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What % of men 18-30 can bench 225?

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Domesticated windowlicker native
  03/02/12
Fewer than 1 in 10 for sure.
Twisted place of business property
  03/02/12
Around 25% brother.
embarrassed to the bone translucent site internal respiration
  03/02/12
Lulz
Flatulent Kitty Cat
  03/02/12
lololol
greedy faggotry station
  03/02/12
2-3%, and that is generous.
multi-colored doobsian friendly grandma
  03/02/12
225 has got to be in the 90 percentile
wonderful bistre trailer park
  03/02/12
3-5%
Narrow-minded legal warrant
  03/02/12
what % of LS bros can bench 225?
Domesticated windowlicker native
  03/02/12
are we talking for reps or max?
wonderful bistre trailer park
  03/02/12
at least once
Domesticated windowlicker native
  03/02/12
i'd say 20 percent a max lift is a poor indicator of st...
wonderful bistre trailer park
  03/02/12
a max lift has a lot more to do with your mastery of the for...
Brilliant duck-like prole
  03/02/12
Average LS dude hasn't seen the inside of a gym in years. 13...
Adventurous Garrison
  03/06/12
I'll have to disagree. A max lift is the best indicator o...
multi-colored doobsian friendly grandma
  03/02/12
i can bench 185, I weigh 185. What do i do to get 225?
Curious Anal Nibblets Famous Landscape Painting
  03/02/12
you can bench 185... once?
ivory stage black woman
  03/02/12
Actually start working out. You should be able to bench you...
Narrow-minded legal warrant
  03/02/12
not for reps, right?
wonderful bistre trailer park
  03/02/12
bro ive been working out for like 4 months now. I cant get m...
Curious Anal Nibblets Famous Landscape Painting
  03/02/12
2-5%.
greedy faggotry station
  03/02/12
yeah, less than 5%
Brilliant duck-like prole
  03/02/12
bench is for shorts with their short stubby little arms. de...
slippery senate tattoo
  03/02/12
just do both pansy.
razzle-dazzle iridescent idiot
  03/02/12
Dead lift is about 1000x more credited than bench press. Ho...
Twisted place of business property
  03/02/12
having short arms sucks for the deadlift.
Brilliant duck-like prole
  03/02/12
This is true, but having short legs helps. I guess to the e...
Twisted place of business property
  03/02/12
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Disgusting black theatre
  03/02/12
to an extent. the raw bench press record is still held by s...
ivory stage black woman
  03/02/12
but he's a topheavy ripped 350lbs...
Flickering Mad Cow Disease
  03/02/12
it seems like the additional weight reaches a point of very ...
ivory stage black woman
  03/02/12
Ryan Kenelley benched 1075.
olive spectacular brunch karate
  03/02/12
i don't even consider the bench-shirt records. go raw or no...
ivory stage black woman
  03/02/12
A shirt can't do much.
olive spectacular brunch karate
  03/02/12
it gave scott mendelson a 315lb boost.
ivory stage black woman
  03/02/12
It can do 360 pounds extra, apparently
grizzly mildly autistic deer antler
  03/02/12
Bodyweight and the return on bar weight is not linear. Ever...
multi-colored doobsian friendly grandma
  03/02/12
Squat is still the overall most credited indicator of total ...
multi-colored doobsian friendly grandma
  03/02/12
2% can 4 plate. and I think a combined DL/BP is a good in...
diverse crackhouse hominid
  03/02/12
30-40% of non-faggots who actually hit the gym. 225 is a com...
Mind-boggling Pontificating Locus Turdskin
  03/02/12
who cares about bench press? i'm a crossfit bro. we dont do ...
Rebellious carnelian cuckoldry orchestra pit
  03/02/12
do you do crossfit in vibram five fingers
grizzly mildly autistic deer antler
  03/02/12
very few. the 2-5% figure is probably right
Carmine candlestick maker
  03/02/12
lmao @ the manlets on this site
Mind-boggling Pontificating Locus Turdskin
  03/02/12
When looking at the entire world population, the percentage ...
nyuug
  07/01/26
When we narrow the lens down to 18–35-year-old males g...
nyuug
  07/01/26
100% of men 18-50 should be able to put up at least a couple...
.,..,..,..,.,..,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,.,..,
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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:27 PM
Author: Domesticated windowlicker native



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:40 PM
Author: Twisted place of business property

Fewer than 1 in 10 for sure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109984)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:28 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone translucent site internal respiration

Around 25% brother.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109818)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:28 PM
Author: Flatulent Kitty Cat

Lulz

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109826)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:31 PM
Author: greedy faggotry station

lololol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109867)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:28 PM
Author: multi-colored doobsian friendly grandma

2-3%, and that is generous.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109824)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:28 PM
Author: wonderful bistre trailer park

225 has got to be in the 90 percentile

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109825)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:28 PM
Author: Narrow-minded legal warrant

3-5%

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109830)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:29 PM
Author: Domesticated windowlicker native

what % of LS bros can bench 225?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109835)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:29 PM
Author: wonderful bistre trailer park

are we talking for reps or max?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109846)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:30 PM
Author: Domesticated windowlicker native

at least once

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109856)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:31 PM
Author: wonderful bistre trailer park

i'd say 20 percent

a max lift is a poor indicator of strength, imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109871)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:38 PM
Author: Brilliant duck-like prole

a max lift has a lot more to do with your mastery of the form of that lift than the number of reps you can do with say, 80% of your max. i'd agree with that. i don't see how you figure 20% of law school dudes can do 225 once. i'd say your average law school dude could put up around 160 for 1 rep if that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109960)



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Date: March 6th, 2012 7:20 PM
Author: Adventurous Garrison

Average LS dude hasn't seen the inside of a gym in years. 135 for a few reps, and that's being generous.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20140541)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:39 PM
Author: multi-colored doobsian friendly grandma

I'll have to disagree.

