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Title: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 13 August 2013, 19:48:10
How much do you bench.

And Approx' how many calories are you putting away every day
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: kurplop on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:00:45
Today 5 lbs. I just had hand surgery. Last week around 220. In 1973- 395lbs
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: Sifo on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:02:52
Bro... do you even lift?
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:06:18
How much do you bench.

And Approx' how many calories are you putting away every day

I keep the bench pretty warm.

I pop back 300 calories quicker than most knock out 100.

A couple thousand a day.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:07:38
That's 90.7185Kg (assuming the OP is in pounds).
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: demik on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:21:59
i bench your future son
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: Halverson on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:27:07
i bench your future son

I bench this guy
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tjcaustin on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:29:21
i bench your future son

I bench this guy

That's me carrying this guy to the bench on the beach

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v6yxr1bIsh8/UES4zmRjwPI/AAAAAAAAQZs/79SrquZjL5k/s400/brock%2Blesnar%2Bshark.jpg)
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: demik on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:29:48
i bench your future son

I bench this guy
<3
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: ekw808 on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:31:19
200 isnt hard..
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: Halverson on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:37:05
200 isnt hard..

I am though ;)
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:41:58
200 isnt hard..

I am though ;)

what are you guys turning this into
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:42:39
I'm happy to sit on a bench and watch someone else lift over 200.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:47:26
Well over 200 but I don't bench regularly (not gymming it these days). I'm kicking a couple thousand calories a day easy. Metabolism. 6'0' almost 200 (should be 185). I've never felt I was built to bench heavy weights.

Kurplop, you're an animal. What hand surgery...like my self-performed thingy last month?
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: calavera on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:51:52
I have a weak chest. :'( My goal is to bench my own weight someday haha

but screw bench presses, how many of you can do proper wide grip pull ups?  :cool:
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: noisyturtle on Tue, 13 August 2013, 20:54:33
Something something, lift your mom, 350lbs.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 13 August 2013, 21:04:47
I have a weak chest. :'( My goal is to bench my own weight someday haha

but screw bench presses, how many of you can do proper wide grip pull ups?  :cool:

err... I only weigh 135, so  I could do almost 10 wide grip pull ups / palms facing out :D
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: kurplop on Tue, 13 August 2013, 21:45:38
Kurplop, you're an animal. What hand surgery...like my self-performed thingy last month?
I had carpal tunnel release surgery done yesterday on my right hand. The surgeon said the median nerve was smashed pretty bad. Left hand later this year. The condition may not improve but it should arrest further degradation.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: thegunner100 on Tue, 13 August 2013, 21:51:02
I have a weak chest. :'( My goal is to bench my own weight someday haha

but screw bench presses, how many of you can do proper wide grip pull ups?  :cool:


err... I only weigh 135, so  I could do almost 10 wide grip pull ups / palms facing out :D

135? Didn't you call me a skinny asian girl when I told you I weighed 125ish? xD

Oh, here, found it. I think I somehow skipped that line about your weight when I read through the message back then...

Quote
You're 5"7'  125lbs?   That's borderline asian girl level anorexia:-X

I'm exactly 5"7 135lbs, that's actually also technically underweight.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: rarar on Tue, 13 August 2013, 22:13:51
I bench 150, working my way towards dat goal of 200 :)
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Tue, 13 August 2013, 22:21:03
I have a weak chest. :'( My goal is to bench my own weight someday haha

but screw bench presses, how many of you can do proper wide grip pull ups?  :cool:


err... I only weigh 135, so  I could do almost 10 wide grip pull ups / palms facing out :D

135? Didn't you call me a skinny asian girl when I told you I weighed 125ish? xD

Oh, here, found it. I think I somehow skipped that line about your weight when I read through the message back then...

Quote
You're 5"7'  125lbs?   That's borderline asian girl level anorexia:-X

I'm exactly 5"7 135lbs, that's actually also technically underweight.

