1000 lb bench... possible?

[Scotsman]

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.

He missed 850 or so at the arnold. Seemed like he had a great personality, he was dancing around on stage waiting for them to load the bar.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[Chambewy20]

Yeah, when I ran into him I got recruited to help put his final attempt shirt on, ha ha!!!

He was all sweating his ass off, there were three of us and two of the guys already working on him had those cotton work gloves with the rubber on the palm part trying to get some traction on his sweaty ass...

He does have the world record at 308 with a 942.5 lb press, don't know if single or double ply but he sure as hell is strong and seems to be fairly natural...

Just in my humble opinion, I've seen some jacked dudes and she-dudes in my day and he wasn't all jacked and bloated like others...

 

[kethnaab]

aargghhh....geezus man, WTF you have in your avatar??

 

[Chambewy20]

Your right, I should have done the pose standing up but it was taken in the attic and the ceilings are low.

Like my patriotic trunks?

 

[Improvise]

At the 2005 olympia:

All told, this Olympia had more than its share of trauma, drama and controversy. From the opening segment of the night show, when powerlifter Gene Rychalik took the stage to attempt to break his all-time bench press record and press 1,015 pounds, only to end up broken himself under the bar as his try went awry, it was a crazy night.

Link: http://www.flexonline.com.au/5.html

 

[racistbassist]

His name is Gene Rychlak, not Rychalik. The article spelled it wrong

 

[racistbassist]

Here is the video of his attempt at 1015, http://media.putfile.com/BenchPress25

Here's a brief description http://www.ironsport.com/articles/detail.asp?ArtID=950

 

[joepalooka]

I do believe Scott Mendelson benched 1008lbs. http://www.irongame.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja-ozfB9obE&search=Scott Mendelson

I also think there is video of his 1049 and 1031 lb attempts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF1kRLJ_4B8&search=Scott Mendelson

 

[The_Monster]

At the 2005 olympia:



Link: http://www.flexonline.com.au/5.html

Uhhg.
Weider and Muscletech are going to try and turn powerilfting into a WWE style cash cow for themselves.

It was Rychlak for Muscletech versus some bodybuilder type guy for Weider, and they were playing it out as if this guy for weider was one of the strongest powerlifters around.
I was reading it somewhere and it made me sick.

Weider has been jealous for a LONG time about the WPO at the Arnold and the crowd it draws. I heard that he was thinking of throwing his hat in the ring...
Nothing muscletech is connected with is ever good, and muscletech and weider together may be one of the signs of the apocalypse!

 

[rond]

mendelson got 1006, if my memory serves me. look at powerlifting usa 2months ago maybe 3.