This bench press calculator can be used to work out your approximate 1 REP MAX bench press. The way this bench calculator works is it takes the amount of weight you can bench for a certain number of reps and uses a formula to calculate your approximate 1 REP MAX. Obviously, these figures are not 100% accurate.
To use the bench press calculator simply enter the weight in the first box provided and select the number of reps from the drop down box. For example, if I benched 100kg for 10 reps I would enter 100 and select 10 reps. The bench press calculator works in both pounds and kilograms.
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Posted Thu, 11/08/2012 - 12:27
I was a gymnast in High School. I also lifted weights at the time..My closest to ever benching twice my weight was as a Jr. 168 LLBS. and Benching 320..aFTER A 20 YEAR lAYOFF ( i AM NOW 45 ) i RECENTLY STARTING LIFTING AGAIN i AM NOW 230 LLBS AND BENCHING 455 AT 5'8"....sTILL CHASING THE 2x'S BODYWEIGHT NUMBER.
mY pHILOSOPHY IS DO THE BEST YOU CAN. gAINS WILL COME WITH DEDICATION , SENSIBLE TRAINING , REST AND DIET. tAKE y'ALL
Posted Thu, 11/15/2012 - 01:29
its about encouragement.... no one cares bout how much u really cant do...
Posted Sun, 08/12/2012 - 07:15
I'm 5'8 165 lbs and put up 275 last week no help! I'm deployed and have nothing better to do but lift when I'm not on mission.
Posted Sun, 08/19/2012 - 22:41
How do you bench 225 11 times???
Posted Sat, 09/22/2012 - 10:21
up and down, eleven times.
Posted Fri, 11/02/2012 - 17:27
My brother does it easy but at the same time he doesn't count. He gained an inch in his arms after only 2 weeks curling .
Posted Tue, 09/11/2012 - 08:34
I personally think mechanics are very important - shoulders set right and packed, feet firmly planted, hands tight, etc. I am 5'7", 160 lbs (and even carrying a bit of fat), and am currently maxing at 275 lbs. Controlled, no bounce, complete lockout. Idon't pause for a full count like competitors do, in fairness.
Posted Sat, 11/10/2012 - 20:20
The mechs of lifting are SUPER important, the guy that owns the gym I work out at NIP in Mason City Iowa, holds 2 world record lifts. He is not a "big" guy at around 220lbs he pushed over 900lbs. Look him up and watch his press, name is Jake Prazak.
Posted Wed, 09/12/2012 - 16:10
it is becasuse my dad wieghed 180 and was 5'10'' and could put up 425 and he was repping like 380
Posted Fri, 09/14/2012 - 21:11
I'm 17 and I'm weighing 128 lbs I'm 5'8" yet I'm maxing at 270 on my bench I go all natural no proteins or steroids
Posted Tue, 09/25/2012 - 21:46
"yah i'm 5'4 and 105 pounds and i can rep 265 easy, like 12-14 reps. my max is only 315 tho."
Posted Tue, 09/25/2012 - 23:54
That is very impressive man. By the time your 23 your gonna be hitting 405. I just got into fitness 4 years ago and during that time I had to get two heart surgeries. I thought I could inspire some people by making a chanel on youtube called Heart Surgery Fitness. So far I have two videos, please check them out. I hope you like em. Be safe and live life!
Posted Fri, 10/05/2012 - 13:23
U wouldn't weight 117 if ur benching 270 and 5'8. The muscle u gain would be well over 117 Lol do ppl come on here to try and feel big or sound impressive? U can't fool ppl who know this stuff.
Posted Mon, 11/19/2012 - 17:59
Actually your wrong I seen a guy weigh 115 lb at 5'4 do 270 on bench 250 on clean and 405 on squat names Levi goolesby look him up
Posted Sun, 11/04/2012 - 04:36
120? Either youre lying or youre an anomaly because you cant grow muscle.. you should go see a doctor.
Posted Sat, 11/17/2012 - 22:13
You "go all natural no proteins or steroids." Do some reading on weight lifting and nutrition. Your body needs protein to build and you are getting it from somewhere. It doesn't make it any better or worse if it comes from a piece of chicken or a can of whey protein.
Posted Sun, 09/16/2012 - 11:12
I concur... I weigh 159 and I am in the 300 club. My one rep bench is 315. I workout with on a pyramid scale from 185 to 235 until failure. Even though 235 is at my peak... I can still knock out 7- 8 reps by myself after hitting 185, 205 and 225. I don't go much higher without two spotters because I have dropped weight on my chest and scared... SMH.
Posted Sat, 09/22/2012 - 14:21
I currently weigh 165 naked and can lift 320 for a one-lift max. Also, I can manage 14-15 reps at 225. I am currently 38. When I was 21, I weighed 150-155 and could hit 320. At my peak, which I am currently trying to work back up to, I weighed roughly 180 and could max in the 340-350 range. The most I've ever repped 225 was 21 times.