125 is Asian girl anorexia?
Hmmm.... I've only gone out with girls that weigh 125 or less and used to have a height range of 5'4-5-10" but now will go out with slightly shorter. These are european decent (white, cracker, gringo) girls.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: Badwrench on Tue, 13 August 2013, 22:43:54
I weigh 190 and can do 210, so I am good with that.  I am not a regular at the gym lately (used to do 30+ hrs. a week), but just not that into it with the new baby.  Motocross keeps me where I want to be. 
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: Topre on Tue, 13 August 2013, 22:50:44
I don't bench, benches are for sitting. How many muscle ups can you guys do? I do usually 11 to 13, first 8 to 10 are really stable. Then I start struggling to get to the 13th rep.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: Techno Trousers on Wed, 14 August 2013, 00:43:11
Bench press has little to do with overall body strength, so I don't really get why it's so important to folks. When I was able to parallel squat a 200 lb. barbell 25 times (stronglifts 5x5), that felt like a real whole body strength achievement. I need to get back to lifting.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Wed, 14 August 2013, 01:00:15
I don't bench, but I can eat 3 000 000 - 3 500 000 calories per day without gaining weight, seems I burn a lot :3
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 02:23:51
Bench press has little to do with overall body strength, so I don't really get why it's so important to folks. When I was able to parallel squat a 200 lb. barbell 25 times (stronglifts 5x5), that felt like a real whole body strength achievement. I need to get back to lifting.

It's just one of the areas I'd like to improve since I'm working out anyways..

I just wanted to find out about how much the over 200 people are eating, so I can go in that direction. As IS, I don't eat very much.

I can bench 150 5-6 times. But really can't even fathom over 200 right now..


It's like so heavy..... wtf...

Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 02:28:23
I have a weak chest. :'( My goal is to bench my own weight someday haha

but screw bench presses, how many of you can do proper wide grip pull ups?  :cool:


err... I only weigh 135, so  I could do almost 10 wide grip pull ups / palms facing out :D

135? Didn't you call me a skinny asian girl when I told you I weighed 125ish? xD

Oh, here, found it. I think I somehow skipped that line about your weight when I read through the message back then...

Quote
You're 5"7'  125lbs?   That's borderline asian girl level anorexia:-X

I'm exactly 5"7 135lbs, that's actually also technically underweight.

125 is Asian girl anorexia?
Hmmm.... I've only gone out with girls that weigh 125 or less and used to have a height range of 5'4-5-10" but now will go out with slightly shorter. These are european decent (white, cracker, gringo) girls.

Asian girls to me just don't look like they have very good baby making capabilities..   

I only like the bigger ones.. No heavier than me though, that'd be just a lil' too unwieldy..


Like you want a heavy keyboard, but NOT toooo heavy, otherwise it's just hard to work with.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: iri on Wed, 14 August 2013, 03:20:35
I don't bench, but I can eat 3 000 000 - 3 500 000 calories per day without gaining weight, seems I burn a lot :3
HOW
TELL ME HOW
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 03:41:12
I don't bench, but I can eat 3 000 000 - 3 500 000 calories per day without gaining weight, seems I burn a lot :3
HOW
TELL ME HOW

LOLOL.. I think he ment 3000 Calories which is  3000000 calories

big C for Kcal,  and little c for cal
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: iri on Wed, 14 August 2013, 03:45:22
i'm serious. i consume significantly less than 3000000 calories and slowly gain weight.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: kurplop on Wed, 14 August 2013, 03:50:23
Bench press has little to do with overall body strength, so I don't really get why it's so important to folks. When I was able to parallel squat a 200 lb. barbell 25 times (stronglifts 5x5), that felt like a real whole body strength achievement. I need to get back to lifting.

I agree that the bench press has less to do with overall body strength than the squat or deadlift. in some ways, it's the lazy mans lift; do a hard set and you are barely breathing hard. Compare that with a set of squats where your lungs are pounding through your chest. The triceps and pecs just aren't that big compared to the gluts and quads. It is also a lift you do laying down. Case closed.

"How much ya benching?" Ahh, I benefitted from that ubiquitous inquiry uttered through gyms and locker rooms worldwide. I use to love to hear it because I was disproportionately good at it compared to other lifts.

