1000 lb bench... possible?

[LittleDave]

Yeah I heard from a guy at a meet that Mendy got 1003 in a competition, but his shirt was disqualified.. either way, Rychlak's got 975.. 1000 is just a matter of time!

 

[mm2510]

Yeah I heard from a guy at a meet that Mendy got 1003 in a competition, but his shirt was disqualified.. either way, Rychlak's got 975.. 1000 is just a matter of time!

Mendelson has not moved 1,000 off his chest in competition..

 

[Sean12]

Big gene just did 1005 in a competition!!!

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

So Scott Mendelson or whoever benches 713 RAW, but benches like 965 equipped? That means his shirt is giving him 252lbs of assistance. That's alot of fricking help.

Have most of the lifters these days gotten stronger than the lifters back when?

I don't really think so. Maybe a little.

If you put Kaz up against "ANY" guy nowadays when he was around his prime and put him in the best gear he would probably out total any man alive right now.

There were guy's as big and as strong as the guys around nowadays.

I think what's really pushing the totals higher is more drugs and higher tech equipment. Plain and simple.

Nothing wrong with equipment, but to say the guys nowadays are stronger isn't necessarily correct.

 

[Tiervexx]

So Scott Mendelson or whoever benches 713 RAW, but benches like 965 equipped? That means his shirt is giving him 252lbs of assistance. That's alot of fricking help.

Have most of the lifters these days gotten stronger than the lifters back when?

I don't really think so. Maybe a little.

If you put Kaz up against "ANY" guy nowadays when he was around his prime and put him in the best gear he would probably out total any man alive right now.

There were guy's as big and as strong as the guys around nowadays.

I think what's really pushing the totals higher is more drugs and higher tech equipment. Plain and simple.

Nothing wrong with equipment, but to say the guys nowadays are stronger isn't necessarily correct.

technique is also a big factor.

Many powerlifters are figuring out very cleaver ways of using leverage and gravaty to work in their favor as much as possible, meanwhile body builders and many old timers do/did the oposite.

In addition to lifting raw, Kaz used clean form. Mendy is a BIG and STRONG mother fucker but he uses a ton of leg drive to help him move the weights he does.

 

[blut wump]

I watched the IPF powerlifting championships from South Africa on TV the other night. It might have been last years', I don't know. The SHW class set a new world record which beet Kaz's which had stood for around twenty years.

The different federations allow different techniques as well as different levels of equipment. You can't compare apples and lemons.

 

[Tiervexx]

I watched the IPF powerlifting championships from South Africa on TV the other night. It might have been last years', I don't know. The SHW class set a new world record which beet Kaz's which had stood for around twenty years.

The different federations allow different techniques as well as different levels of equipment. You can't compare apples and lemons.

I know. The point I'm trying to make is that for judging strength you have to draw the line somewhere.

I don't care about how much weight you can move, that is boring to me. What is interesting about powerlifting is the strength that people deonstrate, and equipment gets in the way of that.

 

[blut wump]

That's one of the good aspects of the IPF: very strict style and no gear.

My previous post started out just to agree with ghettostudmuffin: that Kaz's record total had stood for twenty years.

 

[caseygabriel]

One day the 1000 pound barrier will be breached...one day.

 

[justaskme]

Yeah, some fat guy is gonna do a double bodyweight bench press one day.

lol...funny as hell...I'll say yes but it won't be some fat guy.