Just had to share... - Exercise & Fitness Message Board

MainFrame · 02-06-2003, 08:35 AM

First, a little history...

I started working out over a year ago and have managed to stick with it on a pretty regular basis. I was trying to give myself a goal of being able to bench press 200 lbs. by this summer. Well, I'm happy to report that I did 2 proper reps of 200 lbs. on the bench press yesterday! Now I've got to set a new goal for myself. 225 maybe??

I just had to share this news with someone because I was pretty excited by it.

Oh, I'm a 31 year old male who weighs 170 lbs. in case you were wondering.

These boards have offered me a lot of help and information over the last year or so, so thanks and keep it coming.

gambit32 · 02-06-2003, 09:30 AM

Great job...it's always nice to reach a goal. When I started working out a few years ago my goal was to be able to do dips. I can now dip with a 45lb plate attached.

CanadianConvict · 02-06-2003, 12:42 PM

Thats pretty good man. I can only bench 205 and im 230 pounds, but im pretty tall though so i got a longer way to push. I started out at 95 pounds about 7 months ago. It was pretty embarassing for awhile.......lol

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Naxis · 02-07-2003, 07:33 AM

Screw that... go crazy! Congrats! Hitting those goals that you have to bust your butt to achieve is soooo sweet.

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awds · 02-08-2003, 03:01 AM

does it really take that long to get that extra muscle ? is doing chin ups and pull ups the same as bench pressing as much as you weight ?