I would probably only modify your statement a little by saying that the bench press has less to do with overall strength than some other lifts rather than little to do with overall strength. 
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 03:55:37
i'm serious. i consume significantly less than 3000000 calories and slowly gain weight.

Computer use probably.

I workout twice a week to not become a super fattie. I used to be a fattie, then i started becoming a Super fattie when I went completely ONLINE.

I make it a point to do my Offline workout now. :D

jumprope 10mins
dumbell chest press 45lb x10rep x3set
shoulder fly 15lbs x8reps x6set
slow pullups x8reps x3 sets
slow chinups x8reps x3 sets

This is all in 40-50mins

I do one of these per week.


My second work out day is the same thing with lighter weights, and I skip the jumprope.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: iri on Wed, 14 August 2013, 04:55:55
i'm serious. i consume significantly less than 3000000 calories and slowly gain weight.

Computer use probably.

I workout twice a week to not become a super fattie. I used to be a fattie, then i started becoming a Super fattie when I went completely ONLINE.

I make it a point to do my Offline workout now. :D

jumprope 10mins
dumbell chest press 45lb x10rep x3set
shoulder fly 15lbs x8reps x6set
slow pullups x8reps x3 sets
slow chinups x8reps x3 sets

This is all in 40-50mins

I do one of these per week.


My second work out day is the same thing with lighter weights, and I skip the jumprope.
and i do muay thai sessions twice a week and occasionally visit a kyokushin club.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: Flamingchook on Wed, 14 August 2013, 05:09:37
That's 90.7185Kg (assuming the OP is in pounds).

If that's the case then that's 1.5 times my body weight :). I'm 190cm and 61kg (that's 6'3", 135 pounds). I can safely say I can't bench 200 pounds

Here's a photo of me:
(http://australian-insects.com/imguploads/Ctenomorpha_chronus.jpg)
:D
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: iri on Wed, 14 August 2013, 06:58:32
I'm 190cm and 61kg
(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/shocked/open-mouth-smiley-emoticon.gif)
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: thegunner100 on Wed, 14 August 2013, 07:32:17
That's 90.7185Kg (assuming the OP is in pounds).

If that's the case then that's 1.5 times my body weight :). I'm 190cm and 61kg (that's 6'3", 135 pounds). I can safely say I can't bench 200 pounds

Here's a photo of me:

:D

Damn dude... you're slightly heavier than me, and 8 inches taller O_O
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 10:35:49
That's 90.7185Kg (assuming the OP is in pounds).

If that's the case then that's 1.5 times my body weight :). I'm 190cm and 61kg (that's 6'3", 135 pounds). I can safely say I can't bench 200 pounds

Here's a photo of me:

:D

Damn dude... you're slightly heavier than me, and 8 inches taller O_O

anorexia ? :D
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: digi on Wed, 14 August 2013, 10:38:02
edit* anyone here bench over 100lbs?  :D
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 10:40:59
edit* anyone here bench over 100lbs?  :D

LOL, that's like everyone here that's not under 16yrs old.. :D

Also, girls probably can't.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: UniClown on Wed, 14 August 2013, 10:42:17
170lbs. I am going to start being more serious in the gym though rather than messing around doing random lifts.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 10:43:52
170lbs. I am going to start being more serious in the gym though rather than messing around doing random lifts.

random lifts is good for general weight loss because it doesn't let your body settle into a routine where it works extremely efficiently, THUS not burning as much fat/energy
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: oTurtlez on Wed, 14 August 2013, 10:44:06
I probably can't bench more than 50lbs lmao. I have no muscle mass, yet no fat either. 130lbs @ 5'11" and I easily eat well over 2.5k calories a day if I had to estimate.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: esoomenona on Wed, 14 August 2013, 10:44:38
I can bench over 200 easily enough. I used to bench 300+ back in high school but I haven't really been into the gym as much as I should since that time. I really need to get back to that.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 10:45:24
I probably can't bench more than 50lbs lmao. I have no muscle mass, yet no fat either. 130lbs @ 5'11" and I easily eat well over 2.5k calories a day if I had to estimate.

naw dude, you can probably do 100+ if you go to the gym for 2 weeks.  Part of it is just learning how to use the muscles you do have.

Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: UniClown on Wed, 14 August 2013, 10:47:43
170lbs. I am going to start being more serious in the gym though rather than messing around doing random lifts.

random lifts is good for general weight loss because it doesn't let your body settle into a routine where it works extremely efficiently, THUS not burning as much fat/energy

I meant like doing a few pull-ups then curl for a bit then leg press and not always doing enough to push my body on that particular lift.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: oTurtlez on Wed, 14 August 2013, 10:48:03
I probably can't bench more than 50lbs lmao. I have no muscle mass, yet no fat either. 130lbs @ 5'11" and I easily eat well over 2.5k calories a day if I had to estimate.

naw dude, you can probably do 100+ if you go to the gym for 2 weeks.  Part of it is just learning how to use the muscles you do have.



One thing is required for that to happen. Effort haha. Not to mention I'd look extremely awkward with any form of muscularity lol.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 10:55:39
I probably can't bench more than 50lbs lmao. I have no muscle mass, yet no fat either. 130lbs @ 5'11" and I easily eat well over 2.5k calories a day if I had to estimate.

naw dude, you can probably do 100+ if you go to the gym for 2 weeks.  Part of it is just learning how to use the muscles you do have.



One thing is required for that to happen. Effort haha. Not to mention I'd look extremely awkward with any form of muscularity lol.

what do you mean you'll look awkward?

Do you have a big beard and look like lincoln?

Pretty awesome IMO

(http://thisoddlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/abe_lincoln.jpg)
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: oTurtlez on Wed, 14 August 2013, 11:00:00
I probably can't bench more than 50lbs lmao. I have no muscle mass, yet no fat either. 130lbs @ 5'11" and I easily eat well over 2.5k calories a day if I had to estimate.

naw dude, you can probably do 100+ if you go to the gym for 2 weeks.  Part of it is just learning how to use the muscles you do have.



One thing is required for that to happen. Effort haha. Not to mention I'd look extremely awkward with any form of muscularity lol.

what do you mean you'll look awkward?

Do you have a big beard and look like lincoln?

Pretty awesome IMO

Show Image
(http://thisoddlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/abe_lincoln.jpg)


If facial hair ran in my family, I'd grow a beard lol. Nobody in my family can grow a successful beard.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Wed, 14 August 2013, 11:56:53
I don't bench, but I can eat 3 000 000 - 3 500 000 calories per day without gaining weight, seems I burn a lot :3
HOW
TELL ME HOW

LOLOL.. I think he ment 3000 Calories which is  3000000 calories

big C for Kcal,  and little c for cal

Right, you use this nutrition/diet calorie thing over there instead of kcal (kilo calories = 1000 calories)
So lets just say ~ 12 550 kJ or ~ 145 W worth of food for simplicities sake...
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: iri on Wed, 14 August 2013, 12:33:16
still doesn't answer my question :(
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Wed, 14 August 2013, 14:00:59
still doesn't answer my question :(

Probably related to my job...
I'm a "industrial mechanic", it's mostly manual work and also kinda demanding.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 14:38:09
still doesn't answer my question :(

Probably related to my job...
I'm a "industrial mechanic", it's mostly manual work and also kinda demanding.

Yea but you lift engine block like it's no body's business... yea?
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: iri on Wed, 14 August 2013, 14:40:20
i'm a bit jealous. have to sit on my office chair for at least 9 hours a day.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 14:48:16
i'm a bit jealous. have to sit on my office chair for at least 9 hours a day.

I sit in an office chair for 17 hours by choice. ;D
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: iri on Wed, 14 August 2013, 14:52:55
i can't believe you actually have a job. family business?
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 14:55:20
i can't believe you actually have a job. family business?

don't worry about it :D
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: Luke on Wed, 14 August 2013, 15:58:32
I think I'm the heaviest guy in the thread, I'm 210 pounds at 6'3" and I'm not American :p

I'm not into weight lifting (I like Mountaineering) but I imagine I could lift quite well :)
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tjcaustin on Wed, 14 August 2013, 16:22:31
I think I'm the heaviest guy in the thread, I'm 210 pounds at 6'3" and I'm not American :p

I'm not into weight lifting (I like Mountaineering) but I imagine I could lift quite well :)

Nope.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 14 August 2013, 16:27:49
i'm a bit jealous. have to sit on my office chair for at least 9 hours a day.

