A scrawny 63kg guy like me was able to lift 64kg after only a year's training and a buzz cut. I hope all of you are training in some way.

Congrats! I don't care how fit you are, nobody should shame anybody else for it. We're all trying to better ourselves through fitness. I got into bodybuilding but lost my job 2 weeks in, so.......that's a bummer.

my max is 180 lbs or 81.6466 kgs

I weigh between 135-145 (never get to 150, and im always fluctuating for some reason)

800 pounds? Really?

No, not really

Nice job fella, benching bodyweight is a big accomplishment. Lots of people cant do that

Quote from: Essessen on December 02, 2015, 12:11:04 AM

fucking non Americans with their factors of 10

It's terrible having internally consistent units that are common the world over.

Quote from: Jolly Rocket on December 02, 2015, 12:12:00 AM

Congrats! I don't care how fit you are, nobody should shame anybody else for it. We're all trying to better ourselves through fitness. I got into bodybuilding but lost my job 2 weeks in, so.......that's a bummer.

my max is 180 lbs or 81.6466 kgs

I weight between 135-145

Spoiler

I fear what this may start

That's terrible, but at least you can work out on almost no budget. I've been using my garage and weights taken from the dump as a makeshift gym.

Spoiler

And I'm not sure what you're afraid of; competition?

Yeah, I'm expecting a dick measuring contest.

I can do the weight side as well, diet was what was going to require money. That was the one area I always failed in, and I was ready to succeed. But life happened. Grandpa passed, lost my job right after that, didn't really want to keep it going and waste what little money I had.

Quote from: Cadenza on December 02, 2015, 12:18:57 AM

Quote from: Essessen on December 02, 2015, 12:11:04 AM

fucking non Americans with their factors of 10

It's terrible having internally consistent units that are common the world over.

Quote from: Jolly Rocket on December 02, 2015, 12:12:00 AM

Congrats! I don't care how fit you are, nobody should shame anybody else for it. We're all trying to better ourselves through fitness. I got into bodybuilding but lost my job 2 weeks in, so.......that's a bummer.

my max is 180 lbs or 81.6466 kgs

I weight between 135-145

Spoiler

I fear what this may start

That's terrible, but at least you can work out on almost no budget. I've been using my garage and weights taken from the dump as a makeshift gym.

Spoiler

And I'm not sure what you're afraid of; competition?

Yeah, I'm expecting a dick measuring contest.

I can do the weight side as well, diet was what was going to require money. That was the one area I always failed in, and I was ready to succeed. But life happened. Grandpa passed, lost my job right after that, didn't really want to keep it going and waste what little money I had.

That's heartbreaking to hear. I'd love to have another rival to go against but there's nothing you can really do about life when it's like that. Good luck with what you're doing anyway.

Honestly if you can't do at least that you're in pretty fucking terrible shape.

But a lot of people.are, so congrats.

Quote from: Jive Turkey on December 02, 2015, 12:18:44 AM

Nice job fella, benching bodyweight is a big accomplishment. Lots of people cant do that

Thanks, have you been training as well?

Yup, i'm going to be a pro physique model competitor one day

Too bad bench pressing has no viable means of strength IRL other than a bragging notion and aesthetics.

Pathetic.

Hehehe....

I weigh around 130-140...I bench press 90 with difficulty...

Sounds like too much of an effort...I think im good with being a couch potato

awesome man, that's a great accomplishment. i've been working out regularly for almost 3 years now, with a mixture of lifting, running, and cycling.

i'm not the biggest around, 6'0" tall and my weight fluctuates between 155-165, but i'd say i'm pretty strong for my size.

Before some issues with my Elbows mid this year, I was getting close to being able to do Hand Stand Pushups. Would be a neat Party Trick ayy.

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.

Eh, Lifting to improve strength kind of ties in with overall fitness, and has more than just aesthetic/self confidence benefits. Especially for people working in trades and hard labor jobs, it can help with injury prevention as well as delay/prevent the onset of Back and Joint issues in old age. I'd encourage all people to do Gym at least for that purpose.

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.

Too bad bench pressing has no viable means of strength IRL other than a bragging notion and aesthetics.

Something falls on you.

Benchpress it off.




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