Bench Marks

Average Mile by a Healthy 20 year old = 8 minutes, 34 seconds

Average 1x Bench Press by same = 180 pounds

Average # of situps in 1 minute by same = 40

Average # of push ups in 1 minute by same = 33

Average # of pull ups (continous, any time frame) by same = 1

Average resting heart rate of same - 60bpm


Of course if you do want to go "super" here's what you have to beat.

Fastest Mile = 3 minutes, 43 secones, and 13 tenths by Hicham El Guerrouj

1x bench Press record = 1075 pounds by Ryan Kennelly

Raw (no special straps or gear) Deadlift record = 975 pounds by Benedikt Magnusson (ALMOST HALF A TON!)


Gadgetastic!

Bump.

That is an extremely slow mile pace.

In my teenage years, I used to run six minutes eight seconds for one mile. I am trying to get back into shape or better. I wonder by how much could I beat just my own record by keeping a steady pace of conditioning.

You forgot Fred Hatfield's 1000 Lbs. Squat record brother.

Ok in comparison the overweight 38 out of shape year old tested this out and came up with the following results...

Bench press= 215 lbs.
sit ups in 1 minute= 28
push ups in 1 minute= 29
pull ups in one minute= 3
pulse rate immediately after= 96bpm

So obviously i am pretty well in need of some conditioning, but I am also not doing too bad for a guy who hasn't done any real vigorous exercise in about 7 years.

Josh wrote:

Average Mile by a Healthy 20 year old = 8 minutes, 34 seconds

Average 1x Bench Press by same = 180 pounds

Average # of situps in 1 minute by same = 40

Average # of push ups in 1 minute by same = 33

Average # of pull ups (continous, any time frame) by same = 1

Average resting heart rate of same - 60bpm


Of course if you do want to go "super" here's what you have to beat.

Fastest Mile = 3 minutes, 43 secones, and 13 tenths by Hicham El Guerrouj

1x bench Press record = 1075 pounds by Ryan Kennelly

Raw (no special straps or gear) Deadlift record = 975 pounds by Benedikt Magnusson (ALMOST HALF A TON!)


Gadgetastic!

Excatly why I bumped this thread. Most of us are in decent shape, but I thought this would be a good baseline. That's not too bad of a bench, by the way.

The only bench marks I make are with my ass when we play basketball.

Jack Shadow wrote:

Excatly why I bumped this thread. Most of us are in decent shape, but I thought this would be a good baseline. That's not too bad of a bench, by the way.

Well if I can't do as much as an "average" 20 year old (even at almost 40) I consider myself out of shape. I need to do at least as much as an average 20 year old and I really should be able to do as much as a semi-athletic 20 year old... something to aim for.. I am going to be setting my own benchmarks (the first ones to beat are these) thanks for this thread.

A good measure to set up benchmarks is you utilize training logs like bruce lee did. This is an excellent way to see how you are progressing. When I was doing this over the course of a month I literally doubled the amount of reps I could do, while doing 1.5 times as much weight. For example with vertical pulldowns I started at 70lbs and did 60 reps (continuously) and by the time I peaked out I was doing 140lbs and 100 reps (in the same amount of time).

Also I can average 5 or 6 pull ups in a row (in about 30 seconds). Today I did pull ups while wearing a 60lb weighted vest and could only do 3 in 40 seconds!