Bench pressing...

[Cutthroat]

I'm 15 years old, and I can only bench press 180lbs, and I'm 5'11 and curl 50lbs with one arm. I got a new bench since all I had to increase my bench press by last year was 70lbs max. The problem is that it's an olympic bench and my feet can't entirely reach the ground. I sort of have to get on my tiptoes, does this affect my benching? Since I don't have my feet on the ground and all.

[Smokin']

You cant curl 50 lbs with one arm...But yeah. IT doesn't matter. ALot of guys who have been benchpressing for years don't e ven rest there feet on the ground. THey have them in a kneeling position so there back doesn't arch and **** up. It will help your bench press.

[lil rocky]

i think it does matter because if you cant get that last rep up then you can dig your feet into the ground and it seems to kind of stabalize you or help you and about your feet not touching ground get some of your weights and stack them up so that your feet will be on something flat.

[yrrej]

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[The_One77]

I'm 15 years old, and I can only bench press 180lbs, and I'm 5'11 and curl 50lbs with one arm. I got a new bench since all I had to increase my bench press by last year was 70lbs max. The problem is that it's an olympic bench and my feet can't entirely reach the ground. I sort of have to get on my tiptoes, does this affect my benching? Since I don't have my feet on the ground and all.

how much you weigh?

[mgkirkpatrick]

as long as u have got someone to spot you it wont matter and will actually help your form and development in the long run.

[2OSouzaSuarez12]

lol I doubt you can curl 50 pounds ith 1 arm

[Verstyle]

You cant curl 50 lbs with one arm...But yeah. IT doesn't matter. ALot of guys who have been benchpressing for years don't e ven rest there feet on the ground. THey have them in a kneeling position so there back doesn't arch and **** up. It will help your bench press.

jus cause your pus ass cant do it doesnt mean every1 cant do it

[sleazyfellow]

if my skinny as arm can curl a 40 pound weight then that means mostly anybody could, it really ****ed my arm up though and my elbow was badly sore, prolly due to me not curling it right or sumthing, imma righty and could only use my right with the 40, my left is completely ****, my wrist would prolly fall off trying to do it with my left...

[JDizzle79]

this thread just proves that smokin' spends way too much time on the computer and little to no time in the gym. in high scool when I first made the j.v. football team my freshman year, I couldn't punch myself out of a wet paper bag. that was over ten years ago. now that I'm in the military, on arm day, I finish with a 50lb set on biceps to 8. Like Versatile2k6 said, juts cuz you can't, doesn't mean others can't. stop posting and get your 'dustin diamond' looking ass in the gym.