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What % of men 18-30 can bench 225?

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Zombie-like Church Building
  03/02/12
Fewer than 1 in 10 for sure.
Concupiscible Sanctuary Dog Poop
  03/02/12
Around 25% brother.
painfully honest violent den
  03/02/12
Lulz
useless institution
  03/02/12
lololol
Irradiated naked plaza
  03/02/12
2-3%, and that is generous.
Crystalline hideous hospital
  03/02/12
225 has got to be in the 90 percentile
lascivious grizzly dilemma cuck
  03/02/12
3-5%
hyperventilating ungodly temple
  03/02/12
what % of LS bros can bench 225?
Zombie-like Church Building
  03/02/12
are we talking for reps or max?
lascivious grizzly dilemma cuck
  03/02/12
at least once
Zombie-like Church Building
  03/02/12
i'd say 20 percent a max lift is a poor indicator of st...
lascivious grizzly dilemma cuck
  03/02/12
a max lift has a lot more to do with your mastery of the for...
clear razzmatazz pervert hall
  03/02/12
Average LS dude hasn't seen the inside of a gym in years. 13...
Translucent internal respiration
  03/06/12
I'll have to disagree. A max lift is the best indicator o...
Crystalline hideous hospital
  03/02/12
i can bench 185, I weigh 185. What do i do to get 225?
wonderful background story
  03/02/12
you can bench 185... once?
drab contagious laser beams ladyboy
  03/02/12
Actually start working out. You should be able to bench you...
hyperventilating ungodly temple
  03/02/12
not for reps, right?
lascivious grizzly dilemma cuck
  03/02/12
bro ive been working out for like 4 months now. I cant get m...
wonderful background story
  03/02/12
2-5%.
Irradiated naked plaza
  03/02/12
yeah, less than 5%
clear razzmatazz pervert hall
  03/02/12
bench is for shorts with their short stubby little arms. de...
Curious Buck-toothed Address Prole
  03/02/12
just do both pansy.
submissive french chef
  03/02/12
Dead lift is about 1000x more credited than bench press. Ho...
Concupiscible Sanctuary Dog Poop
  03/02/12
having short arms sucks for the deadlift.
clear razzmatazz pervert hall
  03/02/12
This is true, but having short legs helps. I guess to the e...
Concupiscible Sanctuary Dog Poop
  03/02/12
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carnelian spectacular library
  03/02/12
to an extent. the raw bench press record is still held by s...
drab contagious laser beams ladyboy
  03/02/12
but he's a topheavy ripped 350lbs...
hairraiser love of her life electric furnace
  03/02/12
it seems like the additional weight reaches a point of very ...
drab contagious laser beams ladyboy
  03/02/12
Ryan Kenelley benched 1075.
violent gas station black woman
  03/02/12
i don't even consider the bench-shirt records. go raw or no...
drab contagious laser beams ladyboy
  03/02/12
A shirt can't do much.
violent gas station black woman
  03/02/12
it gave scott mendelson a 315lb boost.
drab contagious laser beams ladyboy
  03/02/12
It can do 360 pounds extra, apparently
Floppy snowy box office shitlib
  03/02/12
Bodyweight and the return on bar weight is not linear. Ever...
Crystalline hideous hospital
  03/02/12
Squat is still the overall most credited indicator of total ...
Crystalline hideous hospital
  03/02/12
2% can 4 plate. and I think a combined DL/BP is a good in...
olive hunting ground
  03/02/12
30-40% of non-faggots who actually hit the gym. 225 is a com...
doobsian dashing heaven newt
  03/02/12
who cares about bench press? i'm a crossfit bro. we dont do ...
Disrespectful House
  03/02/12
do you do crossfit in vibram five fingers
Floppy snowy box office shitlib
  03/02/12
very few. the 2-5% figure is probably right
aqua private investor nowag
  03/02/12
lmao @ the manlets on this site
doobsian dashing heaven newt
  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...
Highfalutin Halfbreed
  07/01/26


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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:27 PM
Author: Zombie-like Church Building



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Date: March 2nd, 2012 10:40 PM
Author: Concupiscible Sanctuary Dog Poop

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: painfully honest violent den

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: useless institution

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: Irradiated naked plaza

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: Crystalline hideous hospital

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: lascivious grizzly dilemma cuck

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: hyperventilating ungodly temple

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: Zombie-like Church Building

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: lascivious grizzly dilemma cuck

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: Zombie-like Church Building

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: lascivious grizzly dilemma cuck

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: clear razzmatazz pervert hall

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: Translucent internal respiration

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: Crystalline hideous hospital

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: wonderful background story

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: drab contagious laser beams ladyboy

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: hyperventilating ungodly temple

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: lascivious grizzly dilemma cuck

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: wonderful background story

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: Irradiated naked plaza

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: clear razzmatazz pervert hall

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: Curious Buck-toothed Address Prole

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: submissive french chef

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: Concupiscible Sanctuary Dog Poop

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: clear razzmatazz pervert hall

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: Concupiscible Sanctuary Dog Poop

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: carnelian spectacular library



(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: drab contagious laser beams ladyboy

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: hairraiser love of her life electric furnace

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: drab contagious laser beams ladyboy

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: violent gas station black woman

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: drab contagious laser beams ladyboy

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: violent gas station black woman

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: drab contagious laser beams ladyboy

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: Floppy snowy box office shitlib

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: Crystalline hideous hospital

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: Crystalline hideous hospital

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: olive hunting ground

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: doobsian dashing heaven newt

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: Disrespectful House

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: Floppy snowy box office shitlib

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: aqua private investor nowag

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: doobsian dashing heaven newt

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: Highfalutin Halfbreed

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)