Several years ago, I worked out with an individual who weighed 175ish and could bench 410 for a one-rep max. Although a 300 pound bench is impressive for someone weighing 175, for anyone working out seriously, that should be easily attained.
Posted Fri, 10/05/2012 - 13:17
When I was 18 I went from benching 160 to 275(3rep max)in my last year of high school. My startin weight was 145 then added about 20 pounds by the time I was at 275. Had a great rep/set sheet from gym teacher but now I'm trying to figure out how I made it :/. It was like 4 sets, 10 reps I started off and went down 2 reps every set, added about 20-15lbs every set.
Posted Thu, 05/17/2012 - 17:55
...forget about the 7 x 225. The skepticism floods in at the 1 x 300 for this guy!
Posted Wed, 06/13/2012 - 13:46
Why is a 300 max press so hard to believe for a guy that ways 170? The fact that you've even found your way to these forums should have provided enough articles along the way to show this is very realistic.
Posted Sun, 07/01/2012 - 19:28
300 for someone weighting 175 is nothing. I used to do 350 when I weighted 165-170 in college. I was a workout junkie in those days (college, I was too broke to do anything that cost money). I was able to do 225 about 18 times too however. In order to get a 300 max, one should be able to do 225 at least 10 times. I will be 30 this year and I am still doing around 315-325 and I weighted 183 this afternoon.
Posted Mon, 08/20/2012 - 11:30
lol its hilarious when people say 300 for someone 175 is nothing, saying what you can do and doing it are two totally different things, plus at thirty you should still be as strong as you ever were, but see you are probably boasting about results gained thru maybe a little juice, maybe im wrong but either way 300 at 175 is good for any natural athlete, you never know whos comparing an apple to an orange, but like i said thirty years of age is not the age you go down unless your have injuries holding you back and it only takes 2-3 days a week in the gym to maintain prior results
Posted Mon, 09/10/2012 - 03:40
50% over your bodyweight is a good start, i wouldn't call it nothing, but its hardly braggable (I'm at 300, currently move up 20lb every 5 days for a set of 10, weighing 185) its pretty rude to call someone juice, especially with such a low weight of 350, when you put yourself around record setters and other strong guys, these "big" weights start to seem smaller, so its probably normal to forget the initial effort it took to get there, so you've just gotta give that guy a break, and idk about that 2-3 days deal, id never be able to maintain like that, i think i'd need at least 5
Posted Mon, 09/24/2012 - 20:32
Jay,
When you are married with two kids, getting in the gym is an after thought! I was up to about 325 over the summer, but I haven't hit the gym since July. All I was implying is that once you start really researching and working out properly, you realize that 300 isn't much at all. And no I never used anything but creatine. I am a small framed guy, and creatine helped me get to 175 when I was like 20. At the age of 30, I am still 180.
Posted Sun, 08/05/2012 - 23:28
Agree bro. Average dudes in the gym are easily mind blown. Im 5 ft 9 170 and im pause benchpressing 355 pause benching is when u slowly decline with complete controll until paused in a rest position on chest without actually letting the weight sit on ur chest and pressing ima powerlifter and my weight class is 165 and dudes in my class bench over 300 70 percent of the time so just ignore the ignorant my friend
Posted Mon, 08/20/2012 - 05:35
True, for instance I'm 5'7", weigh 150 lbs, and bench 250 lbs. I know nothing too special, but I'm not a gym rat by no means. But my older brother weighs about 165 lbs and has benched 315 lbs.
Posted Thu, 11/01/2012 - 19:31
I just wanna get 400 lb.
Posted Fri, 09/07/2012 - 09:22
yah 300 at 170 is not that impressive, its good but not rediculous. I'm at 160 and do 295 1 rep, and don't consider myself strong. Strong is 200% of body weight in my opinion. and yah I know guys that do 200%.
Posted Fri, 09/07/2012 - 11:08
well.. if you weigh 170.. and press 300, that is almost 200% 40lbs shy anyway. Still strong. 100% would only be 170 lbs.
Posted Thu, 09/20/2012 - 18:41
weigh 142 max 305. i belive thats 212% !
Posted Mon, 09/24/2012 - 19:02
video:)
Posted Wed, 09/12/2012 - 16:12
yeah my dad was 5'10'' and weighed 180 and could put up 425lbs and did reps with 380
Posted Sat, 08/25/2012 - 11:58
Why on Earth would you be skeptical that someone who weighs 175 lbs can bench 225 x 6 or 7 reps? If that sounds even somewhat unbelievable to you, you need to get out more. And your theory that someone helped him on those reps actually would reduce his unassisted projected one rep max, not increase it. That said, the calculator is only an estimator and will vary slightly from person to person. Even so, it will usually yields results that are accurate within a few percentage points of the actual one rep max.
