Bill Craword does 760

[speedDemon]

a guy named bill crawford has benched 760 and almost locked out 780.not sure what the record is but that is alot of weight.....

 

[k1401]

was it at a meet or gym?

 

[speedDemon]

it was done at the IPA new york state meet.

 

[CytoMel]

Bill is the all time bench press record holder in the 275's

 

[lexi]

Bill Crawford also wears a double canvas shirt.............like to see what he can actually do in denim.

 

[The mann]

closing in on 800.............

 

[powerlifterjay]

He benches actually in double denim shirt. He said its denim in its purest form. No color. It is from frantz. And he benches 600 raw. And yes he gets 160lbs from his shirt. Become a master of the lockout and you will get a good carryover as well. My hats off to Bill Crawford. I have spoke with him and he is very nice and helpful. Good guy. I hope he hits 800 first.

 

[IrishPower]

comments like

'yeah i'd like to see what he can do raw or in xxx type shirt' are not very productive.

as louie simmons says, nobody gives a shit what you can do without a shirt anymore.

that being said, my hats off to anyone who can bench a lot raw, but if they are a 500 lb raw bencher and a 525lb shirt bencher, they are just plain foolish and need to spend some time studying the sport.

the equipment is here to stay folks. learning and mastering it is another aspect to the sport. the good news about this is that unlike performance enhancing drugs, everyone has access to equipment so people should spend even less time whining about this topic than the anabolics.

/irish

 

[lexi]

Easy killer!!!!!!

 

[Mountain Man]

A very good point Mr. Irish, indeed.

 

[Grantsdu]

I can still see why some people don't like the shirts though. I'm not saying I don't like them but I don't know enough about them to make a choice yet.

 

[brianmincher]

I am nowhere near the lifter that Bill Crawford, or PowerlifterJay, or Irishpower is, but I get a lot out of a shirt. Over a hundred pounds for sure. And this is from a double denim open back shirt. No kevlar, or anything illegal. I know guys who get a lot out of a shirt, and I know guys who get hardly anything out of a shirt. And I would point out that my shirts are not even particularly tight. I put on my open back shirts completely by myself. Ask BigOkie and Screwball.

What matters in this sport is what you put up in equipment legal to the organization you are competing in, under meet conditions. I would love to bench 400, 500, 600 raw. But I would much rather bench 500, 600, 700 in a meet. I do not have healthy shoulders, as a result of my sporting life before powerlifting. I am terrible out of the bottom without a shirt. I never go above mid 300's raw because I get severe pain in my right shoulder. But I just smoked a 2 board press wearing a shirt with 475, narrowly missed 500 (because I misgrooved it) and have done as much as 585 for a close grip lockout in a power rack. With less than a year in the sport, I am getting more out of my equipment than some guys I know personally who have been doing this for 20 years.

Equipment is here. I like it. This is the way it is, and for people with injuries, or older lifters whose joints are worn down over the years, lifting with a shirt is much safer, and more enjoyable.

B.