Tfw bench is shit

1 pl8 after 3 months is pretty good

That's good and you know it you attention whoring faggot

if you start out as a skinny skelly its good

if you start out as a fatty its meh

are you guys serious?

i know guys who literally walked into the gym for the first benching 1 plate

I also see skinny dudebro teenagers in snapbacks benching 1 plate all the time at my gym

I have never seen anyone put up more than 85lbs their first time benching, ever.

I started at 95 lbs and worked up to 185 lbs over the past few months.

Bench is literally just have strong shoulders back and triceps.

>145/185/335/405
povertybench for months

I'm fatty and I started at 1 pl8. Symmetric strength fucks with my stats because of my weight. The more weight I lose the more intermediate I become.

How many people you reckon just e-stat on their squat so their bench just looks worse in comparison when in reality they are just weak overall?

do you go to a gym for the disabled?

you go to a dyel asian gym dont you

A fair number of people from here do SS to start out.

SS still trains chest you mongoloid

>symmetry
Back in my day shitposting used to mean something.

Just keep pushing the weight up by 5-10 pounds every couple weeks. You'll get the hang of it.

what website is used for this?

website?

symmetricstrength.com/

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>tfw 48 on symmetry scale

my guy is really yellow

>A-Are you me

That's weird. It seems to base my strength on my bench press, because that's 0 difference.

How long have you NOT been training?

>3 months
>Not lifting 1pl8 per month
>2012 + 4
>ishiggitydiggitydoodahday

iktfb

Clearly this website doesn't take any account of your age.

Doesn't ask about 'roids, knee sleeves, Slingshot, bench shirt, groove briefs...

All my stuff is raw w/wraps/belt and I feel cheated. But I can't wear a belt for d-lift.

>I just let it go.

Been to the gym for 6 weeks
I know I'm a noob but this fills me with shame
How bad am I?

>wraps and feels cheated.
Lol
You cheating urself nigger.

Numbers

>untrained
It tells you how bad you are.

Yes I'm aware.
How bad in terms of how long I've been going?

Get off /fit train for a year then come back and ask. No one knows after 6 weeks.

Y-you too.

Better than my 10 weeks

>70kg, 168cm
>O: 27.5kg
>B: 45kg
>S: 65kg
>D: 85kg

Shoot me

postan because ppl are looking the same in this thread.

29yo/511/169 lbs

Fuck dude, you look slightly worse than me but ive been on SS for 2.5 months.

Mostly blue, some still purple. 5'8 ex skelly

Man 1 plate bench is the best filling.

I remember that.

>tfw 3pl8 bench but chest looks like shit
>tfw 185lbs ohp but shoulders look like shit

FUCK. THIS.

>tfw 6'2 175
>tfw was 6'2 155

Slowly making it bros

Try tucking in your elbows a bit , that is what fixed my stall

>5'5 (why live?)
>130

senpai

That's what I tell myself at least. The 1/2/3/4 standard is ridiculous, 2plate bench is respectable but most average athletic guys can do it, especially talking about maxes. Meanwhile only the biggest guys in the gym squat close to 3plate. Most people bench more than they squat and their legs look fine. 1.5-2plate (for ass to grass reps) is the normal squat for guys at my gym (college-age athletic guys).
I do more leg work than a lot of guys but I'd break in half if I tried to squat 3.

Beautiful balanced body

I can barbell row more than I can bench press. Am I going to die?

>tfw genuinely bench more than I deadlift

>mfw lifting for 4 months and still purple.

>tfw opposite
I feel so self conscious wearing shirts, my chest fucking pops out so much.

forgot pic

Do more volume for hypertrophy..Stop doing a strength based routine.

kek dat low test

>tfw bench has always been easiest lift

6.5 months

5'10.5 155 pounds

>Most people bench more than they squat and their legs look fine

No.

If you train both equally squat will always be higher.

trying too hard kys honestly

lifting for a fucking year, cant get past 110lbs bench. Is it because i have pectus? Im doing 5x5 btw and i want to fucking kill myself.

Start doing 5 x 3 x 1.

i.e..... 95lbs x 5 , 100 x 3 , 105 x 1
repeat that order for *one more set*, and you're done with flat bench.

move on to dumbbell presses right after.

if you have no muscle to begin with (relatively), then what the heck are 25 reps training ?

you have to overload what you have for muscle --- not fatigue it like a marathoner.

>people are gonna disagree

My entire upper body is apparently untrained, entire lower body + abdominal and spinal erectors are subpar.

Makes sense desu, I can't squat or deadlift for absolutely shit.

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I've been on SS for 3 years now.

>SS
>subpar chest
You are doing it wrong m8

I hope it's because of pectus because thats pathetic otherwise.

world elite asshole tho

Almost choked on my preworkout

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Wait what? Does it usually take that long? I hit 5x5 1pl8 after 3 weeks of lifting.

21 years old
Squat - 295 lbs
Bench - 265 lbs
Deadlift - 440 lbs
OHP - 180 lbs
5'9 189 lbs
Working out on and off, but just got back into it 3 months ago

One week of lifting after like a year of doing semi serious calisthenics

The numbers are slightly off but seems about right. My deadlift is shit doe. Dont have the muscle memory to do the movement correctly.

Me too

You can change it to round to the nearest kg. The default is set to the nearest 5kg for some reason

Didnt improve by much. Theyre fairly okay desu. Im just sad that my deadlift is so shit. Even tho ive only been in the gym for a bit more than a week and they will progress fast.

>75kg squat
>75kg dl
>85kg bench
wait wat

I've had back problems recently, so my squats and deadlifts are lacking compared to most of my lifts, currently struggling with a 127kg squat and 150kg deadlift, other lifts are ok though.

He's one of those "no one cares about legs brah"

No im really not. Like i said ive done calisthenics for almost a year and i did gym for like 3 months in 2015. I do intend to greatly improve my lower body lifts. But my legs did kinda get denied. I did sprints tho. My body isnt imbalanced either when looking at aesthetics

fair enough, I didn't read your earlier post.
i've just started and it's the opposite for me. My bench is shitty but my squats and deadlifts are decent

Yeah you don't need pecs or anything like that

How fucking weak are you guys? The only time I ever benched I was 17 or 18, and managed to bench 120 lbs x 5 with first try, and I was 121 or so lbs lean aushwitz-mode myself.

Those are some high estimated one rep maxes for someone who's untrained. You're probably just fat and it's throwing the calculation off. Don't sweat it too much.

Yesterday I had my first time not completing a 5x5 for bench. It was at 155lbs and I could only do 3x4 before I just stopped from shame. All my other lifts are going up fine but I just died inside knowing I couldn't clear the bench.

Any tips other than eating more? I'm trying to do more research on my form to help.

No but you are definitely doing at least one of those things wrong.

Yeh I am with you. Granted I started lifting at 21 and was overweight when I started but I did 1pl8 for 5x5 on my first day.

>started with 30-40kg bench 3 yrs ago
>can now 5x5 120kg
Feelsgoodman

Literally how is anyone's bench this low? I've seen chicks bench more than this

I just hit my lmao2pl8!!1!!! And was so faggotforce proud of myself id figure id tell yall thanks for not supporting me and calling me a pussy and to try harder.

you've got an exceptional ass user ;)

120/190/275/255 (grip strength needs work) after 9 weeks of SS.

My upperbody is far stronger than my legs but i still sort of look like a Trex

Also for bench i find that staying tight helps a lot.

Pic related. Im starting to think strength=size thing is a meme