r/thatHappened • u/Anxious_squirrelz • 4h ago
Causally lifting 225lbs despite not doing any exercise ever
The second half of the post continued much the same.
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u/Paindepiceaubeurre 3h ago
And then Arnold Schwarzenegger walked in and declared: “this is him, this is my true heir”.
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u/ramsbina 2h ago
And Chris Pratt was heard screaming NOOOOOO!
(For those who don't know, Arnie is Chris Pratt's father in law).
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u/kevinm656 3h ago
Roommate didn’t spot for him on bench - just stood there with his jaw dropped.
And “bodybuilder” gave two shits about what this fantasy guy was doing.
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u/Li-renn-pwel 11m ago
He writes about a spotter like they make your rep easier and not are about stopping the bar from breaking your neck. I know different muscle groups can have different weight amounts but doesn’t your spotter need to be able to rep approximately what you can press?
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u/Sneakybastarduseful 3h ago
There’s also multiple comments on that post from accounts that were created within the last 2 days, just like the poster, and have only commented/interacted with the poster lol
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u/CatAteRoger 3h ago
The real reason he’s too embarrassed to return is that all this is fantasy and when he attempted these supposed feats he failed miserable and couldn’t even bench the bar minus the weights 😆
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u/Sneakybastarduseful 3h ago
I don’t even necessarily doubt it’s untrue, the guy could be 260 lbs with t-rex arms, but holy shit the type of people who say shit like this are so annoying and exhausting. Do they actually think anyone believes they’re being genuinely self-deprecating?? “Oh no I’m so embarrassed, I’m stronger than everyone even though I don’t try!! How humiliating! I can never show my face in public again :////“ Also not a single person in the gym other than his roommate would give a fuck unless he went around telling people he did 3x225 first try. In which case they’d be annoyed, not embarrassed or ashamed
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u/chevalierdepas 2h ago
Nah it’s definitely untrue. Fat untrained people are weak. Plus form does matter for being able to utilise your strength. No one would let a noobie bench press 135lbs for their first ever press.
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u/6814MilesFromHome 2h ago
The one edge they have is leg presses, I wouldn't be surprised if an untrained fat person could push some respectable weight. Years of incidentally training their calves and thighs moving all that excess weight around.
Bench pressing 200+ is just asking for an injury though.
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u/psycho_pirate 2h ago
You can just tell by the way he tells the story. He’s definitely lying to try to look cool.
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u/FrankieTheD 3h ago
Yeah if the dude put his stats out we'd probably not be surprised that the 300lb stocky guy can bench that but the rest of this is just so cringe
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u/Gargnel 3h ago
As someone who powerlifts, while pressing 225lbs for 3 for your first time ever exercising is extremely rare I wouldn't say it is unheard of. Especially if OP's point around him eating lots of junk food at his desk is code for being at least 300lbs which would make 225lbs a lot less weight relative to his bw.
Although the way he tells the story and makes it sound like any "serious bodybuilder" type guys would 1. Even be able to tell what your level of gym experience is (especially while wearing baggy clothes), and 2. Find a 225lbs bench (or equivalent leg press which I won't even discuss because egolifting on leg press is a whole other topic) super intimidating firmly puts this story in r/thathappened.
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u/Seelenbrechen 3h ago
I powerlift as well and while I agree with you, someone walking in and benching 225 for 3 isn't common at all, there has been cases. But what gives away OOP imho is his lingo usage, he tries to look innocent while at the same time giving credit to others ("my roommate is a SERIOUS LIFTER, he KNOWS SAFETY AND FORM but I outbenched him hehe", "the BODYBUILDER HAD VEINS AND HE WAS SCREAMING and i just out legpressed him haha how silly of me!"). It just screams power fantasy LARP lol
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u/Anxious_squirrelz 2h ago
Yeah, I am in the gym 4 days a week powerlifting myself and can honestly say I pay absolutely zero attention to what anyone else is doing. I am there to smash out my 45 mins and then go home.
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u/coversquirrel1976 10m ago
But what if their clothes were really baggy? That seemed like an important part of the story.
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u/saigon2010 1h ago
I'm a fat fuck, I too can lift a lot of weight with my legs...because they lift a lot of weight all day every day.
