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Title: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: JOHN MATRIX on February 24, 2008, 10:57:15 AM
found this gem on another forum, where apparently it is being believed.

"Heres the confirmed bench press
A.I. - 167 / max 215
Steve Nash - 152/ max 207
Tony Parker - 146 / 202
Kobe - 262 / max 312
Dirk - 212 / max 281

Here's one you might not expect:
Earl Boykins - 315 max
Kevin Durant - only 185
Shaq - 400 max
Wilt - 475 / max 525!!

Source(s):
stack magazine
an interview with wilt chamberlain"

Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: JohnnyVegas on February 24, 2008, 11:05:18 AM
Shaq hitting 400 might be a little bit of a stretch...  ::)
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Post by: Julio Ceasar on February 24, 2008, 11:06:34 AM
I think I'll take a shit...brb
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Post by: Thealmightyronald on February 24, 2008, 11:08:20 AM
Right. Ok, then I max 675.

I'd love to see those guys in the gym try to do that.
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: Hedgehog on February 24, 2008, 11:11:11 AM
found this gem on another forum, where apparently it is being believed.

"Heres the confirmed bench press
A.I. - 167 / max 215
Steve Nash - 152/ max 207
Tony Parker - 146 / 202
Kobe - 262 / max 312
Dirk - 212 / max 281

Here's one you might not expect:
Earl Boykins - 315 max
Kevin Durant - only 185
Shaq - 400 max
Wilt - 475 / max 525!!

Source(s):
stack magazine
an interview with wilt chamberlain"



Wilt the stilt... full of shit.

Taco O'Neal (thanks Beach! 8))... questionable.

Just to benchmark those numbers:
In the Swedish Basketball League, one of the best benchpressers is a 5' 10'' backup guard who has a 300 lbs benchpress and some 30 dips and 20 chins if I remember correctly.
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: Camel Jockey on February 24, 2008, 11:19:20 AM
What about Ben Wallace?
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Post by: Wiggs on February 24, 2008, 11:22:28 AM
You weasles act like 400 lbs is alot of weight especially for someone who is 7'1 and 330+.
Jealousy is a bitch.
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: Thealmightyronald on February 24, 2008, 11:30:44 AM
You weasles act like 400 lbs is alot of weight especially for someone who is 7'1 and 330+.
Jealousy is a bitch.

Shaq's is believable, but c'mon... Kobe can't touch anywhere near 3 plates. He's scrawny as shit.
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: JohnnyVegas on February 24, 2008, 11:46:13 AM
You weasles act like 400 lbs is alot of weight especially for someone who is 7'1 and 330+.
Jealousy is a bitch.

Yep, and with that 7'1 height comes an arm span of 50 inches......get serious, no one with arms as long as hummer could bench 400#. Arnold's max bench was 540, so you're saying Wilt has hit what Anrold has, and Shaq can hit 400??????- the BS meter is runnning on overtime.
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: cht868 on February 24, 2008, 12:14:48 PM
kevin durant 185, bet i could get him to 190 in 6 months no problem
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Post by: The Squadfather on February 24, 2008, 12:16:35 PM
Yep, and with that 7'1 height comes an arm span of 50 inches......get serious, no one with arms as long as hummer could bench 400#. Arnold's max bench was 540, so you're saying Wilt has hit what Anrold has, and Shaq can hit 400??????- the BS meter is runnning on overtime.
Arnold couldn't bench 540 with 4 spotters and bullshit on the Shaq and especially the Wilt Chamberlain claims.
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Post by: Fury on February 24, 2008, 12:30:46 PM
I like to think the Stilt was full of shit on most of his outrageous claims.
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Post by: Nap on February 24, 2008, 01:21:26 PM
I don't believe Dirks and Chamberlains BP numbers. Dirk moves very well for a guy his height, but he's never been a great athlete. Chamberlain was a great athlete for his days, but 525 is a little too much. Having long arms like Wilt and Dirk makes it hard having a good bench, too. Just look at Durant...

