Squat
    485 Deadlift
    205 OHP
    6 Pull-ups @ 270 lbs (yes, I’l losing weight)
    10 Dips

  74. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >2pla8
    good for him
    >4 years for that
    i mean, good for him for not sarming or roiding like 99.9% of social media influencers but jesus 4 years for 10-15lbs of muscle and some veins, homie needs to lift harder and EAT MORE

  75. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Hes been lifting semi-seriously barely a year now, before that he just did lmao adjustible dumbells over and over

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