Volk benches 275lb 1 rep max

[Trabaho]

Him being p4p top 5 and bench pressing not more then 275 tells you something about how important max lifting records are for a mma career and fighting.

6 reps, rest 5 minutes. In a cage you don't get to throw 5 punches do 2 takedowns and rest 5 minutes calmly.

All you powerlifting enthusiasts are respected but maybe please find a powerlifting forum. You seem to never have trained any martial arts if you think fighters should be able to bench press 350.

Like if he a 145 should BP more then 275, then what should a 205 guy BP by your standards ? Should Shogun do 400 ?

I think you confused powerlifting for fighting

 

[Trabaho]

He can bench press more then literary all of the 99.5% male population. So not impressive. But but you guys know 10 guys who can bench press more.

 

[SpamuraiSensei]

275 is a lot of weight for a novice. People think it's not because they lie when it comes to posting their actual numbers.
But after about a year of solid training, 275 wouldn't be all that hard to 1 rep max.

That said, what you do in the gym doesn't always translate to functional strength. You could be benching 315, but when it comes to picking up some awkward item weighting around 200lbs most would struggle.

 

[nostradumbass]

Because you're a powerlifting nerd who can't fight and we aren't focused on powerlifting ? If you think some 145er BPssing 275 isn't good then you watched too many powerlifting videos and lifted to many weights. This is sherdog, it's within the context of mma not roided 10 k calories a day powerlifting. I bet he is infinitely better at bench pressing then powerlifters at MMA. You forgot he is a fighter and not a strength athlete.

Right, he's not a strength athlete, which is why his lifting numbers are not that impressive. Welcome to the conversation.

 

[quebert]

it's not impressive

He's not a bodybuilder, how much strength training do you think he does? I'm sure he does some work with weights, but the majority of his training would be MMA related - sparring, wrestling and BJJ etc. He's lifting 1.7x his body weight. If you don't train strength being able to benchpress 1.7x your body weight isn't easy, isn't common and is pretty impressive.

This is a quote from people who know what the fuck they're talking about, they use actual science, not Sherdogger bioscience and Trump level lies "I was easily doing 300 1RM in high school the 1st week I was training"

• Decent: 135 lbs or 0.75x Bodyweight
• Good: 185 lbs or 1x Bodyweight
• Optimal: 235 lbs or 1.3x Bodyweight
• Advanced: 275 lbs or 1.5x Bodyweight
• Athlete: >315 lbs or 1.75x Body weight

Tell me again how it's not impressive? At worst he falls under advanced, but because of his weight, he could fall under athlete. This is the real-world info from experts, not the typical Sherdogger fantasy land bullshit where a person has to perform like superman to get any damn credit.

Right, he's not a strength athlete, which is why his lifting numbers are not that impressive. Welcome to the conversation.

What I posted make his numbers all the more impressive, of course his numbers are going to suck compared to a Ronnie Coleman or Jay Cutler. He's not a gym rat so 275's extremely good.

If someone been lifting 4x a week for 2 hours a day for a year and can only put up 275 1MR, he should stop.

If someone who barely lifts can do it, he's damn good.

 

[Bos Docken]

Oh god why is this shit still going

 

[Jarvan]

Bench press is utterly useless in mma

With that said, 275lbs is decent

 

[Vogg]

He's not a bodybuilder, how much strength training do you think he does? I'm sure he does some work with weights, but the majority of his training would be MMA related - sparring, wrestling and BJJ etc. He's lifting 1.7x his body weight. If you don't train strength being able to benchpress 1.7x your body weight isn't easy, isn't common and is pretty impressive.

This is a quote from people who know what the fuck they're talking about, they use actual science, not Sherdogger bioscience and Trump level lies "I was easily doing 300 1RM in high school the 1st week I was training"

• Decent: 135 lbs or 0.75x Bodyweight
• Good: 185 lbs or 1x Bodyweight
• Optimal: 235 lbs or 1.3x Bodyweight
• Advanced: 275 lbs or 1.5x Bodyweight
• Athlete: >315 lbs or 1.75x Body weight

Tell me again how it's not impressive? At worst he falls under advanced, but because of his weight, he could fall under athlete. This is the real-world info from experts, not the typical Sherdogger fantasy land bullshit where a person has to perform like superman to get any damn credit.




