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battery · 06-01-2008, 10:10 PM

Clearly, many of you forgot to read between the line. When someone has doubt about benching his own weight is acceptable, he is likely to care about his performance in training and his physical appearance. Why else would he ask?

And all you can reply is, "don't worry about being skinny", or "focus on academics". May be you don't care, but this guy may!

And I can understand you want to motivate this guy. But for goodness' sake, do you always have to follow the formula "Oh, you are doing just fine, I can't even do as well as you. Don't worry."...
How about someone new, like, "I am gonna be honest with you. If you don't plan for retirement, you may be flipping burgers when you are 70 year old"

And why the hell are we talking about genetics here? There is nothing genetics about being able to bench press less than 120% of your own weight. Yes, people with better genes needs minimal work to get to 120%. But for the vast majority of males, 120% is a goal well within their physical potential. If you are fat, you may need to decrease your fat weight and work up muscles. If you are skinny, you only need to gain muscles. You won't do 120% overnight, but you will get it after at most 3-4 years of amateur weight training (with proper strategies). Genetics may play a significant role when we are talking about 130% or above. You may actually need certain genes, shorter arms, or certain skeletal structure to pull it off. There is nothing about genetics about a 152 pound guy benching 155 pounds x 10. He should be able to bench 175 pounds x 10 if he fully realizes his potential.
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06-01-2008, 10:10 PM	#34
battery D&A Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Clearly, many of you forgot to read between the line. When someone has doubt about benching his own weight is acceptable, he is likely to care about his performance in training and his physical appearance. Why else would he ask? And all you can reply is, "don't worry about being skinny", or "focus on academics". May be you don't care, but this guy may! And I can understand you want to motivate this guy. But for goodness' sake, do you always have to follow the formula "Oh, you are doing just fine, I can't even do as well as you. Don't worry."... How about someone new, like, "I am gonna be honest with you. If you don't plan for retirement, you may be flipping burgers when you are 70 year old" And why the hell are we talking about genetics here? There is nothing genetics about being able to bench press less than 120% of your own weight. Yes, people with better genes needs minimal work to get to 120%. But for the vast majority of males, 120% is a goal well within their physical potential. If you are fat, you may need to decrease your fat weight and work up muscles. If you are skinny, you only need to gain muscles. You won't do 120% overnight, but you will get it after at most 3-4 years of amateur weight training (with proper strategies). Genetics may play a significant role when we are talking about 130% or above. You may actually need certain genes, shorter arms, or certain skeletal structure to pull it off. There is nothing about genetics about a 152 pound guy benching 155 pounds x 10. He should be able to bench 175 pounds x 10 if he fully realizes his potential. ________ Pornstars spanish Last edited by battery; 03-31-2011 at 11:56 AM.