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Parabellum
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WOW, I wish I was there to see that.
NEW all-time Bench Press world record - 885!!
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slobberknocker
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How much does he weigh?
I'D RATHER BE DEADLIFTING
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Tiervexx said:
I wouldn't say that. You can get a lot out of a double poly! My friend just hit his first 600 and has only raw benched ~400.
breathinbleedout
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So the whole concet of Shirts is a big phazzaz. If a person can't lift the weight naturally then he didn't acutally lift the weight, but rather was aided, in this case with the shirt. Its like saying I can bench 500 lb on a smith machine but does that really mean anything?
breathinbleedout
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They are in a totally different world because their ego is preventing them from looking at reality. When I see someone doing 600 bench raw, thats to be respected...anything else is just a big sham.
10 Commandments To Big Muscle
by Ron Harris
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Supportive Gear
While powerlifting is bodybuilding's neighbor, powerlifting has lost enormous respect from its older fans and past participants over the past two decades. Products like bench press blast shirts, squatting suits, super-wraps, 6" belts and even deadlift shirts, have made it impossible to know how much weight is actually being lifted by the athlete's own muscle.
The use of supportive gear has spilled over into mainstream gyms to the point where you have guys wrapping their knees as they check in. Or, using straps to get a Gatorade out of the machine. Sometimes, there can be an entire gym population that won't remove their lifting belts to take a dump.
What's wrong with all this? The most obvious downfall is that a whole generation of weight trainers has incredibly weak lower back intrinsic stabilizers because they use a belt for every movement. Some lifters seem to have grip strength like their arthritic grandmother because they use straps for everything from curls to putting on their Otomix shoes and Hotskins.
10 Commandments To Big Muscle
by Ron Harris
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Supportive Gear
While powerlifting is bodybuilding's neighbor, powerlifting has lost enormous respect from its older fans and past participants over the past two decades. Products like bench press blast shirts, squatting suits, super-wraps, 6" belts and even deadlift shirts, have made it impossible to know how much weight is actually being lifted by the athlete's own muscle.
The use of supportive gear has spilled over into mainstream gyms to the point where you have guys wrapping their knees as they check in. Or, using straps to get a Gatorade out of the machine. Sometimes, there can be an entire gym population that won't remove their lifting belts to take a dump.
What's wrong with all this? The most obvious downfall is that a whole generation of weight trainers has incredibly weak lower back intrinsic stabilizers because they use a belt for every movement. Some lifters seem to have grip strength like their arthritic grandmother because they use straps for everything from curls to putting on their Otomix shoes and Hotskins.
