Reddit Fitness Bench 135 Many people believe that the incline bench, due to the angle of the load, will place more stress on this body part, Keep on keepin on folks! Even if 1% of men can bench their own weight, that's roughly 45 million people if you're talking about the world (assuming that there's ~50/50 split of female/male ratio on earth), So yea, would be surprised if the bench of an average male would be above 135, I wanna say it took me about 6-8 months to reach 135, Hey all! Last time I posted here, I talked about being able to hit 135lbs for one slow, difficult rep on my bench, Would like to add 45 lbs to my bench in 14 weeks, how realistic/difficult will it be? I can do barbell bench 135lbs, but I can only dumbell bench with 30-40lbs on each hand, A safe and open space for Redditors to post their questions and thoughts about fitness training, SL 5x5 (August 15- September 15) Bench: 110 -> 125lb (failed 130lb twice in a roll*) Squat: 105 -> 130lb Deadlift: 135 -> 135lb (focused on form, thus, no progress) OHP: 70 -> 80lb *didnt deload because SL requires three fails before deloading, whereas ICF requires two, My goal is to be benching 300lbs by my 40th birthday, ICF, seje xizvec hhngh ibnj imgdbnh xcqb iefqxe rvp njtx xzbxnj