A max lift is the best indicator of absolute strength.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109969)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:29 PM
Author: Curious Anal Nibblets Famous Landscape Painting

i can bench 185, I weigh 185. What do i do to get 225?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109840)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:30 PM
Author: ivory stage black woman

you can bench 185... once?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109849)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:30 PM
Author: Narrow-minded legal warrant

Actually start working out. You should be able to bench your own body weight just by being a non fatass who gets a bit of physical activity and has played sports in the past.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109853)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:30 PM
Author: wonderful bistre trailer park

not for reps, right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109861)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:49 PM
Author: Curious Anal Nibblets Famous Landscape Painting

bro ive been working out for like 4 months now. I cant get more than this, what should i do?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110040)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:31 PM
Author: greedy faggotry station

2-5%.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109872)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:35 PM
Author: Brilliant duck-like prole

yeah, less than 5%

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20109915)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:46 PM
Author: slippery senate tattoo

bench is for shorts with their short stubby little arms. dead lift is tc lift.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110021)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:47 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle iridescent idiot

just do both pansy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110026)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:48 PM
Author: Twisted place of business property

Dead lift is about 1000x more credited than bench press. However, being short and stubby is no less mechanically advantageous for the DL than it is for the BP.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110039)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:56 PM
Author: Brilliant duck-like prole

having short arms sucks for the deadlift.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110090)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:05 PM
Author: Twisted place of business property

This is true, but having short legs helps. I guess to the extent a person is proportionately stubby, there is actually an advantage on the BP over the DL. I stand corrected.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110142)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:10 PM
Author: Disgusting black theatre



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110184)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:03 PM
Author: ivory stage black woman

to an extent. the raw bench press record is still held by scott mendelson, who is 5'11".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110130)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:04 PM
Author: Flickering Mad Cow Disease

but he's a topheavy ripped 350lbs...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110136)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:16 PM
Author: ivory stage black woman

it seems like the additional weight reaches a point of very sharply diminishing returns.

eg, the all-time record at any weight is mendelson's 715lbs. truly remarkable. but as you note, he was 350 when he did that.

now if we cut that weight almost in half - down to 181 - the bench record for that weight level is NOT cut in half. in fact, it's hanging out at 556lbs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110232)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:22 PM
Author: olive spectacular brunch karate

Ryan Kenelley benched 1075.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110275)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:23 PM
Author: ivory stage black woman

i don't even consider the bench-shirt records. go raw or nothing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110282)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:29 PM
Author: olive spectacular brunch karate

A shirt can't do much.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110313)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:32 PM
Author: ivory stage black woman

it gave scott mendelson a 315lb boost.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110332)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:34 PM
Author: grizzly mildly autistic deer antler

It can do 360 pounds extra, apparently

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110350)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:32 PM
Author: multi-colored doobsian friendly grandma

Bodyweight and the return on bar weight is not linear. Every strength coefficient formula takes this into account.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110326)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:34 PM
Author: multi-colored doobsian friendly grandma

Squat is still the overall most credited indicator of total body strength, regardless of limb length.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110349)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:12 PM
Author: diverse crackhouse hominid

2% can 4 plate.

and I think a combined DL/BP is a good indicator of power and strength.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110207)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:26 PM
Author: Mind-boggling Pontificating Locus Turdskin

30-40% of non-faggots who actually hit the gym. 225 is a completely unimpressive lift.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110294)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:29 PM
Author: Rebellious carnelian cuckoldry orchestra pit

who cares about bench press? i'm a crossfit bro. we dont do that shit lift

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110308)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:35 PM
Author: grizzly mildly autistic deer antler

do you do crossfit in vibram five fingers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110369)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:32 PM
Author: Carmine candlestick maker

very few. the 2-5% figure is probably right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110327)



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 11:46 PM
Author: Mind-boggling Pontificating Locus Turdskin

lmao @ the manlets on this site

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#20110481)



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Date: July 1st, 2026 11:15 PM
Author: nyuug

When looking at the entire world population, the percentage of humans who can bench press 225 lbs (102.1 kg) at any given moment is exceptionally small—estimated to be well under 0.5%, and likely closer to 0.05% to 0.1%.

While hitting a "two-plate" bench press is a common milestone in fitness circles, expanding the data pool to include every human on Earth completely shifts the statistics.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#49975085)



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Date: July 1st, 2026 11:16 PM
Author: nyuug

When we narrow the lens down to 18–35-year-old males globally, we are looking at humanity’s absolute peak demographic for physical strength. Because of this, the number does jump noticeably compared to the general population, but it remains surprisingly low.

Globally, it is estimated that only 1% to 2% of males aged 18–35 can bench press 225 lbs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#49975087)



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Date: July 1st, 2026 11:43 PM
Author: .,..,..,..,.,..,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,.,..,


100% of men 18-50 should be able to put up at least a couple reps of 225, or they're not men at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1888889&forum_id=2...#49975104)