Only 1% Of Men Can Bench 225

[Mr Mojo Lane]

Just do pushups dude. Practice handstands. Infinitely more valuable than bench. Unless it's just fun and a good outlet for you. Those are both good reasons to do the thing imho

Pushups are too easy. Handstand pushups are easy. I'm not building strength by doing those things...muscular endurance maybe

 

[Jack Reacheround]

What’s the percent who actually know how to throw a punch?

 

[Volador]

I guess it depends. Large commercial gyms are full of old dudes that just go there to do cardio and stuff, and skinny high school kids, so the number could in fact be low. 1%, 1 in a 100, seems too low for the average gym population. Although 3%, 1 in 30, might not be too far off. T-Nation is not the most scientific source, they should say how they got those numbers.

 

[Fluffernutter]

My previous career was in the fitness industry and I believe that statistics

Bench press is literally the most over-done and over-rated exercise for males. Almost every single time someone complains about current or former injury (relating to weight lifting) it was bench press.

At my current gym I rarely see an adult over the age of 25 actually doing high weight bench press

Yeah most full grown males at the gym train smarter. They don't waste time on the college/highschool "oh I gotta do bench press with max effort so I can get that spring break body"

I've mentioned this before.

After college, Cole Konrad was given a tryout with the Jets. He wasn't signed because they were not impressed with his bench.

Konrad was a two time NCAA champ and Brock has stated that he was one of the strongest guys he has ever trained with.

Bench press is simply not a test of functional strength. When in football are you going to be lying down stationary and pushing directly up?

 

[Mr Mojo Lane]

Western Boxing, Thai Boxing, Basketball, Baseball, Soccer...that's just off the top of my head. There's nothing inherently wrong with bench, as long as it's programmed and performed correctly. But for athletes who compete in a sport where upper body strength is not a particularly important attribute, there are more important things to spend their limited time on.

He even does curls in this video. Curls is very overrated for fighting or sports. I still do them but the general population believes bicep and curls is the most important thing.

For a boxer that is not trying to go up a weight class, weight training probably usless. I'll give you that

 

[mala-lisa]

me i could bench one at those assisted bench presses where bench press bar is on that rail i did one time 2x45 each and i did it one time with lots of effort

 

[TheDisturbedOne]

Mike Tyson could bench 220 lbs (100 kilo) when he was 13 years old.

I can believe it, my old boss said the same, didn't believe him until I saw him easily lift a 55-60 gallon trash can full of golf balls clean off the ground a few inches, all while talking to me without losing a beat. Dude probably weights around 135-145 but was easily out lifting every one of us at 50-60 years of age but he had literal fucking Bruce Lee Traps, like fucking wings mans. Some people are born different lol, same guy put some dude in the ICU for months with his fists and went to jail for a decent amount of time

 

[Fluffernutter]

No, he was 176 lbs (80 kg)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/talksp...ike-tyson-first-fight-brutal-ko-knockout/amp/

This one said about 200

 

[Volador]

I can't quite put my finger on it, but for some reason, I suspect the person who made that video is an Olympic Weightlifter

Bench is by far the least applicable of the big 3 to most sports or athletic movements (unless you train for bench competition), but it's utter bullshit to say it DOESN'T build strength and size. Agree it's possible to be well-rounded without bench and I've been shifting emphasis to oly lifts myself lately. I lol'ed at the examples of "powerlifting" in your video.

'Bench is for morons' is an idiotic take lol... that dude is giving out these vibes:

 

[Phlog]

My previous career was in the fitness industry and I believe that statistics

Bench press is literally the most over-done and over-rated exercise for males. Almost every single time someone complains about current or former injury (relating to weight lifting) it was bench press.

At my current gym I rarely see an adult over the age of 25 actually doing high weight bench press

Yeah most full grown males at the gym train smarter. They don't waste time on the college/highschool "oh I gotta do bench press with max effort so I can get that spring break body"

Agreed, and I agree as someone who definitely injured himself benching 326lbs. Now a yearand change later I stick to overhead, or I use unilateral exercises like the landmine press.

 

[Stranger Come Knocking]

Pushups are too easy. Handstand pushups are easy. I'm not building strength by doing those things...muscular endurance maybe

I just think there's much better things I could be doing with that time. Just my opinion. The time I'd be putting into bench could be better spent squatting deadlifting. C+j. Snatch. Clean pulls snatch pulls. Budokon. Kettlebells.. but these are goal based and I'm obviously biased

 

[KnightTemplar]

He even does curls in this video. Curls is very overrated for fighting or sports. I still do them but the general population believes bicep and curls is the most important thing.

For a boxer that is not trying to go up a weight class, weight training probably usless. I'll give you that

There are exceptions to every rule, but generally speaking most fighters involved in striking arts/sports don't do a lot weight training. It's only relatively recently that boxers etc stopped believing the misinformation that weight training made you slow. Up to and including at least the era of Ali himself, the vast majority of boxers used bodyweight exercises such as push ups and pulls ups as their main strength training. Legs were strengthened by running up hills.

Ali said the best exercise he ever found for increasing punching power was chopping down trees with an axe during his training camps in the Catskill Mountains.

 

[TeTe]

I find it hard to believe that only 1% of all guys that regularly go to the gym can bench 225; just 1% in general I could easily see though.

Anyone that has been lifting regularly for at least the years should be able to bench 225 once. At anyone who has been lifting seriously.

 

[armbarforhire]

I find it hard to believe that only 1% of all guys that regularly go to the gym can bench 225; just 1% in general I could easily see though.

"Overall, out of 45 million Americans who have and use gym membership, about 1-2% of them can bench over 225 pounds. However, this number does not include people who train with their body weight (without the gym), as well as people who train at the home-based gyms, in their garages, or in basements."

Article doesnt necesarily says they train regularly(just have a gym membership) or they train weights, lots of guys just go there to use cardio machines or do light weight trainning.

Actually is much less than 1%

1-3% of the guys who regularly train in the gym can bench 225.

Based on the above I can think there are guys that probably can bench 225 that never set foot in a gym. Maybe old school blue collar workers.

 

[Fluffernutter]

He even does curls in this video. Curls is very overrated for fighting or sports. I still do them but the general population believes bicep and curls is the most important thing.

For a boxer that is not trying to go up a weight class, weight training probably usless. I'll give you that

Lee Haney was one of his trainers. Holyfield used to bench a lot. But, he also had shoulder issues throughout his career.

Foreman also stated Evander was quite easy to move around in the clinch.

 

[Stranger Come Knocking]

Also come on 12 reps or high reps isn't endurance. It's all training for strength. Chop wood for five hours or dig weeds all day then come back and talk about endurance

 

[Streeter]

I thought I was weak (5'10 190) and at 48 still bench 240 to 250.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Lee Haney was one of his trainers. Holyfield used to bench a lot. But, he also had shoulder issues throughout his career.

Foreman also stated Evander was quite easy to move around in the clinch.

Bench probably has more direct carryover to Grappling than Striking sports. And even, it's not as important as exercises like Pull Ups, Rows, Deadlifts etc.

 

[Big Dawg]

I am a 1%er.

 

[sleepyguard85]

Believable, most men don’t even deadlift