>height>how long did it take you to bench 225lbs for 5 repsi am losing hope
>>772006545'9"About 3 months from a 180# initial 1RM
>>77200657>tfw 5 years at the gym and still can't do 225 1rmi'm starting to feel like i have very low t or something considering my huge mantitties
>>77200654Something like less than a year?Body weight was around 180-200 it's been over ten years so I don't remember, but it was only slightly over body weight relative.Wasn't for 5 reps though, It was just for 3 so I could say I actually did it as a goal. afterwords dropped back down to normal progression.
>>772006546'1". Started at 175 bench press and took almost 2 years to get a 225 bench press for reps (I don't do orm). My first 6 months I didn't know what I was doing though
>>77200654youre not eating enough protein retard
>6 foot>I don't know I was like 15 years old
>>77200803I eat like 90g TOPS and i hit 2pl8 at 85kg bw and i deadlift 5pl8I dont think there's a single say in my life where i counted protein or got even close to the 0.8g/lb or whatever meme you guys follow. Maybe once every 2-3 months when eating out at a meat place otherwise i live on eggs and my aunts food
>>77200664Volume and pin presses
>>7720065411 months, 5'11"i started at like 75x5, i was a weak bitch all around but my chest was super weak relative to other muscle groupsi kinda had a breakthrough once i narrowed my grip, works much better for my elbow valgus. i used to do ring finger on the rings, now i do pinky about an inch inside. that and i started doing more chest and tri work outside of benching.
>>77200654225 is a joke I did that in 6 months after starting with 1plNow 3pl requires actual effort but is achieve-able natty by any male
>>77200981315 is genetically above average and 50+% of guys are genetically locked out of ever achieving it no matter how hard they try.
>>772006545'6 150lbs. Maybe a year
>>77200664Post routine
>>77200986Let me guess, you’re one of those guys?
>>77201013nah I bench 430
>>77201029Post dat body
>>772006545’9”Can’t do that for five, but I had a 225 lb 2-rep max like 6 months ago. Now my max is like 215.
>>772006542 years maybe
How can a grown man not bench 225 for reps?You literally don’t need a good routine or any supplements. Just bench once a week for a few months
2 years, at 80 kg 176 cm boomerBut I did dumbbell presses before even trying bench, so first time benching I did 80 kg I think
>>77200881Yeah, go ahead and post body.
>>77200654Took me a few years as a kid as a result of poor training. Stuck to starting strength protocol for too long and didnt up the volume where needed. added volume in the wrong lifts, and didn't get enough protein or recovery. That said, I did get to 315x5 eventually. That took a lot of growing up in many different ways, spiritually and intellectually. Living a godly life and abandoning the hate in your heart can do incredible things for you. Take care anon. :)
>>77200837>6ft8 >I was 12 years oldBy 16 i realized that being a powershitter is retarded. I lift for aesthetics. If I kept training that way I'd end up looking like picrel. >>77202182>Stuck to starting strength protocol for too long and didnt up the volume where needed.I hate that texan bastard for bastardizing Reg Park's 5x5. If you trained the way Reg intended 5x5 to be trained you'd have looked much better. Probably lift more too.
>>77202275How does 5x5 training make you obese? It doesn’t require you to eat 5000 calories a day
>>77202280I mean the way it's trained nowadays. Powerlifters lift with shit form to lift more weight and eat too much to get fat enough to move more weight for the sake of moving more weight. They also have a hate boner for isolation movements.
>>77200654160cm and not even close yetbest i did was 85kgs for 5 reps
5'8.4225lbs for x7 last week on my first set.been lifting consistently for 4-5 years.
>>77202275>5x5>hogging a machine for 5 fucking sets in a commercial gym
>5’10>started lifting 2.5 months ago>can barely do 145 for repsit’s over for me
>>772006546'5" Honestly, you probably need a better program. If youre struggling with 225 for 5, drop down to 295 for three sets of 5 and do starting strngth. Build your whole body stronger and larger. Rpitoritze nutrition and sleep. Just do starting strength with excellent sleep and nutrition (start the bench at 220 and just add 5 pounds per workout) and in 5 weeks you will be able to bench 225 for five reps. You need to make your whole body bigegr and stronger - do not focus autistic ally on one exercise or bodypart. Grow.
>>77203802Im a retard. Start the bench at 195, not 295 and not 220. In 5 weeks of proper SS youll be hitting 225 x 5
>>77200664ok but are you locked in or do you just go there twice a week to fuck around? having a clear plan and pushing yourself every time makes a huge difference
