Quote from: Jolly Rocket on December 03, 2015, 02:06:19 AMQuote from: NiggerBot 9000 on December 02, 2015, 01:59:30 AMToo bad bench pressing has no viable means of strength IRL other than a bragging notion and aesthetics.Something falls on you.Benchpress it off.WOAH SCIENCE!LMFAO, like you would ever be in a circumstance where something falls on you WHILE you're lying prone AND it requires a fucking bench press to get it off. Give me a fucking break you tard.
Quote from: NiggerBot 9000 on December 02, 2015, 01:59:30 AMToo bad bench pressing has no viable means of strength IRL other than a bragging notion and aesthetics.Something falls on you.Benchpress it off.WOAH SCIENCE!
Too bad bench pressing has no viable means of strength IRL other than a bragging notion and aesthetics.
Kinda puts things in perspective if I think about ants a little bit. If you're able to lift your own weight, then technically speaking you're able to lift 1x your own weight. Ants are well known for being capable of lifting 10x their own body weight. Hard to imagine myself lifting 10x my own weight. I don't think the world's strongest human was even able to lift 10x his own weight. It gives me a bit of appreciation for the the way things naturally engineer themselves to a degree. You know, there you are, a big walking collection of "bits," all working together to make one thing we call a human being.Whatever you expose that tangle of parts to, it adapts, slowly. Environment shapes you, and you shape your environment. And your bits and pieces respond, growing weaker or stronger. Funny.
Oh, nice dude! That's a big accomplishment-*Everybody in this thread is arguing about whether or not lifting is useful*Will people ever just shut the fuck up and let others enjoy things? Jesus Christ. Guy makes good progress on a lift, like four guys hijack the thread and bitch about "Muh practical applications." It's lifting, you do it to get stronger, clear your head, and feel confident. Stop whining.
Quote from: Winy on December 03, 2015, 11:06:45 AMOh, nice dude! That's a big accomplishment-*Everybody in this thread is arguing about whether or not lifting is useful*Will people ever just shut the fuck up and let others enjoy things? Jesus Christ. Guy makes good progress on a lift, like four guys hijack the thread and bitch about "Muh practical applications." It's lifting, you do it to get stronger, clear your head, and feel confident. Stop whining.One of those people is midget.He doesn't count since he's always like that.
When will you ever need to bench press outside of bench pressing? NeverPlus, you get chest strength from pushups and other more useful exercises anyway
Quote from: NiggerBot 9000 on December 03, 2015, 01:40:24 AMWhen will you ever need to bench press outside of bench pressing? NeverPlus, you get chest strength from pushups and other more useful exercises anywayIf you qualify "More useful exercises" as "Exercises that will promote more strength" (And what other definition could you possibly mean?), then that's just false. Bench Pressing is one of the most effective muscle-building exercises for your front delts and chest, and bodyweight push-ups will never be as efficient. Unless you put plates on your back, you'll really never be able to progressively overload on your chest to any serious degree.
muscle building, not muscle strength. A lot of bulk and aesthetics, not dense, practical muscle.
Quote from: NiggerBot 9000 on December 03, 2015, 12:38:13 PMmuscle building, not muscle strength. A lot of bulk and aesthetics, not dense, practical muscle.Sorry dude, but you have no idea what you're talking about.
That was hysterical, bravo.
Heavy weights with few reps adds bulk. Higher reps with heavy weights leans out muscle.
Quote from: NiggerBot 9000 on December 03, 2015, 01:06:44 PMHeavy weights with few reps adds bulk. Higher reps with heavy weights leans out muscle. You've got that backwards. Many light reps increases mass but doesn't result in much higher strength (hence why pushups are a very poor strength workout).
muh confidence is based on how striated muh muscles are
Quote from: #TurkeyLivesMatter on December 03, 2015, 01:37:15 PMQuote from: NiggerBot 9000 on December 03, 2015, 01:06:44 PMHeavy weights with few reps adds bulk. Higher reps with heavy weights leans out muscle. You've got that backwards. Many light reps increases mass but doesn't result in much higher strength (hence why pushups are a very poor strength workout).I think you have it backwards, though
Quote from: Snowtrap on December 03, 2015, 11:23:08 AMQuote from: Winy on December 03, 2015, 11:06:45 AMOh, nice dude! That's a big accomplishment-*Everybody in this thread is arguing about whether or not lifting is useful*Will people ever just shut the fuck up and let others enjoy things? Jesus Christ. Guy makes good progress on a lift, like four guys hijack the thread and bitch about "Muh practical applications." It's lifting, you do it to get stronger, clear your head, and feel confident. Stop whining.One of those people is midget.He doesn't count since he's always like that.What's that suppose to mean?
Quote from: Winy on December 03, 2015, 12:40:33 PMQuote from: NiggerBot 9000 on December 03, 2015, 12:38:13 PMmuscle building, not muscle strength. A lot of bulk and aesthetics, not dense, practical muscle.Sorry dude, but you have no idea what you're talking about.Yes I do, you're just upset that bench pressing is just a meathead activity.Heavy weights with few reps adds bulk. Higher reps with heavy weights leans out muscle. All bench pressing really does is "puff" out your muscles. When are you practically EVER going to need to bench press? Never. Exercising without weights gives you more compact, dense muscle that can be used more practically in an every day setting. This is a fact.
like four guys hijack the thread and bitch about "Muh practical applications." It's lifting, you do it to get stronger, clear your head, and feel confident. Stop whining.
I used to lift, but college doesn't lend me enough free time anymore.I only did it to prove the point that lifting is pointless anyway.That is, if you're not interested in the way society thinks you should look. Which, you shouldn't be.
Today I bench'd my entire bodyweight
