Bench Press Person
The average man should be able to stick to this scale below put together by the american college of sports medicine.
Bench press person. Pick a light person who has good muscle tone and can hold themselves rigid and expect that they will move and their weight will not be evenly distributed. How do you bench press a person. According to baglione the general rule of thumb for bench press is a moderately healthy injury free average person should be able to press 70 of their body weight.
Safety first have a good clear area and 2 spotters have the spotters lift the person in to your arms with you supporting their chest and bum. The bench press is an upper body weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight upwards while lying on a weight training bench the exercise uses the pectoralis major the anterior deltoids and the triceps among other stabilizing muscles a barbell is generally used to hold the weight but a pair of dumbbells can also be used. The bench press is a superb compound move that works multiple muscles at once and can be part of a fat loss program for the elderly not to mention a strength building program.
Younger men are typically able to bench press more than older men and men in general. That is if a person can overhead press 300 pounds then he can automatically bench press 400 pounds. There was one statement about vertical and horizontal pressing that i do not agree with.
Lorra garrick is a former personal trainer certified through the american council on exercise. I believe that if a lifter can overhead press 300 pounds he must do some bench presses to get to that 400 pound level. Lie down on your back on a bench or even the floor if you do not have a bench.
Bench press 13 354 000 lifts squat 7 651 000 lifts deadlift 7 724 000 lifts shoulder press 1 915 000 lifts barbell curl 916 000 lifts front squat 645 000 lifts bent over row 605 000 lifts incline bench press 440 000 lifts hex bar deadlift 321 000 lifts sumo deadlift 166 000 lifts hip thrust 188 000 lifts romanian deadlift 188 000 lifts military press 321 000 lifts seated shoulder press 44 000.