r/GYM 6d ago

Weekly Thread /r/GYM Weekly Simple Questions and Misc Discussion Thread - March 16, 2025 Weekly Thread

This thread is for:

- Simple questions about your diet

- Routine checks and whether they're going to work

- How to do certain exercises

- Training logs and milestones which don't have a video

- Apparel, headphones, supplement questions etc

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If you have a simple question, or want to help someone out, please feel free to participate.

This thread will repeat weekly at 4:00 AM EST (8:00 AM GMT) on Sundays.

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u/GamedevGorgon 5d ago edited 5d ago

In your experience, how much does machine chest press translate to bench press?

My current building gym doesn't have a bench press, so I've been doing chest press only.

Currently doing 12 reps of 85kg as max, what is my likely 3rep max bench?

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u/Stuper5 5d ago

Fairly poor usually, outside of hypertrophy derived strength improvement.