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how much do you benchpress
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Assessment question for Badandy:
Stand profile in the mirror and look at your reflection, with natural posture. Do your shoulders angle inward or downward, and does your arm hang straight or with a slight bend in the elbow (estimate ° please)
Stand profile in the mirror and look at your reflection, with natural posture. Do your shoulders angle inward or downward, and does your arm hang straight or with a slight bend in the elbow (estimate ° please)
Its kind of hard to describe, it was right where my arm connects to my shoulder, more towards the top part of the shoulder, if I put it in certain positions it would be painful and even fall asleep when it was really bad. I stayed away from incline for about 3 months, but it hurt when playing golf too so I am sure that didn't help.
Right now I can't feel it anymore, but it took a long time and I wasn't sure if it was going to go away.
My Max, about 4 years ago, before both wrist were injured, was 315lbs. I way 210 right now. I haven't lifted heavy since and I don't plan on it again. I just do lots of reps of 145 now on all three benchs and call it a day for the bench. I also do free weights but not heavy anymore. Running, couldn't tell you what I do. I know it isn't good! Ha.
25 degrees in the elbow of the affected (right) arm. I'd say probably 15 degrees for my left elbow. Interesting. My left shoulder is double jointed and I can put my arm so my biceps is touching the back of my neck. My right one seems to almost do this except it's not nearly as limber and becomes sore after it pops out.
Unfortunately I don't know what you mean about angling inward or downward.
Thank you very much but I prefer my women without huge bulging manly muscles. In fact, I find women that are very muscular (not toned but specifically muscular) to be rather unattractive. Of course this is strictly my opinion.
I benchpressed as much as 200 when I weight around 165. After slimming down to around 150 and not benchpressing for a while I've been topping out around 170 lately. Also, for thread's sake would be nice to know the participant's height too as being 5'5/180 isn't same thing as being 6'2/180.
is this myth still around ?
that being physically strong gets you bulging muscles ?
getting bulging muscles requires a different approach than getting strong muscles and some of the most physically strong people I know look very lean.
Most women cannot get manly muscles naturally anyways, and is the extreme dieting that leads to that overripped look female bodybuilders go for. (cant have body fat blocking the view to muscles...)
I am a large person and NEVER will be a size zero, not even a size 6, just not possible for me to be that. Instead I focused on my body being healthy and to be a fit as I can be , so I can do things myself. my measurements are in proportion to each other, nothing screams musclebound freak.
I dont look like a bodybuilder nor am I trying to.
next time you see a female firefighter or policewoman, probably looks like normal fit female but most likely CAN carry her own weight. All the ones I know are required to.
starving self to thinness and getting boob job to compensate is disgusting in my mind,
yet how many female celebrities have done exactly that ?
let focus more on having FIT people not skinny looking ones.
/long rant
Im about 5'8 155 and can bench around 150. Not much of a weight guy, more of a runner. Can't bench too much after tearing ligaments in my shoulder years ago and it still bugs me to this day when doing some workouts.
Standing with normal posture, do your hands angle as if you're going to put them in your pockets? I want to know the angle of the second, larger yellow circle and how closely you resemble the second image. I'm pretty confident I already know the issue here but I want to confirm it.
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Yes, they angle, but I'm not as slumped forward as the second picture. I put the angles in my previous post.
I was emphasizing a bit but you get the idea. I'm not saying that a woman should be weak, imho, a healthy body is always a good thing. I just don't like it when people go too far. If you look at contemporary Hollywood or even in some women's health magazines, many women stop looking like women from afar. They gain broad shoulders and narrow hips with similarly-sized waist which makes their profile look like a man's. They may have very little fat but also no curves. And that's the part I do not like. They just don't look like women anymore and I prefer women that look like women. Of course, purely my opinion.
I disagree. I've always been in good cardiovascular health but cannot run the mile in the time allotted by my state fitness test. I'm a slow runner, but I guarantee I can outrun many others that are quick in a distance challenge. When it comes to running I feel that endurance is a much more important indicator of cardiovascular health than how fast you can run.
I'm 190 pounds I still bench 100 I don't attempt to max out weight wise I do the reps. My leg press was good though at one point I could do 20 reps at 1000 lbs, before my belly got a bit soft I could easily do 200 sit ups, and I used to do 30 miles a day on a ten speed and swim laps. I don't know how those numbers you guys use work though that's some sort of ratio right?