What I posted make his numbers all the more impressive, of course his numbers are going to suck compared to a Ronnie Coleman or Jay Cutler. He's not a gym rat so 275's extremely good.

If someone been lifting 4x a week for 2 hours a day for a year and can only put up 275 1MR, he should stop.

If someone who barely lifts can do it, he's damn good.

Lol @ thinking anyone's gonna read that shit

 

[quebert]

Lol @ thinking anyone's gonna read that shit

LOL and I don't even care, I'm bored and can't sleep. And I type at 95 words a minute so it took me all of about 2 minutes to type that shit.

 

[wwkirk]

I did that when i was 4 years old.

You were Little Hercules?

 

[Bballfan123]

That bench means you were around 20-30lbs off the BEST ALL TIME 17 year old, and keep in mind those were kids cutting weight to make 165lbs. So they were probably closer to 175lbs when they actually hit their lifts. An almost triple bodyweight squat at 17 would also put you around the top of the US National Youth Weightlifting team in terms of leg strength. In fact the winner in your category last year only clean and jerked around 275lbs I believe and with your squat that would've been straight up nothing to hit.

But hey you weren't even the strongest on the team. Year after I graduated, my HS football team made it to the state championship and only the biggest lineman were coming anywhere close to your numbers.

Post a video of me lifting 21 years ago? Lol sorry chief I can’t swing that for you.

That seems like a stretch. There’s 12 kids I coach on the high school team that can destroy those numbers. Only 4 of them powerlift. Probably 60+% of the players I’ve worked with at Rutgers can do that no problem.

now was I weighed in for them? Absolutely not. I easily could’ve been 170ish and been remembering wrong. The point is there’s ALOT of people that can do it. I didn’t do anything legitimate until years later.


Look up registered powerlifting meets. It’s 50ish percentile

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Brandon Mose
11/20/2010

That is the IPA , world record, for raw bench press, 160 pounds, 16-17 years old. You actually broke the world record. If you know anyone that can bench that, please tell them to enter a powerlift competition. No joke, they have THE WORLD RECORD for teens.

 

[Trabaho]

Right, he's not a strength athlete, which is why his lifting numbers are not that impressive. Welcome to the conversation.

Impressive for powerlifting ? Of course not.

 

[Trabaho]

Bench press is utterly useless in mma

With that said, 275lbs is decent

How is it useless? It makes your grab and punches strong. You must bench press like a girl, shake with 100 pounds

 

[kuroro]

I agree, I was disappointed. I bench about 350 but I'm over 200. If Volk shoved me on the street I probably would not even move...

you would fall on your ass easily. you dont use your legs or back when you bench.

 

[filthynumber1]

That's very standard for Sherdoggers.

That's my warm up Weight

 

[Bos Docken]

How is it useless? It makes your grab and punches strong.

Grabbing and grappling is much more about pulling strength. It's why wrestlers tend to have powerful backs.

Punching is a full body motion and your power is going to involve multiple factors. Pecs aren't a big part of the equation.

Thomas "the Hitman" Hearns had barely any chest development. Guarantee he hit harder than any bodybuilder.

 

[kuroro]

He's also the best fighter at his weight in the world - literally a world-class athlete. I think it's reasonable to hold someone like that to a higher standard than your average athletic guy in the gym.

its actually not reasonable if their athletic performance in their sport does not directly benefit by benching a shit ton of weight. would you expect a soccer player to bench twice their weight too?

 

[kuroro]

it would literally be a waste of his time and training to bench more than what he does. he's an extremely efficient fighter so i'm guessing he is likewise efficient in the gym.

 

[Trabaho]

Grabbing and grappling is much more about pulling strength. It's why wrestlers tend to have powerful backs.

Punching is a full body motion and your power is going to involve multiple factors. Pecs aren't a big part of the equation.

Thomas "the Hitman" Hearns had barely any chest development. Guarantee he hit harder than any bodybuilder.

Boxers do push ups which are essentially unweighted bench presses. Your bench press is 60 pounds ?

 

[Bos Docken]

Boxers do push ups which are essentially unweighted bench presses. Your bench press is 60 pounds ?

We do push ups in boxing mainly to develop muscular endurance, especially for shoulders and triceps, which are more important in punching than pectorals.