posted July 07, 2000 09:57 AM            

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Friend of mine at work were trying to place a bet who came closest on this guess. Back in his prime I figured he could bench about 465. Anybody know for sure or want to take a guess?

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posted July 07, 2000 10:09 AM         

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For some reason 525 sticks in my head. I have seen a picture of him with 5 plates on the bar. Whether or not he did it, I don't know.

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posted July 07, 2000 12:57 PM            

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i dunno, but like he said..

"Its like cumming"

damn freak

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posted July 07, 2000 03:05 PM            

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I'm pretty sure he could put up a plate.

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posted July 07, 2000 03:11 PM            

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405 FOR REPS...SAYS IN HIB ENCYCLOPEDIA

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posted July 07, 2000 04:12 PM            

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I am pretty sure he said in the Musclemag special on him that his best max was 425lb.

Peace

DrZ

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posted July 07, 2000 04:33 PM         

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Who's Arnold?

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posted July 07, 2000 10:06 PM         

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he could do 500, franco 525, but they both could do 405 for reps

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posted July 07, 2000 10:24 PM            

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I stand corrected, Arnold could bench 440lb. I just re-read in Arnold's own article in the Arnold issue of Musclemag a few years ago.

peace

DrZ

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posted July 08, 2000 12:20 AM            

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wow, i would have thought more, guess im just expecting it from "the man". but if you just look at his body back then, it makes sense

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posted July 08, 2000 12:44 AM            

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Arnold himself says he could do 450 for reps. It's in his Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding pg. 325. It's kind of strange he says he can rep 450 but in the picture this statement is next to he has 365lbs. on the bar. Kind of strange If I could rep 450 that's the picture I would have taken of me.

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posted July 08, 2000 08:52 PM            

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I always pictured Arnold being able to bench much more then that. I knew a kid back in high school that could bench over 400lbs.

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posted July 08, 2000 11:04 PM            

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Yeah but did that kid have a physique like Arnold's?? I bet that kid that benched 400lb was a fat pig...no offense.

I guess Arnold isn't sure exactly how much he could bench

Peace

DrZ

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posted July 09, 2000 12:35 AM            

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I am sure when Arnold was bench pressing the 365 on Venice Beach, he was NOT thinking, "Please make sure you get a pic of me doing 450 for when I write my Modern Bodybuilding Encyclopedia decades later." Pic was probably from an archive, and he used what was available.

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posted July 09, 2000 12:55 AM            

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arnold should learn how to speak english, i laugh every time i hear him talk. but im sure hed laugh if he saw me struggling with 200 pounds on a benchpress

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posted July 11, 2000 08:55 PM            

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hey glen arnold speaks english just fine ...why because he speaks with an accent ...he cant speak the language....wow you are definitly not the brightest light in the room

peace romeo

payback sucks

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posted July 11, 2000 09:02 PM         

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I'm not sure how much he could bench and didn't feel like scanning the encyclopedia. I did notice that he's wearing shorts with a football on them and either 450 or 460 on the football. He has these in on i quite a few pictures.

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