Posted Wed, 11/07/2012 - 21:19
My bro-in-law is a 45 yr old paramedic--weighs 175 and just beat his 17 yr old 210 lb football star son in a bench-off to see who could get more reps w/225 ($100 bet on the line!). Son went first & got 18 reps... Dad followed by squeeking out 19!... Hurray for the old guys!
Posted Wed, 03/28/2012 - 15:09
I say your not calculating right. My max bench when I use to rep 275 was 225x7. Calculator is between 90%-100% accurate. 30 lb off is bogus. My friend max is 295 and he can rep 225x10. That is a pretty good damn calculator to estimate that. I say try maxing on 225 and see what you get.
Posted Sun, 04/15/2012 - 03:12
It is definitely not 90 percent accurate. I just maxed out at 225 with 18 reps and my 1RM is 305. It all depends on how you lift. Based on my 225 lift it said my max should be 350 and I can't even get three wheels.
Posted Thu, 05/03/2012 - 01:56
If you lift with correct form at your rep weight your max will accurate be within 10 lbs
Posted Mon, 07/02/2012 - 14:31
This is actually untrue. As one comment mentioned earlier, it depends very much on how you lift. The calculator is pretty accurate because most people bench the same way--slow. For example, examine the bulgarian system of lifting. When olympic weightlifting was most popular, the Russians and Bulgarians did a lot of research on this. In the Bulgarian system, you almost never do any more than 3 reps and everything is a max. Also, all reps are as fast as you can go. The result is a conversion of muscle fiber from slow twitch type I to fast twitch type 11a and type IIb. However, you gain very little muscle mass. So, applying this to an earlier argument, it is certainly possible to bench 300+ at 175 pounds---I do it hahaha. In fact, you can do much more.
Posted Tue, 07/10/2012 - 00:04
Muscle fibers do not change from Type I to Type IIa or IIb. IIa can be changed to IIb by training, but it is impossible to change from Type I to Type II. You are born with a certain percentage of both, and in most people it is about 50/50. Benching 300+ is possible at 175 pounds, but very unlikely for someone who is 6'4" like the guy earlier claimed to be. It is very difficult to bench that much with long arms, I know this because I am 6'3". The calculator is much more accurate when you are using a low rep range such as 3-5. I believe that a 3 rep max is typically very accurate.
Posted Sat, 09/29/2012 - 19:09
Arnold Schwartzenager and Lou Ferigno were 6'2 and 6'4 and could Bench press 400 to 500 pounds.
Posted Tue, 10/16/2012 - 11:05
Are you saying that some random internet dude that is 6'4" 175 is comparable in any way shape or form to Arnold or Lou Ferigno? hahaha. That's a good joke friend.
Posted Wed, 08/15/2012 - 20:59
Type I muscle fibers can't be converted to Type IIa or Type IIb. You can only enhance the quality of each fibre type that you naturally posess.
Posted Sun, 10/14/2012 - 04:31
Dude, 3 reps is will force you to recruit near maximum muscle fibers regardless of whether you want to push the rep "fast" or "slow". You're going to move the weight the same speed no matter how you decide to push it because it's exerting too much force on your body to move it at the speed you desire. If you can explode 3 rep weight, then you could probably hit it 5 or 6 times, and you need to go heavier.
Second, there is no scientific proof that muscle fibers ever change from type 1 to type 2. That doesn't happen. Type 1 will enlarge with heavy lifting, but the genetic makeup of the two muscles are different and they do not shift between one another.
Posted Tue, 10/23/2012 - 23:24
Also, it helps to use a higher weight and lower reps, if the reps are below ten, its more precise
Posted Sun, 05/27/2012 - 00:44
I agree 100 percent with you I can do 225 seven times all day every day and my max is 275, That said im 6 foot 1 and weigh 185 so it is pretty accurate and not 30 pounds off.
Posted Tue, 04/10/2012 - 01:12
dude check yo stuff man lol.
Posted Wed, 05/16/2012 - 16:11
me like cheeseburger. me lift long time. me lift heavy weight long time. me lift what calculators says
Posted Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:42
Im 6'2" 200 and I can rep 225 8 times but last time I checked my max was around 275 which makes the calculator pretty accurate. Guess Ill have to try for 3. Perhaps some of the people that can bench more and weigh less are using incorrect form such as arching their back.. Who knows but Id say this calculator is close to dead on.
Posted Wed, 12/05/2012 - 15:32
Incorrect form for a bodybuilder perhaps. In powerlifting, the back is arched for a reason. Not only does it allow you to lift more by reducing rom and allowing more drive from your legs and back, but the shoulder position reduces the chance of rotator cuff injuries. “Bad form“ can be subjective.
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