[torQQue]

I’m back at it.
I took most of three months off. I used the excuse I was laid off to stop lifting but after swelling up to 250 pounds again I decided to try and get back in shape.
There were some of us on another site in Ohio posting our numbers for awhile. Mine was way below theirs and they are even lower now.
Jan 27th of 2008 I put up 375 on the bench on my last lift.
Jan 27th of 2009 I was only able to put 300 up on my last lift.
When I first started after the three month lay-off I was only doing 225 for 2 reps.
I won’t post my best reps for that weight because it looks impossible to believe.
Hopefully I can stick with it this time.

I'm interested in knowing how many 225 reps you are getting, I will believe you because I have worked out with some guys in college that could can go for 225 for 30 to 40 reps(albeit half probably wouldn't count at a NFL combine). These guys could bench 450 to 500lbs though. Btw, what is your age?

Back in 1996 when I played at Morehead St University. I was maxing 350. That was the highest I ever got.I have no idea what I could do today. However, I weighed 265 then. I can't max out here because I have a home gym, and it only has 225 on the stack. When I first purchased the home gym I could barely do the stack once. Now, I am up to doing 3 sets of 225 for 8-10 reps (I don't know how accurate stack weights are either, probably couldn't do that many reps with free weights) . But I am not really trying to gain alot of mass, I am trying to get more definition.