I believe Kobes, Shaqs and Earl Boykins numbers. Kobe is a great jump & run athelete, so he might be strong, too. Shaq, in his early days, was faster and stronger than most Centers.

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Post by: Cap on February 24, 2008, 01:24:02 PM
You weasles act like 400 lbs is alot of weight especially for someone who is 7'1 and 330+.
Jealousy is a bitch.
Aside from pushing off the fat white bitches you bang, when else have you pressed 400+?
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Post by: 240 is Back on February 24, 2008, 01:25:37 PM
Wilt - liar.

I believe Kobe.  He gets fouled 50 times a night and always jumps right up.  And he can still sink a jumper from 25 feet without making it look efforted.  He's made of tendon.
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Post by: Man of Steel on February 24, 2008, 02:58:29 PM
AHHAHAHAAHHAAH!!!  Shaq....oh brother.   Of course, cause tall equals strong.
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Post by: tleilaxutank on February 24, 2008, 03:03:43 PM
I bet earl boykins (5'5") can outbench kobe...he's a strong little dude


long arms = shitty bench
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Post by: JohnnyVegas on February 24, 2008, 03:20:49 PM
I like to think the Stilt was full of shit on most of his outrageous claims.

You mean that claim of Wilt slamming 10,000 women might be exagerated??

I am schocked, SHOCKED I tell you!
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Post by: Epic_Monster on February 24, 2008, 03:23:32 PM
Remember these are maxed brutal form+assisted
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: The Squadfather on February 24, 2008, 03:47:57 PM
You mean that claim of Wilt slamming 10,000 women might be exagerated??

I am schocked, SHOCKED I tell you!
it was actually 20,000 women that he claimed to have had sex with. ::)
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: nycbull on February 24, 2008, 03:49:26 PM
it was actually 20,000 women that he claimed to have had sex with. ::)

same with Gene Simmons and he got a TV show out of it.
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Post by: The Squadfather on February 24, 2008, 03:51:29 PM
same with Gene Simmons and he got a TV show out of it.
i wonder how many women per day that would equal out to, you'd need a lot of Cialis for that. :D
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: sgt. d on February 24, 2008, 03:54:24 PM
You weasles act like 400 lbs is alot of weight especially for someone who is 7'1 and 330+.
Jealousy is a bitch.

Hi Shaq
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Post by: The.Giant on February 24, 2008, 04:35:52 PM
Kobe went on a crazy weight training routine a couple years ago, I could see him benching 3 plates.
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Post by: Army of One on February 24, 2008, 04:44:30 PM
i wonder how many women per day that would equal out to, you'd need a lot of Cialis for that. :D

Its a about a woman a day if he lost his virginity at 14 til when he died at 63.
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: The Squadfather on February 24, 2008, 04:55:07 PM
Its a about a woman a day if he lost his virginity at 14 til when he died at 63.
he claimed on Howard Stern that he was fuccking teenage girls at age 8. ::)
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: JohnnyVegas on February 24, 2008, 05:14:54 PM
he claimed on Howard Stern that he was fuccking teenage girls at age 8. ::)

Bawaaawwaaaahahahaha.... . That brought a tear to my eye!
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Post by: HTexan on February 24, 2008, 08:11:40 PM
you just take a pros bench and * by .75 , common knowledge.  It doesn't work for loud asshole like shaq tho.... :P
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Post by: gordiano on February 24, 2008, 09:39:57 PM
Flex did an interview with Wilt?  ::)
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Post by: Armstrong on February 25, 2008, 04:55:27 AM
there is no way that Wilt was puting up 475. 
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: Hedgehog on February 25, 2008, 05:15:19 AM
You weasles act like 400 lbs is alot of weight especially for someone who is 7'1 and 330+.
Jealousy is a bitch.


It's not a lot for someone 330+.

But someone with ape long arms like Shaq?

Fcuk yeah.

Are you retarded or something?
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: Red Hook on February 25, 2008, 05:21:34 AM

It's not a lot for someone 330+.

But someone with ape long arms like Shaq?

Fcuk yeah.

