1/1000 is ridiculous. The average American man probably weighs close to 200ish

Aug 22, 2024
3:24:41pm

Durden All-American

And most people could probably bench close to their body weight. So only being able to do 225 seems like a much higher number than 1/1000. I’d guess it’s close to 1/20 or at worst 1/100. If we are looking at healthy men under age 70

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POLL: They said on the radio that 1 in 1000 men can bench press 225. Let's see how CB compares to the general population

Skeptical Optimist Political Junky

Aug 22, 3:17pm

That's the number that I curl

MaxxPower

Aug 22, 3:19pm

Boardname checks out

Skeptical Optimist

Aug 22, 3:20pm

All men or American men?

Magneto

Aug 22, 3:21pm

that seems incredibly low

SuperTank

Aug 22, 3:22pm

Mid 40s and still able to multi rep 225

Das_Countach

Aug 22, 3:23pm

1/1000 is ridiculous. The average American man probably weighs close to 200ish

Durden

Aug 22, 3:24pm

Most people can bench their body weight?

Skeptical Optimist

Aug 22, 3:26pm

Hmm, ok maybe I am overestimating people.

Durden

Aug 22, 3:28pm

Most people can't do that on average or even close to average

Baron

Aug 22, 3:34pm

You are

Mjolnir

Aug 22, 3:54pm

Have you been to the gym?

Viva Campeche

Aug 22, 3:26pm

I go everyday. Maybe that’s my bias is that people at the gym seem to generally

Durden

Aug 22, 3:27pm

I go 4-5 times per week. I’d bet that in the gym community it’s not 1-20 people

Viva Campeche

Aug 22, 3:32pm

really? I feel like its 1 in 5 or 10 (I do feel like there are a lot of younger

Das_Countach

Aug 22, 3:42pm

I have a membership at anytime fitness and Vasa. Vasa isn’t even close to 1/20.

Viva Campeche

Aug 22, 3:43pm

Probably depends on what gym you go to

BaseCoug

Aug 22, 3:43pm

I meant it generally, including your cross fitters

Viva Campeche

Aug 22, 3:44pm

I don’t think an untrained person can bench their body weight.

BaseCoug

Aug 22, 3:31pm

Not even close.

RoaroftheCougartails

Aug 22, 3:44pm

I've taken several beginners to the gym over the years

deliciousmocha

Aug 22, 3:47pm

That's a good warm-up.

Tesla Coug

Aug 22, 3:26pm

Even in this poll, I’m sure a lot of the yes answers are guys who don’t lift but believe they’re pretty strong so

JollyGreenGiant

Aug 22, 3:34pm

Exactly. I doubt almost half of CB can bench that much.

VirginiaPeanut

Aug 22, 3:37pm

Just because you can’t do it doesn’t mean others can’t

Odysseus

Aug 22, 8:34pm

They'd probably bounce the weight off their chest anyway.

TheLoneCougar

Aug 22, 9:33pm

If you haven’t recently actually benched 225 you can’t bench 225

DanSmith

Aug 22, 3:39pm

Define recently. There are times where I will go 6 months or more without

allaboutthegainz

Aug 22, 3:59pm

Not true. I hadn't lifted in over a year. To test your theory I just went down

jtm0001

Aug 22, 4:39pm

I just cold benched 225 50 times in my basement setup. Pretty easy.

JohnnyComeLately

Aug 22, 5:46pm

I wonder how many in this poll benched 225 within the last month

deliciousmocha

Aug 22, 3:39pm

my thoughts exactly

PabloSanchezz

Aug 22, 4:15pm

Number apparently goes up to 1/100,000 for 315lbs

RoaroftheCougartails

Aug 22, 3:44pm

Proud member of the club.

deliciousmocha

Aug 22, 3:49pm

Id say 315 amongst the general population is prob 1/10K, but those that lift

Das_Countach

Aug 22, 3:52pm

If you base the general population stats on what you observe on the gym,

Baron

Aug 22, 3:57pm

Hence why I separated the two

Das_Countach

Aug 22, 4:01pm

It is okay not everyone is good at math or estimating.

Baron

Aug 22, 4:03pm

lol, not only is your math bad, but comprehension as well

Das_Countach

Aug 22, 4:08pm

The 1/100,000 seems way off.

Durden

Aug 22, 4:34pm

I just googled the numbers, not vouching for their accuracy. Could for sure be MSM misinformation, who knows.

RoaroftheCougartails

Aug 22, 8:18pm

I was briefly in that club at 39 yrs old, then hurt my shoulder

Peter Venkman

Aug 22, 9:16pm

Im not saying it's a crazy number, but I do not think that any larger man can focus for a few months and get 315 up.

RoaroftheCougartails

Aug 23, 9:24am

That would be more than 150% of my body weight.

ForzaPuma

Aug 22, 3:58pm

I weigh 190lb and can bench 315lb.

Ron Mexico

Aug 22, 4:09pm

Whoa. You’re like my exact opposite.

SuperTank

Aug 22, 4:29pm

Nice. I'm 185 and can bench 290. 45 years old currently.

Rise Against

Aug 22, 5:55pm

4 years ago I could. Today it would take some time and effort to get back there

cheezedawg

Aug 22, 4:21pm

Sorry, 225 what?

bruincoug

Aug 22, 5:58pm

I assume we're talking kg, not lbs?

SingleStrapBackpack

Aug 22, 6:05pm

I cannot, but that percentage seems low.

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