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keltic63
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 Posted: 03/02/03 - 21:14 Post subject: 5000 pounds today!
I was inspired by a friend who had the time and used it to deadlift a total of 10,000 pounds. So I benched 5,000 pounds this evening. I was surprised at how easily this is achieved and thought that I might do it all over again on brag about benching 10,000 pounds. However, by the time I got to the last set, i was feeling it and decided that for this attempt, 5,000 was enough.
4x8 @75lbs
5x8 @65lbs
Trick is to find a balance between a low enough weight to lift repeatedly, but high enough to keep the number of reps reasonable.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 03/02/03 - 22:03 Post subject:
If you can bench 5,000 you can dead lift 10,000 easily.
FWIW - When my wife used to lift on a regular basis at the Y, their system tracked her at approx. 45,000 lbs. per session. The weight really adds up when you do weight x reps x sets.
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Cappy
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Posted: 03/03/03 - 06:13 Post subject:
Interesting when you add all the weight up reps*sets. Comes out to be a lot. At my last session, I was over 21,000 pounds.
Great job Steve.
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copteacher
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Posted: 03/03/03 - 06:56 Post subject:
wow thats a ton of weight get it ton...
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TriBob
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Posted: 03/03/03 - 09:40 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | wow thats a ton of weight get it ton... |
Keep you day job 
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jrjo
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Posted: 03/05/03 - 00:19 Post subject:
Okay, so if each running shoe is usually around 1/2 a pound and let's say it takes about 1000 strides for a mile... 10,000 pounds would be a 20 mile run. Hmmm, maybe there is something to barefoot running.
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