I can bench press 420 pounds on a selectorized bench press machine at my health club. So, how much?
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I’m a personal trainer with Gold’s Gym. I’m having trouble believing you on this, bro, because I’ve never seen a bench machine go up to 400 lbs before. Usually they don’t go above 250. But I don’t want to call you a liar. So, the rule of thumb on those machines is that in true strength equivelancy, they are about 2/3 that of free weights. Thus: if you are indeed benching 420, you should be able to do about 275-280 with free weights. I know the 2/3 rule sounds low, but you’d be amazed how much difference it makes when you don’t have to balance the weights, and can just explode into the handles.
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