I sit in an office chair for 17 hours by choice. ;D

either tech support or 1-900 operator....
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: esoomenona on Wed, 14 August 2013, 16:28:03
I think I'm the heaviest guy in the thread, I'm 210 pounds at 6'3" and I'm not American :p

I'm not into weight lifting (I like Mountaineering) but I imagine I could lift quite well :)

Nope.

Definitely not.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 18:27:43
i'm a bit jealous. have to sit on my office chair for at least 9 hours a day.

I sit in an office chair for 17 hours by choice. ;D

either tech support or 1-900 operator....

Hi, this is Sanjay Patel, would you like to order n ergodox? :D

But in all honesty,  Those people work hard to feed their family.. You guys really shouldn't think less of them or use their occupation as insults.

alas, I am not tele-support
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: Flamingchook on Wed, 14 August 2013, 18:41:46
That's 90.7185Kg (assuming the OP is in pounds).

If that's the case then that's 1.5 times my body weight :). I'm 190cm and 61kg (that's 6'3", 135 pounds). I can safely say I can't bench 200 pounds

Here's a photo of me:

:D

Damn dude... you're slightly heavier than me, and 8 inches taller O_O

anorexia ? :D

Not anorexic, I just have a fast metabolism.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 14 August 2013, 19:06:07
i'm a bit jealous. have to sit on my office chair for at least 9 hours a day.

I sit in an office chair for 17 hours by choice. ;D

either tech support or 1-900 operator....

Hi, this is Sanjay Patel, would you like to order n ergodox? :D

But in all honesty,  Those people work hard to feed their family.. You guys really shouldn't think less of them or use their occupation as insults.

alas, I am not tele-support

Who's insulting? I was being serious. I mean not many people spend 17 hours in a chair.

And 1-900 would most likely be ginger or Debbie.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Thu, 15 August 2013, 00:40:22
still doesn't answer my question :(

Probably related to my job...
I'm a "industrial mechanic", it's mostly manual work and also kinda demanding.

Yea but you lift engine block like it's no body's business... yea?

No engine blocks, not that kind of mechanic, more the engineer and metalworker kind of. I build big welded aluminum constructions (lower part of car bodys for high speed trains) which are made of dozens and dozens of pieces. Each piece has to be fitted to measure (grinding) and gets mounted in fixtures for welding (4 small parts welded to one bigger piece + 5 other bigger pieces result in a even bigger piece + some other even bigger pieces resulting in one huge piece, etc...), this involves a lot of crawling and climbing (these fixtures can get huge, train size at the end of the process) and also lots of clamping / pressing / winching / etc. as all the welding causes a lot tension (because of the induced heat and the resulting shrinkage... you would be surprised what kind of bending/deformation heat can cause) so you have to mount stuff over-size or with "negative tension" (forcing stuff in the opposite direction of the shrinkage / resulting tension), sometimes it takes several tons of force to ensure everything ends up straight in the end (tolerances for several meter long pieces are like +/- 4mm, less for the smaller parts as tolerances add up when smaller pieces are put together to a bigger one). Well, the workflow is kinda hard to explain to a "outsider" and I wish I could film it with a go-pro mounted on my helmet (would make a awesome docu), but filming is strongly prohibited (espionage).

But yeah, I also have to carry heavy stuff around or swing a 20 pound sledgehammer ;D
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 15 August 2013, 00:48:49
^ This is the way!

Gym is all very well, but it might get you looking nice and very good at doing the sort of thing you do in gyms.

But building muscles in a regular and practical way will give you strength you can use all the time.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 15 August 2013, 01:54:40
^ This is the way!

Gym is all very well, but it might get you looking nice and very good at doing the sort of thing you do in gyms.

But building muscles in a regular and practical way will give you strength you can use all the time.

