As a man! How much should be pushed on a bench press?

How much should a man push?

In the gym, friends often have fun and quarrel with each other. "How much do you bench?" (How much do you have to press?)

Why should I emphasize the barbell bench press? Because the barbell bench press uses the overall strength of the upper body, it emphasizes the overall coordination of the upper body.

Once I was thinking about a question: How much should a man push the bench press to meet the standards? After all, every exercise should have a standard value for reference to see how capable he is. If he just practices bench presses blindly, he will feel very lacking in purpose.

I remember a friend studying in the United States told me a story:

It was him at that time. Not long after I started to exercise, I practiced for a while and often went to the gym. I gradually became familiar with it. One day he chatted with a foreign friend!

He asked him, "You often go to the gym, how much does it weigh on the bench press now?

He replied: It's about 120 kilograms (60 kilograms)

He continued, "You look more than 120 kilograms, how much do you weigh?"

He said something he would never forget in his life

" A real man should bench his own weight." (A real man should be bench pressing his own weight.)

In addition to feeling ashamed and working harder after hearing this sentence, it also made me understand that in the eyes of Americans, the weight of bench pressing is the standard for measuring a man. No wonder American men have almost any chest muscles regardless of height, because they can't push their own weight.

Fortunately, after his unremitting efforts, when he reached the fourth month of training, it was no longer a problem for men to push their own weight.

The first goal of men in training in the gym is to bench press and bench press and body weight is the basic requirement of a man.

This also strengthens my belief: knowledge can change destiny! Fitness can change a nation! Strong Chinese! Go to fitness!

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