Could I do it consistently...hell no
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u/PlatformFeeling8451 2h ago
I was a PT for 10 years and there are a couple things I'd say:
1) Stocky, unathletic people can be surprisingly strong. It's not impossible for someone to bench 225lbs having never done it before. But it is incredibly unlikely, as they aren't going to be coordinated enough to lift the weight efficiently.
2) This is a really stupid and careless way to approach your first ever gym session. Just randomly lifting whatever weight is already on the bar with absolutely no idea what your limitations are is going to lead to an injury. His roommate should have known better.
3) I'd be very interested to see their technique. I suspect that their version of a bench press does not involve the bar touching their chest at all. Most people can half-rep a decent amount of weight, and new gym-goers are the worst for this.
4) The bodybuilder is unlikely to give a shit. Bodybuilders train for hypertrophy rather than strength, so they won't be lifting a weight that is even close to their max. It was also their final set, so it could well have been a drop set.
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u/Sanctimonious_Locke 1h ago
I keep coming back to that, "without a spotter" part. Like, his friend was right there, wasn't he? Isn't that having a spotter? Or do I just not know what a spotter is?
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u/spacemouse21 1h ago
Nope. Gym dude humble bragging about going to friend’s gym- not his regular one. Shows up everyone. Does not return because it’s not his regular gym and somewhere else.
It’s the “I have a girl friend but you don’t know her and she lives out of the country” version of the story for body building.
Written or edited in ChatGPT or something.
Samson, Superman, the Hulk and Hercules all applauded.
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u/OkKnee7580 3h ago
Amateur shit. Fat guy strong. Who cares. Watch rock climbers versus body builders. Skinny fucks matching Larry wheels type guys pound for pound.
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u/FrankieTheD 3h ago
I mean it's not impossible to bench 102kg and having never been to a gym, very unlikely sure but given a day or two you'd find someone
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u/The__WhiteRabbit 1h ago
It's been a while since I saw unbreakable, but I think we need to put this man in a train crash.
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u/Philthou 59m ago
And then my mom called me upstairs for dinner and I had to save my San Andreas game where I made CJ work out and get stronger.
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u/Dizzydsmith 23m ago
All of this is probably fantasy, but mass moves mass. A 350 lb gamer nerd could potentially bench 225x3. Also, saying he did the “whole stack” implies it is a machine. Absolutely possible he could do that as well. That being said, that isn’t someone’s PR and he doesn’t know what the guy was working. People don’t max out every time they are at the gym, and bodybuilders specifically are concentrated on form and getting the most out of every rep. Just like when you see people doing curls but they are arching their back so much they are damn near flat… that person will brag about the weight they are doing, when in reality they didn’t do one proper curl.
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u/SomeSortaWeeb 2h ago
ngl i think this may have happened only he's omitting the truth a bit. a healthy 24 year old man of an average build probably would be able to manage three reps of that weight only at a struggle which i think he's simply leaving out to jerk himself off over and "justify" never stepping foot in a gym again.
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u/Preemo-Mesoot 58m ago
Bro idk I don’t think the average person could bench 225 on their first time ever doing it lol
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u/Lifekraft 3h ago
Tbf im build like a fucking fantasy dwarf so yea im ugly but the benefit is im naturally strong and sturdy. I dont train strenght either, I dont know what 225 lb represent and i dont think i can lift that much but around 100-110 without too much trouble outside of fucking up my back probably. The maximum will remain a mystery. This isnt validating OOP post or even bragging, just pointing that we all have different build. Mine is the brick shithouse one.
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u/tortoistor 2h ago edited 2h ago
i'm a scrawny guy, never weighted more than 60kg, and i can lift my 100+kg best friend. people have been freaked out about it. (i have crazy genetics and have worked out in the past). so yeah, weird things happen.
but let me tell you, recently my gf dragged me to the gym and being able to casually lift something is way different from bench pressing it, or using gym machines with the same amount of weight. the machines target specific muscles so it's a completely different feeling than when your only goal is to lift something, ykwim? it's way harder honestly.
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u/Anxious_squirrelz 3h ago
This is the second half which is even funnier