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100lb bench for reps might be worst brag ever. I once told I guy I hadnt worked for several summers because I had been playing online poker instead. He asked why and I said I earned more doing that than having a normal job. His response was thats impossible, I made $2K/month this summer.

That was a pretty damn bad brag but probably not as bad as benching 100lb for reps.

/thinly veiled brag about making more than $2K/month

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12-22-2011 , 01:08 PM

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KPowers

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Originally Posted by Gorilla4Sale

Confirmed. Unfortunately.

Wow I've gotten a lot better about being an IRL douchebag but if someone ever goes out of their way to tell me they bench press 100 lbs there's no way on earth I'm not just going

"So?"

What the ****.

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12-22-2011 , 01:25 PM

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cobrastatus

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Yeah +1 to the bench stuff, I'm smaller than downtown and wayyyy smaller than G4S and even I get the bench press stories occasionally.

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12-22-2011 , 01:54 PM

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blackize

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I've never gotten the brags about what people bench, but I do get what do you bench a lot.

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12-22-2011 , 02:11 PM

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MortalWombat

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My son's 5'7" scrawny little friend (couldn't have weighed more than 125) was benching 105x5x3 a month after starting SS. He started at 75.

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12-22-2011 , 02:15 PM

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GambleGamble

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I assume bp is what most people talk about because it's the exercise done/heard of by most people... Specifically with all the onus put on the bp rep test at the NFL combine when in reality I'd rather see squat/ dl/clean numbers... I wonder why more teams to my knowledge don't test that

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12-22-2011 , 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by cobrastatus

Yeah +1 to the bench stuff, I'm smaller than downtown and wayyyy smaller than G4S and even I get the bench press stories occasionally.

you must have gunz

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12-22-2011 , 02:49 PM

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kidcolin

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If you're fat like me no one ever asks you ****.

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12-22-2011 , 02:59 PM

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HalfSlant

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Pretty sure no one would think I lift weights even if I stood around naked.

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12-22-2011 , 03:06 PM

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GambleGamble

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Originally Posted by kidcolin

If you're fat like me no one ever asks you ****.

+1 .... Sans the sarcasm

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12-22-2011 , 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by HalfSlant

Pretty sure no one would think I lift weights even if I stood around naked.

They don't even ask what your pr calf raise is?

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12-22-2011 , 03:42 PM

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-1 for not cool-story-broing

Cool story, bro.

+1

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12-22-2011 , 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by GambleGamble

For s'n'g they should add an explosive test. Hook the guys up to those resistance bands you can use to simulate squat but measure the force with which they can explode out of the squat. Would be a good one for the linemen.

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12-22-2011 , 04:28 PM

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Fear Itself

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I mean putting up 100 pounds for a single is obviously a great feat of strength, but for reps? Surely he must be on cell tech hardcore.

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12-22-2011 , 05:30 PM

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kickpushcoast

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Originally Posted by GambleGamble

+1 .... Sans the sarcasm

i think mancolin's post was already sans sarcasm

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12-22-2011 , 05:31 PM

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anyone else get really clumsy after a really big lift?

****ing stumbling all over the place after my last set of deads

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12-22-2011 , 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by n4rf

anyone else get really clumsy after a really big lift?

****ing stumbling all over the place after my last set of deads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8RcDb_wZfQ

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12-22-2011 , 06:52 PM

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nuclear500

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Found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FUwy...eature=related in the related lists from that fainting one.

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12-22-2011 , 08:13 PM

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Rich Muny

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Typical bench spot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tI9F68-nGc#t=3m43s

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12-22-2011 , 10:09 PM

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nuclear500

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that entire video is kinda funny. I lul'd when the guy got fired and said he was taking what was his and picked up the dude on the bench heh

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12-22-2011 , 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by nuclear500

Found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FUwy...eature=related in the related lists from that fainting one.

Some bro at my university gym does this but with hang cleans.

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12-22-2011 , 10:44 PM

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Some bro at my university gym does this but with hang cleans.

well it seems that he's doing (trying?) some kind of hang clean jerk...but his leg movement is all wrong and he's just flinging it up.

To his credit, at least he's got the idea for a real lift, just needs instruction - or rather, needs to start somewhere simpler.