370 pound bench press*

[No Worries]

I bench pressed 370 pounds* on Monday. Wait, there's that asterisk again. Is that like Motorcyclist magazine correcting strip times to sea level and cool temperature? Yes. I used the Masters Weightlifting coefficients for age: http://www.mastersweightlifting.org/forms/malone.htm. At 58, I pressed 255 (I weigh 205). Using the coefficient 1.449, that makes 255 into 370.

Seriously, I want to lift 260 the next time I go for a PR. I've started lifting 80 percent of my max, five reps, for five sets. 80 percent of 255 is 205 pounds. After five weeks of lifting 205 x 5reps x 5sets, I'll try for 260 or 265.