New York-based fitness company SoulCycle is getting ready for an IPO, Reuters is reporting. SoulCycle, which was founded in 2006 by Elisabeth Cutler and Julie Rice, has high-end gym Equinox Holdings as its majority owner, according to the report.
You should be able to bench between 1-1.5 of your body weight. So, if you weigh 100 pounds you should bench between 100-150. Lower than 100 pounds your considered weak. Higher â¦ than 150 pounds and your really strong in my example.
So if you started on the bench press with 8 reps of 225 pounds, but can now do 10 reps, and you've been able to achieve 10 reps for two workouts in a row, increase the weight. 1  For upper-body exercises like the bench press, increase the weight by approximately 5 percent. So instead of using 225 pounds, use 235.