I am trying to follow the logic here. First you say that you do not believe it because you can do 220, but then you say that based on your calculations me doing 350 is the same as you doing 220. If I was a guy you probably would not have an issue with that but because I am female you are skeptical.
Second - how do you define a professional?. I did not lift weights to do body building and therefore my muscles have remained relatively normal looking, I do not have chiseled look that female bodybuilders do. And I started with weight before I hit puberty, my skeleton is set up to take those kinds on strains better than a person who did not start weight until their late teens and early 20's.
Your comment of " i know how hard I had to work to get there" seems out of place - i never said it was easy to do and it did take me most of my life to get there. I doubt that I could ever lift much more than that even with drugs. That was my peak. and I am aware of the fact.
Third - Ask any female firefighter or Seach and Rescue Tech what their fitness requirements are. or see what female weightlifters lift. They make me look puny.
I did not use any enhancement drugs though I did take Chromium Picolate and Creatine.
Fourth point - weight and weight does not equal strenght. If that were true most of America would be weightlifting champions of the world.
My neighbour is 5 foot nothing and about 110lbs, she is a casual triathelete and I regularly see her bench pressing in the 150-180lbs range. and she is very lean looking.
i guess it would be hard to follow, since we are very different people. in fact, everyone is very different with different experiences.
it's not the fact that just b/c you are a female, you can't do something. but it is a fact that you would have a very very big disadvantage. this is human nature. it's not your fault, and it's not mine.
the only way for you to be stronger than most women, is to be more like a man. so you would have to have more testosterone in your body. this is also proven.
even if you were a guy, at that height and weight and body fat, i wouldn't be impressed b/c that's quite a bit of fat on your body for a guy. (again, women naturally have more body fat than men)
a professional is one who is "body building", and is also in competitions. also is one who is sponsored by someone. lifting weights at a young age wouldn't necessary be beneficiary to your body. everyone has a different body type. what helps you might not help me. so that is not very relevant. saying that you wouldn't do much more even with drugs makes me more skeptical. clearly you would. there is no doubt. (unless injuries)
my dad was a firefighter for 25 years. he is basically my size. 5'11" and around 155 pounds. i'm actually stronger than he ever was. i think his best was around 205. i don't think he was into "maxing out" all the time though. he did his job well. so i doubt female firefighters would be bench pressing over 300 pounds. (unless they weighed that much)
i did look up the records for female bench press. this really helps my argument. Becca Swanson 465lb Bench press record. she was around your weight. we're talking the most ever by any female, and you're only 115 pounds away? i really don't think so.
weight doesn't equal strength, i'm living proof of that. by looking at me, you'd think i couldn't lift 150 pounds once. (okay, maybe after i took my shirt off). i just look like a skinny kid. but having more body mass helps in lifting weights. if nothing else, you're frame can support more muscle mass (when you turn the fat to muscle). baseball players are a perfect example. they are all strong, and fat at the same time. that's why most either hit a home run or walk back to the dugout.
that is very impressive by your neighbor. (if that's even true, 150-180 is a very big range for a bench press max).
what it boils down to is that these numbers are way up there. i'm not saying that they are impossible, but hard for someone to believe in a place like this (or even anywhere, unless seen with your own eyes). some might not believe that i have 3% body fat and at my size, can do what i do. and that's fine. i personally don't believe you. doesn't mean that it's not true. i'm sure you are a very strong woman, and i know there are some out there that are that strong and stronger, but not very many at all. which makes this hard to believe.
anything rare is hard to believe without seeing it for yourself. it's just how the human mind works
