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Gene Rychlak hit a 1005 lbs bench press.

Who cares? The real record is Rychlak. 1005 is 1005. That's just crazy weight.
 
It's amazing isn't it.

This actually helped me win a bet. I bet $50 that Gene would break 1000 before the ball droped in time square, and now he has. I hope that Kennely isn't far behind him.

Rumor has it that Mendelson has been hitting over a grand in the gym consistantly since August. Perhaps we'll see him come back and bench again just to try and regain his record...
 
I would love to see Mendelson and Rychlak go at it at the Arnold. I thought Clay Brandenburgh would have done it by now. He just seems to miss at the comps, but hits it in the gym.
 
bluepeter said:
Real record is Mendelson's 713. Anyone know what Rychlak can lift without the shirt?
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The real record is 1005.

If benching with a shirt doesnt count, then bodybuilders using AAS doesnt count. Ronnie Coleman isnt Mr. Olympia then, its one of the "all natural" homos.

A shirt is just a tool, it doesnt mean the person doing the work isnt working as hard... try a shirt sometime, its something that you have to learn to use, you dont just slip it on and suddenly get huge lifts...
 
The_Monster said:
The real record is 1005.

If benching with a shirt doesnt count, then bodybuilders using AAS doesnt count. Ronnie Coleman isnt Mr. Olympia then, its one of the "all natural" homos.

A shirt is just a tool, it doesnt mean the person doing the work isnt working as hard... try a shirt sometime, its something that you have to learn to use, you dont just slip it on and suddenly get huge lifts...
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Well said. :redhot:


p.s
Gene hits over 800 raw by the way.
 
i've heard the same thing about mendelson, straight from him, since way earlier this year. he did a seminar and said he's done over 1k. thats just sick anyway you look at it!

either way, props to anyone brave enough to get that sort of weight handed off to them! i don't care if they had pogo sticks superglued to their elbows and a 3 inch range of motion, its still damn heavy!
 
The_Monster said:
The real record is 1005.

If benching with a shirt doesnt count, then bodybuilders using AAS doesnt count. Ronnie Coleman isnt Mr. Olympia then, its one of the "all natural" homos.

A shirt is just a tool, it doesnt mean the person doing the work isnt working as hard... try a shirt sometime, its something that you have to learn to use, you dont just slip it on and suddenly get huge lifts...
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This is an awesome quote. Well said. I've been wanting to say this for a while. K for ya.
 
Phreezer_Machine said:
Rumor has it that Mendelson has been hitting over a grand in the gym consistantly since August. Perhaps we'll see him come back and bench again just to try and regain his record...
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That would be cool. He was pretty sure of his retirement from what I could tell - quite the family man.
 
We talked to Clay today and he said he plans to put on a good showing at the Arnold. He looked fricken HUGE. I know he did a 915 gym lift.

1000lbs is still hard to believe. I would like to see the person that says it's not a lift unless it's raw try to even HOLD 1000lbs in their hands.
 
Actually, I heard it was 2 ply. To insinuate that Gene is the only person in powerlifting who holds a record that is on AS is insane.

1005 lbs is 1005 lbs......just like Mike Miller's 1200lbs squat. Congratulate them, don't try and discredit what they do.
 
curgeo said:
Actually, I heard it was 2 ply. To insinuate that Gene is the only person in powerlifting who holds a record that is on AS is insane.

1005 lbs is 1005 lbs......just like Mike Miller's 1200lbs squat. Congratulate them, don't try and discredit what they do.
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well i kno people who kno him!! it was a 4 ply. and i can say what i want about them cuz i dont use a shirt peopel who use shirts are liers cuz i doubt he can do anything over 700 raw!!!!!!!
 
I respect anyone who would unrack that type of weight, i could give 2 shits if they are wearing a hydraulic press on their chest, 1005 lbs is 1005lbs.... much props to him.

also, hitting anything close to 700 raw is awesome as well.

arguing over shirts is like telling tiger woods he has to tie a rock to the end of a stick and go win the pga tour...give respect where its due. you don't see just anyone go buy a shirt and instantly break records.
 
57....your opinion on shirts is your own. I wish you luck in your raw training.
 
curgeo said:
57....your opinion on shirts is your own. I wish you luck in your raw training.
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thank you very much!!!!! im not saying i will never wear a shirt im just not gonan brag about ehat i do in it thats all!!!
 
nope, he didn't lock it out...........it's ovbious that he's a monster, but if you don't lock it out, you don't count it. Everyone knows that shirts help you get it off your chest, but you have to have triceps to lock it out.
 
Thats how he lifts. If he's shy of the lockout he holds it at the top for a long time and the judges usually think its locked out and give it to him. He was probably just shy of the lockout by a pop of the elbows.

stout, I think you overestimate shirts and underestimate the weight. Who in the world can even hold 1005lbs?. The shirt may bring it off your chest, but he pushed it through midway and to within a hair of lockout. Technically it wasnt a full lift, but I can live with them giving to him. Its not like it robbed dozens of other guys who were trying to break 1000lbs out of a valid lift. It was him against him.
Its good for the sport to see these records broken. Its really not different than give repeated Mr Olympia titles to a guy who is grotesquly distended and looks to be in ill health if you meet him in person.
The fans wants freaks. A good business gives the people what they want.
 
the_monster, I can understand what you are saying about giving him credit for the lift. But at the end of the day - Gene knows he did not get it and the record books do not hold an asterik by the lift stating "just a hair short of lockout".

I have nothing to gain or lose from him lifting (hell I am still chasing 400) - but this is one of the problems with powerlifting and its assorted federations/rivalries. At least with Olympic Lifting the lifts, their execution and judging are pass/fail (except for the Olympic Press - which got dropped thanks in large part to east Europeans).
 
The amount of weight is irrelevant, I have went for a max before and "almost locked it out" but did not go on to say that I benched that amount because I believe that I didn't. If Mekannik went for 405 and even though he wanted it more than anything, he just couldn't quite lock it out, could he get up and say to everyone, "hey averyone, I just benched 400"? That's lame and everyone knows it. No disrespect to Rychlak, but the truth hurts.
 
The_Monster said:
The real record is 1005.

If benching with a shirt doesnt count, then bodybuilders using AAS doesnt count. Ronnie Coleman isnt Mr. Olympia then, its one of the "all natural" homos.

A shirt is just a tool, it doesnt mean the person doing the work isnt working as hard... try a shirt sometime, its something that you have to learn to use, you dont just slip it on and suddenly get huge lifts...
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That came out wrong. Total respect to anyone who can unrack even half that weight. Not saying the lift shouldn't count. I was just trying to say that there is obviously a difference between a raw and a shirted bench. That doesn't mean you put on a shirt and get huge lifts, just that an experienced lifter will push a significantly larger amount of weight with the shirt on.
 
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