1000 lb bench... possible?

[jcp2]

No man this is not what I'm talking about, he never locks out his left and there is no way in hell anyone can say that is a paused bench but they gave it to him anyways, see for yourself.

http://www.irongame.com/videos/04IPANS_GRychlak_1005BP_Small.swf

I know guys that were there and most of them thought that it wasn't any good.

Only a fool would argue that simply by putting on a good enough bench shirt could automatically give you 300 lbs, if that were the case than there would be a ton of 300 lb benchers pushing 600 over night.

What i quoted against was the fact that athletes today aren't stronger than Kaz and Coan necessarily, the equipment inflates numbers theirfore you cannot compare people from different generations. As for Genes lift, that is the first time i have seen athat angle, i would not not judge a lift from a video, and i trust Louis judging more than anyone, but i do agree with you. His 965 most definately had a hitch in it. I thought that was the one being referred to.

 

[tattooi2k]

ya i did it yesterday lol

 

[petrols]

the guy that does it you call him SIR .

 

[kethnaab]

Here's the most reliable set of records IMO

http://www.powermagonline.com/latest-news/records.asp

They don't have any historical numbers, otherwise we could compare, have seen before and I will try to find...

This is fun

that is a kickass site, thanks for the link.

12 weight classes

11 of 12 squat records have been set in the last 5 years.
12 of 12 bench records have been set in the last 3 years.
7 of 12 deadlift records are from the 80s or 90s.

interesting...

in 1990, the squat record was...(I could be off, correct me please if I am) 1030, Dave Passanella. That's now 5 lbs heavier than the 220 record, and it gets crushed by everyone 242 and higher

in 1990, the bench record was 715 by Ken Lain. 715 would now be good for the 198 lb record.

in 1990 the deadlift record was 926 (or 936?) by Garry Heisey. that has obviously been eclipsed, but at least there aren't any 220-lb'ers out there crushing that record like they are in the squat and bench.

serves as a nice reminder for what a badass little Lamar Gant was.

deadlift @ 123lb = 639.3 on 7/10/1982

THAT IS GODDAMN INSANE!

 

[Chambewy20]

I've met Paul "tiny" Meeker before, he currently holds the world record bench at 308. Hellavu nice guy, saw him almost hit 900 something in single ply poly shirt at a tested meet...

Not sure if he did this in a single ply shirt but pretty sure he's natural, damn impressive...

that is a kickass site, thanks for the link.

12 weight classes

11 of 12 squat records have been set in the last 5 years.
12 of 12 bench records have been set in the last 3 years.
7 of 12 deadlift records are from the 80s or 90s.

interesting...

in 1990, the squat record was...(I could be off, correct me please if I am) 1030, Dave Passanella. That's now 5 lbs heavier than the 220 record, and it gets crushed by everyone 242 and higher

in 1990, the bench record was 715 by Ken Lain. 715 would now be good for the 198 lb record.

in 1990 the deadlift record was 926 (or 936?) by Garry Heisey. that has obviously been eclipsed, but at least there aren't any 220-lb'ers out there crushing that record like they are in the squat and bench.

serves as a nice reminder for what a badass little Lamar Gant was.

deadlift @ 123lb = 639.3 on 7/10/1982

THAT IS GODDAMN INSANE!

 

[kethnaab]

900?

NATURAL?

you're shitting me.

 

[Chambewy20]

Nope not at all, the craziest thing to me is that it was done in a single ply titan shirt, regardless if the dude was natural or not, although they did test him and we all know there are ways around that but...

http://www.nasa-sports.com/Results/Results USA.htm

Scroll down to bench only and look for Tiny Meeker, he hit 848 but they don't show what he didn't hit.

 

[kethnaab]

"Tiny Meeker"

is there anyone in the history of history more ill-named than that? *laughs*

yeah, a guy with a bench like that definitely SCREAMS "meek" and "tiny"

 

[Chambewy20]

He was more of a rolly polly, as round as tall kinda guy, sorta like Mike Brown, the young bencher phenom, met him too...

But strong as hell no doubt.

 

[letsrun4it]

Mark Henry could do it