700-pound bench press DROP (pic)

[BodybuildingUniverse]

this is old and many of you have probably seen this but I was going thru some old pics and thought I'd post it. resulted in ONLY a cracked rib!

 

[gettinlarger]

Could you post it up for non-plats?

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

see if this works:

 

[Deepsquat]

was he gripping , thumbless? or did his wrists just slip?

 

[jesus 2]

why is he using a false grip?

 

[Zyglamail]

Thats exactly why you dont put thumbs on same side as fingers, I dont care what the guy can bench but thats dangerous and it proves it.

 

[WarriorPL]

I doubt he can bench 700 without that grip. When you use that grib, you are using your triceps even more. I use to have that habbit, but i changed my grip because i was scared it'd slip.

 

[Fatty4You]

Big deal, once i dropped 315 on my head during shoulder press.... Just kidding. That looks wicked painful! I can't imagine how that didn't go right through like 6 or 7 rips ..... and a few spinal disks

-Fatty

 

[jesus 2]

actually, i have to do close grip bench with a false grip, otherwise too much strain is placed on my wrists.

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

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I'm looking REAL close at his grip and I think he has his thumb wrapped around. with 700 pounds it really doesnt matter either way once you "lose it" or get out of your groove. You can see that the spotters didnt have any time to react. a scary moment!

 

[JDarty6173]

Dear God..I can't fathom dropping that kind of weight on me.. Just think if that had landed on his throat... wow

 

[michaelcoutts]

how can your rib cage sustain the force of 700pounds+pressure of the velocity weight?

I just dont see how that bar didnt go right through him..... literally

 

[Zyglamail]

Re: thumb.jpg

I'm looking REAL close at his grip and I think he has his thumb wrapped around. with 700 pounds it really doesnt matter either way once you "lose it" or get out of your groove. You can see that the spotters didnt have any time to react. a scary moment!

It does like like a good grip there but I dunno about you guys but my thimbs dont move that way...hehe, maybe his didnt until now either

 

[benchmonster]

Had a guy drop 440 on his chest in a meet I attended last year. Was not a good thing, but amazingly he did not get hurt either.

I guess if you have the chest to bench a certain weight, then you probably have the chest to drop that weight on you without killing yourself.

I imagine tho, that had the 700 dropped on the throat rather than chest, Mr. Frank would have lost his head. Of course his neck is bigger around than my thighs, so maybe he wouldn't have. But if I dropped 7 bills on myself, it would hit the bench, with very little reduction in rate of fall upon contacting my body.

B.

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

"how can your rib cage sustain the force of 700pounds+pressure of the velocity weight? "

garry is a VERY big boy, 6'3" or so and nearly 400 if I am not mistaken. In person he is a beast, with VERY big bones - a lesser man would probably be dead. a true testament to his size

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

"how can your rib cage sustain the force of 700pounds+pressure of the velocity weight? "

garry is a VERY big boy, 6'3" or so and nearly 400 if I am not mistaken. In person he is a beast, with VERY big bones - a lesser man would probably be dead. a true testament to his size

 

[jerkbox]

ouch...