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2004/05/18, 10:54 AM
G,
You'll get there, but I hate to tell you there is no magical formula. You just have to keep working at it. I am presently 279 lbs and can bench around that much wieght, but that isn't were I started. When I was a freshman in high school, I wieghed about the same as you and started with a max of 95lbs. Here is the good news, if you are willing to work out consistently that number will go up rather quickly. By the end of that first semester in wieghts I had increased my max to 165lbs.
However, don't get fixated on your bench, you need to do other exercises as well. Make sure you are working your triceps, biceps, back, shoulders and legs. As you overall strength improves it will help your bench go up as well. As for teh stomach and gynomastia ("man tits"), the more consistent you are with your diet and workouts the more these will disappear.
However, remember that you are only 17. You are still growing and there are a lot of hormones at play. At this point I would concentrate on eating clean, and balanced, working out consistently and allowing your body to grow. Don't try to do to much of a calorie defecit right now, your body is going to continue to grow for possibly the next 2-5 years. I didn't have any real shoulders until I was almost 21.
Good luck and stick with it.
Daniel
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