The problem with many body weight workouts if your goal is aesthetics, is muscle symmetry which isn't a natural occurrence.
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: iri on Thu, 15 August 2013, 02:46:23
still doesn't answer my question :(

Probably related to my job...
I'm a "industrial mechanic", it's mostly manual work and also kinda demanding.

Yea but you lift engine block like it's no body's business... yea?

No engine blocks, not that kind of mechanic, more the engineer and metalworker kind of. I build big welded aluminum constructions (lower part of car bodys for high speed trains) which are made of dozens and dozens of pieces. Each piece has to be fitted to measure (grinding) and gets mounted in fixtures for welding (4 small parts welded to one bigger piece + 5 other bigger pieces result in a even bigger piece + some other even bigger pieces resulting in one huge piece, etc...), this involves a lot of crawling and climbing (these fixtures can get huge, train size at the end of the process) and also lots of clamping / pressing / winching / etc. as all the welding causes a lot tension (because of the induced heat and the resulting shrinkage... you would be surprised what kind of bending/deformation heat can cause) so you have to mount stuff over-size or with "negative tension" (forcing stuff in the opposite direction of the shrinkage / resulting tension), sometimes it takes several tons of force to ensure everything ends up straight in the end (tolerances for several meter long pieces are like +/- 4mm, less for the smaller parts as tolerances add up when smaller pieces are put together to a bigger one). Well, the workflow is kinda hard to explain to a "outsider" and I wish I could film it with a go-pro mounted on my helmet (would make a awesome docu), but filming is strongly prohibited (espionage).

But yeah, I also have to carry heavy stuff around or swing a 20 pound sledgehammer ;D
and now i am quite a bit jealous!
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Thu, 15 August 2013, 03:27:50
still doesn't answer my question :(

Probably related to my job...
I'm a "industrial mechanic", it's mostly manual work and also kinda demanding.

Yea but you lift engine block like it's no body's business... yea?

No engine blocks, not that kind of mechanic, more the engineer and metalworker kind of. I build big welded aluminum constructions (lower part of car bodys for high speed trains) which are made of dozens and dozens of pieces. Each piece has to be fitted to measure (grinding) and gets mounted in fixtures for welding (4 small parts welded to one bigger piece + 5 other bigger pieces result in a even bigger piece + some other even bigger pieces resulting in one huge piece, etc...), this involves a lot of crawling and climbing (these fixtures can get huge, train size at the end of the process) and also lots of clamping / pressing / winching / etc. as all the welding causes a lot tension (because of the induced heat and the resulting shrinkage... you would be surprised what kind of bending/deformation heat can cause) so you have to mount stuff over-size or with "negative tension" (forcing stuff in the opposite direction of the shrinkage / resulting tension), sometimes it takes several tons of force to ensure everything ends up straight in the end (tolerances for several meter long pieces are like +/- 4mm, less for the smaller parts as tolerances add up when smaller pieces are put together to a bigger one). Well, the workflow is kinda hard to explain to a "outsider" and I wish I could film it with a go-pro mounted on my helmet (would make a awesome docu), but filming is strongly prohibited (espionage).

But yeah, I also have to carry heavy stuff around or swing a 20 pound sledgehammer ;D
and now i am quite a bit jealous!

You would perhaps even feel at home here, a good part of my co-workers are from Russia...
Btw, we also build the "Lastochka" a.k.a. "Sochi Train" for the RZD, perhaps you have seen it?
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: iri on Thu, 15 August 2013, 03:59:29
Btw, we also build the "Lastochka" a.k.a. "Sochi Train" for the RZD, perhaps you have seen it?
yeah, saw a bunch of them in a train depot in saint petersburg. pretty ones! i thought they were made in russia :(
Title: Re: Anyone here Bench over 200?
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Thu, 15 August 2013, 12:23:39
Btw, we also build the "Lastochka" a.k.a. "Sochi Train" for the RZD, perhaps you have seen it?
yeah, saw a bunch of them in a train depot in saint petersburg. pretty ones! i thought they were made in russia :(

First batch is made here, second batch is supposed to be a joint-venture with Ural Locomotives...