A couple of years ago she squatted 490 lbs. In one of these competitions, Kristy achieved her best bench press score. squat, deadlift and bench press, and your weight and points get totaled. In some powerlift competitions, the way it works is that you do the three compound movements, i.e.
She’s naturally gifted in the legs’ department, can squat a big amount of weight. During her powerlifting days Kristy’s lifted a staggering amount of weight. She didn’t bulk up like a lot of powerlifters do but maintained her lean physique. After competing in bodybuilding since the late 90s, Kristy decided to make the move over to powerlifting in 2011. That does away with the stereotype that big bulky muscle men and women have nothing upstairs, only know about pumping iron. She used to compete in bodybuilding, has done a load of powerlifting…oh, and she’s a chemical engineer. Kristy Hawkins has led one eventful life. It’s certainly worked because her chest development is outstanding. That’s the weight Oksana tends to stick to when in prep. Considering her weight, even benching 110 lbs. If she tried, she could probably bench well over 200 lbs., which for someone who weighs around 115 lbs. She’s not preoccupied with benching crazy amounts of weight. Oksana’s someone who leaves her ego at the door. That’s meant she’s got quite a fan following. Although she’s big, she’s still been able to maintain some level of femininity. She’s won many of the top shows and is one awesome competitor with an amazing physique. Oksana’s a big name in her native Russia and she’s acquired a great deal of popularity in The States. The place just lives and breathes bodybuilding, it’s the ideal place to train and live that lifestyle. That’s the destination most bodybuilders go to when they reach a certain stage in life.
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That’s pretty remarkable.Ī post shared by Oksana Grishina ???? Grishina is a Russian fitness pro who’s currently living in sunny California. She developed her chest muscles without benching, without training chest at all. Erica knows her body, knows what she needs to do, and that doesn’t include benching. It’s about whose body is in proportion, the most aesthetically pleasing. Part of her reasoning is that she’s got a lot of muscle in the chest area, packs on muscle and keeps it very easily. But Erica actually doesn’t train chest and therefore doesn’t bench press, which is the king of chest exercises. If we were to hazard a guess based on training videos and various bits of info smattered about the place, then we’d say Erica could bench around 150 lbs. I just mentioned that she’s natural, so straight away you can forget about Erica being able to bench around the 300 lbs. 15 Erica Cordie - 150 Lbs (4 Reps)Ī post shared by Erica Cordie Cordie is one of the world’s biggest, best, and most successful natural – i.e. These are 15 female bodybuilders and how much they bench. Be ready to be astounded, and you’ll find a few surprises along the way.
Well, a lot of the women on this list would be able to smash the bench press record in your gym without any problems. “How much can you bench bro?” or in this case “how much can you bench sis?” is one of the most frequently asked questions in the gym. but still, stack the weights on the barbell and you’ll see people’s heads turn. Of course, strength is relative, depends on the person, how much they weigh etc. If any of you are into lifting weights, are into the whole gym culture, you’d know that when it comes to strength, there’s one exercise that demonstrates strength and raw physical explosive power like nothing else. But hey, each to their own, right? These women would say to heck with the norm, and a lot of them are bodybuilders simply because they love the lifestyle, are addicted to the iron game. In fact, female bodybuilders get even more grief, because a lot of people deem what they’re doing to be unfeminine, in a way, unnatural. That goes for men, and the female competitors too. People deem the athletes to be steroid-induced, self-absorbed individuals.
Looking at it like that, and it’s no wonder bodybuilding isn’t exactly a mainstream sport. Competitive bodybuilders spend more than they make in preparation for competitions, and for what? Potentially a $20 trophy at the end of it. The average person can’t understand why someone would want to torture their body, dieting to the extreme and training like a maniac, all for the sake of getting bigger muscles. Bodybuilding is a sport that gets a bad rep.