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Originally Posted by OregonBuckeye
That doesn't really test strength though. It just tests muscular endurance. He could have a very high 1 rep max for all we know. I've always thought the bench press test was pretty much useless.
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That's not how the body works. You can't have, say, a 300+ bench and yet only do 13 reps at 185. Try
this link. When I was benching regularly 4-5 years ago, I used this link (actually a link on a Nebraska training site, which I can't find now, that gave virtually identical results), and it was uncanny in its accuracy. When my max bench was 355, I also could do 9 reps at 275 (converted to 352 on this chart) and 15 reps at 215 (converted to 352).
With Storm's 13 reps at 185, that converts to a 278 bench, plus or minus about 5 pounds. Now, I'm not saying Storm's weak by any stretch...he just looks like he could bench a house.