It's been like 45 days since I hit 225 in the bench press for the first time, is it realistic to aim for 315 in like 6 months?I'm like 5'9 and 176, not fat.
225-315 is exponentially harder than 45-225 45-135 can be done in 4 weeks, 135-225 can be done in 4 months, 225-315 can be done in 4 years Factoring in the 45 days it took for you to add 2 reps i would wager 18 months is the fastest you’d manage, with no setbacks or slowing of pace.Realistically, 2-3 years, possibly never
>>76936159The difference between 225 and 315 is like the difference between beginner and 225.
>>76936173>2pl8 in four monthsYea you're a fucking idiot. Not even on gear is that possible unless you're both juicing and a fat fuck who is barely moving the bar (i.e. you)
>>76936173if you can go from the bar to 2pl8 bench in 5 months of training it's definitely not going to take you 4 fucking years to hit 3pl8 lol>>76936159timeline depends on routine, recovery, and genetics but i'd say anything from 9-18 months is reasonable as long as you're focused on it, dieting/recovering well, and don't have any major setbacks
>>76936180I did it in about 8 months. I can see it being doable if you're genetically advantaged. I'm
>>76936180I weighed ~135 when i started lifting and benched 135 the first day. Took me 5 months to hit 225 and in that time i gained 20lbs. I think most men hit 2pl8 in 6-12 months of lifting regularly The higher end of that spectrum is dominated by guys who just go lift and 6 month are the guys who live and breathe gym self-improvement. To which i belonged. I was unemployed at the time. Overdosed on vitamin D and did ice baths and saunas every single day to boost recovery so that i could bench every 48 hours at peak strength. I also went from 10 body weight strict form dead hang to chest pull-ups to 30, and +1pl8 max pull-up to +145lbs and 3 1arm pull-ups in the same timeframe. This was helped a lot by me forcing myself to do 100 pull-ups a day (pull-up bar at home, would do 10 every time i went to bathroom/kitchen and way back etc.>>76936190It was more for the effect of 4 week 4 month 4 year than accuracy, 4 weeks 6 months 3-5years isn’t as catchy
>>76936217Unless you had previous experience nobody is benching bodyweight on their first day. So you are are either made this up completely or are conveniently withholding the fact you already had experience before.
>>76936237I’d argue if you can’t bench your body weight there’s something very wrong with your body. Like, sit inside and play video games eating 0 protein and never moving whatsoever wrong with you. I’ve never taken a non-fatfuck friend to the gym and have them fail a body weight rep. No matter how DYEL
>>76936242Can you read? This is specifically about the "first day" in the gym, so I assume you concede that you were lying then.
>>76936283First day in the gym. Anyone with a mildly active lifestyle. Like, fucking walking, swimming. Hiking, sex. Have some form of muscle mass without going to the gymDo you consider push-ups, breast strokes kayaking, manual labour etc as going to the gym?
>>76936292you are wrong. im 6.6 225. used to play basketball, did manual Labor and pushups time to time. still took me one year to get to180X5 and 2 more years for 225X5.curve is pretty linear so that gives me hope, but realistically will need another 5-6 years for 315 lolfun fact: despite having progress i have only done bench-press 4 times this year.
>>76936159No
>>76936456Bench press is significantly easier if you have shorter arms. This anon >>76936242 is definitely under 5'10.
>>76936534I'm 6"1 and I currently bench 300 or 225 for 14. It took me about 18 months to hit 225 for a single. You worrying about height is so short coded, that stuff doesn't even enter my mind normally.I'm not particularly strong or anything, but I've been going to to the gym for a long time and there's a few things that are obvious:a. the vast majority of guys have absolutely pathetic bench numbers and most of them use less than 200.None of the people who are clearly new to this have 135 or more on the bar.The amount of people in a typical commercial gym like mine who bench a full three plates or more is quite small,probably less than two dozen or so guys and NONE of them did it in 6 months.
they say your 10 rep max multiplied by 1.3 is your 1 rep max. so that would mean you could bench 1x 315 by the time you can do 10x 245
>>76936173>>76936190i started on the bar ~2 months ago and i haven't hit 1pl8 yet
>>76936599if you mean literally the empty bar or maybe benching 65lbs then yeah it may take you at least 6 months to hit 1pl8
Not OP, but how long does it take to go from 2.5pl8 to 3pl8?
>>76936159I used some Calculators onlineYou've added 2 reps to your 2pl8 in 45 daysSo if you maintain this pace, you could potentially hit 3pl8 in 7-9 months.Although I would recommend you gain a little more mass for the endeavor; going up 10-15lbs
>>76936159I had same height/bw as you and was doing 225x6 or so and I think my 1RM was 280? Based on my experience you could probably target 315 in about a year but you have to eat a lot more and get kind of fat or it will take longer. How much are you willing to sacrifice?
>>76936242>I’ve never taken a non-fatfuck friend to the gym and have them fail a body weight rep. No matter how DYEL>I’ve never taken a non-fatfuck friend to the gymseriously if you think it's normal for an average untrained 170 lb dude to walk into the gym for the first time and hit a 170 bench there's no need to discuss this further, you're just wrong
It could take years. It seriously takes a lot of dedication.
>>76936217when i started lifting, i was like 100lbs, and benched 225 the first day. not even in a “look at me” way, it just moved like it was supposed to, so i assumed that was baseline. a few months later i was at 405 and up ~60lbs without really tracking it, just eating more because i kept getting hungry.most men hit 2pl8 in 6–12 months if they lift regularly. the slower end is guys who “go to the gym,” the faster end is guys who quietly reorganize their entire biology around recovery and pretend it’s normal. i was unemployed so it kind of happened naturally. vitamin d to a level where the sun felt redundant, ice baths and saunas every day, basically living inside a stimulus-response loop so i could bench every 48 hours at peak strength.pull-ups went from 10 strict to “annoying,” then +225lbs and a couple one-arm reps. had a bar at home and would just do pull-ups every time i passed under it, like a reflex. none of it felt dramatic in the moment. it was just what my body did when it had free time.
>>76936217i was basically a loose collection of bones when i started lifting, like ~60lbs, and benched 315 the first day. not even trying to flex, it just felt like the bar was correctly calibrated for once. people acted weird about it but i assumed they were having an off day. most men hit 2pl8 in 6–12 months if they lift regularly. the faster guys are the ones who “just stay consistent,” which in practice means quietly turning their entire life into a recovery protocol and acting like it’s casual. i was unemployed so it happened kind of automatically. vitamin d at a level where streetlights started feeling warm, ice baths and saunas every day, basically engineering reality so i could bench every 48 hours at peak strength. pull-ups went from 10 strict to “why are we still counting,” then +315lbs and some one-arm reps. had a bar at home and did pull-ups every time i walked past it, like blinking. none of it felt extreme at the time. it was just what happens when you stop wasting time.
>>76936159add a pound on both sides every week and that's a plate a year
>>76938040OH REALLY ITS THST SIMPLE THANKS
