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Garand Thumb definitely lifts. 225 was a goal, for me. I haven't "made" anything yet. I still don't have the physique I want. Maybe a lot of guy's can 1rm 225 depending on workout frequency or because they are heavier bigger guys. Depends. I was 149# 1 year ago. Now im 175ish. According to statistics, only 1% of the population can bench 225#. So that's cool.
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Man, see my wife says all the time that I really underestimate myself in terms of where I'm at with my physical fitness.
I always just thought a PR of 225 was kind of just the "average" of where a guy should be at in terms of bench press (assuming he's of average height and weight as well). Definitely important to remember that a PR flat bench is pretty damn relative, because obviously for some massive dude that's going to be a lower percentage of effort than it is for a smaller one.
Due to my age and the fact that my BJJ Professor is a close personal friend of mine I mostly roll these days with just him and don't mess around with the younger guys as much. However, the other day I was rolling with guys in their early 20's and just felt like I was man handling them. Hard to describe, but it was like when I go from playing with my German Shepherd to some other little dog that's not as solidly built..if that makes any sense. My cardio is also above those guys that are literally half my age, which I shouldn't have been so shocked by because I run 10k easy three times a week, but I guess I just had it in my mind that these younger guys would all be magnitudes more fit than I am. I don't have any sons and so I'm not doing a lot of physical fitness where I'm able to compare myself to younger guys that often.
I have heard though from a lot of guys in their 40's who do things like train police academy cadets that the younger guys though are a lot more frail and unhealthy than they were back in the day as a whole, so maybe that's a bit in play? Of course, I imagine these young guys still have the advantage of recovering faster and bouncing back faster from injuries than I do, which is now like increasingly my physical fitness focus. For me it's more and more about just keeping this high mileage body in one piece to keep on performing.