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Originally Posted by GSUNCSU

I decided back in January after it hit me that in one year I would be 50 that I wanted to bench press 200% of my body weight on my 50th BD, in my baseline day in early January, I weighed in at 236 and bench pressed 315 lbs, now I'm only 5'9" so it was safe to say I needed to be two inches taller to be round, but I do have natural upper body strength. Either I could get alot stronger (470+ Bench) or lose weight. I also had slightly elevated BP and cholesterol, so I chose both. As of Friday, I am now down to 194 and my bench has not been adversely effected, still at 315 with a strict competition lift, I can now run 2 miles in under 19 minutes, and all my vitals are good. My goal is to lose down into the mid 180's and then build back to low 190s, so I must get my bench near 400, I'm a little ahead of my schedule, but with the summer and work travel, it will be close. 5 days a week in the gym and a big nutrition change (Herbalife) and I'm on my way. I don't know how many HP the 40+ lbs have been worth, but I expect quicker 1/4 mile times this summer.

That's still something to be really f'n proud of.

Not to rain on your parade, and I hope you get it, but from where you are at now, doing it without chemical enhancement, a 2x BW bench probably won't happen unless you have benched that much before.

But I will tell you, the quicker you learn (and you may already know) that the strongest muscle must be the triceps, then the upper back and rear delts the quicker you will get stronger in the bench. I wish you good luck!!