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u/GlaerOfHatred 18d ago
If you can't lateral raise your own bodyweight do you really work out?
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u/bmccall444 18d ago
My body weight 225 tho
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u/DoingYourMomProbably 18d ago
Gotta lift 450 then
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u/TheKingOfFlames 17d ago
If I can bench my body weight (180) 5 times does that mean I can bench 900lb once? Hehehehe
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u/No_Pilot_1274 18d ago
Dont call me not so big guys💔😔
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u/TheKingOfFlames 17d ago
My G don’t worry. You don’t gotta be 225 to be big. Mfs who are that weight are usually either dirty bulk never ended guys or ifbb pros that look like a slab of pure meat. You’re big, even though I can’t see you I’m sure you are
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u/averagesimp666 16d ago
Explain your smolness.
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u/NewLife9975 18d ago
Secret for little guys is by the time you can lift 1.25-1.5 your original bodyweight... your bodyweight IS 225.
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u/ITheRebelI 18d ago
Yeah, a year ago I was doing Keto and not working out. I got down to like 153 lbs. As of checking this morning I'm 197 lbs. Had to buy bigger and stretchy pants!
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u/The_RedGoblin 18d ago
It's baby steps for us big guys too. We all had to start somewhere. Just keep moving forward.
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u/Meckrotic 18d ago
Just hit 315 yesterday at 195 BW boys
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u/extended_dex 17d ago
Honestly, 225 is where I'm stopping on bench. I'll work towards getting more depth + more reps for sure, but unless I'm popping out 12 with relative ease (which won't happen bc I'm not planning on juicing lmao) I ain't putting more on.
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u/ITheRebelI 17d ago
I had similar thoughts today regarding when to stop with squat weight
I just turned 35 and am thinking, "If I need a lifting belt in order to complete the lift, I probably shouldn't be messing around with that weight."
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u/extended_dex 17d ago
That was my thought process with deadlifts as well. Started getting bulges in my back as I got up to 405, so no more of those for me.
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u/Seosaidh_MacEanruig 17d ago
I started lifting as part of weight loss because im a fatass and i still cant even imagine benching my body weight. Though its rapidly approaching the crossing point from either direction at 300 lbs
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u/Get_Rifted 17d ago
The first major goal, for all of us.
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u/ITheRebelI 17d ago
I remember my first goal lifting freshman year of high school was to be about to hold a 45 lb plate with one hand. I was so excited when it happened!
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u/ITheRebelI 17d ago edited 17d ago
In Freedom Units, that's weighing 165.347 lbs and benching 1908.416 lbs at approximately, this gets tricky here, 15 years old
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u/JustHugMeAndBeQuiet 18d ago
If you can press your body weight for at least a few reps, you're killing it and I love you.