Bench Own Body Weight
As the body is more buoyant than it would be under ordinary circumstances.
Bench own body weight. Raising the weight to 155 pounds. The amount you can bench press can be used as a marker of your strength but it s just one part of the picture. 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.
Now i do have about 60 worth of equipment that you can read about here but we are going to use mostly your own body weight which is otherwise known as calisthenics and there s a lot of advantages to doing body weight training like this. Watch these guys attempt to bench press their own bodyweight underwater. The bench press targets the pecs shoulders and triceps.
If you re a beginner you can actually come up half way bring your hands to the outside criss cross and come back down. Your bench press to bodyweight ratio depends on your current fitness level gender and weight. Our bench press standards are based on 13 354 000 lifts by strength level users.
But i ll go ahead and admit the downside. Body weight training plan if you re a bench press novice start on week 1. If you re more experienced try starting on week 5.
The goal is to touch the top of the bench. Perform the prescribed sets and reps twice per week on. With body weigh exercise correct form becomes pretty much a must.
If you are in fact ready to progress try some of the many bodyweight squat variations that ll work your lower body and core in slightly different ways add some plyometrics or incorporate weight to the standard squat using dumbbells kettlebells a barbell or other resistance training tools. Position your body down on the floor interlace your hands again and take a big breath in and then lift your upper body up and crunch to the top.