Are you retarded or something?

hedge, this claims should be taken with a grain of salt.

given what passes for a bench press these days I have no doubts that shaq can do press 405 for a single or  two.
you have to factor in what range of motion, spotter, smith machine...
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Post by: HUGEPECS on February 25, 2008, 05:36:04 AM
hedge, this claims should be taken with a grain of salt.

given what passes for a bench press these days I have no doubts that shaq can do press 405 for a single or  two.
you have to factor in what range of motion, spotter, smith machine...


if there is one thing  most athletes lie about is their benchpress, c'mon, Shaq is full of shits . back in the 90's David robinson claimed he bench 315lbs for 8 and it's believable for a big man like him, Karl malone claimed a 375lbs for a couple reps, and Dennis rodman claimed a near 405lbs. all these guys had a pretty good physique to show for.
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Post by: fathead on February 25, 2008, 06:21:15 AM
Shaq hitting 400 might be a little bit of a stretch...  ::)


he fucken weighs like 330     
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: The Squadfather on February 25, 2008, 07:30:27 AM

if there is one thing  most athletes lie about is their benchpress, c'mon, Shaq is full of shits . back in the 90's David robinson claimed he bench 315lbs for 8 and it's believable for a big man like him, Karl malone claimed a 375lbs for a couple reps, and Dennis rodman claimed a near 405lbs. all these guys had a pretty good physique to show for.
bullshit on all of those, no fuccking way on earth that Rodman benched 405 and absolute bullshit on the other two claims.
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Post by: KillerMonk on February 25, 2008, 07:41:20 AM
Arnold had long arms and found it hard to Bench heavy so i doubt these guys could lift heavy.
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Post by: HUGEPECS on February 25, 2008, 09:40:56 AM
bullshit on all of those, no fuccking way on earth that Rodman benched 405 and absolute bullshit on the other two claims.



well, some of them are believeable, Karl malone was a beast, at 6'10 275lbs, and he was very muscular too. I believe his claims, the others might be questionable
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Post by: MoralMan on February 25, 2008, 10:19:46 AM
Jordan once claimed 300 for 10 in Total Sport magazine
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Post by: The Jayhawker on February 25, 2008, 10:26:02 AM


well, some of them are believeable, Karl malone was a beast, at 6'10 275lbs, and he was very muscular too. I believe his claims, the others might be questionable

(http://static.flickr.com/92/253476741_890cb66ecc.jpg)

MALONE!!!!
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Post by: kcballer on February 25, 2008, 11:01:08 AM
shaq's is legit.  D-Howard has a max of 375lbs and yao ming has a max of 350lbs.  Shaq is bigger than Ming and has been around longer than howard.  Ming is by far the most unbelieveable i know, but it's been confirmed by players and trainers.  Him and D-Howard have a 'competition' seeing that both are the heir apparant to next best centre, neither one wants to be out lifted or out worked by the other.

I think all are legit, except wilts.  I don't think the weight training in hsi time was serious enough for them to even care about doing bench press often enough, to build major strength.  Make no mistake though wilt was an athlete of out of this world proportions.  It's confirmed by Lew Alcindor (kareem) that he could jump and touch the very top of the back board in his early playing days.   
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Post by: natural al on February 25, 2008, 11:05:59 AM
What about Ben Wallace?
I worked with an old man who wanted to fight me when I laughed at him when he told me Ben curls 315 for sets of 10 after every game and practice....lol, I said "do you actually know how much 315 is"? and he said yes that's why it's so cool and I laughed even harder.
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Post by: kcballer on February 25, 2008, 11:07:52 AM
I worked with an old man who wanted to fight me when I laughed at him when he told me Ben curls 315 for sets of 10 after every game and practice....lol, I said "do you actually know how much 315 is"? and he said yes that's why it's so cool and I laughed even harder.

see it's people like that guy that skew things, what a tool.  there is no way ben wallace curls 315, it's more likely he curls 135 or so. 
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Post by: Nails on February 25, 2008, 11:31:49 AM
I remember hearing several times while watchin spurs on TV that this Beast avery johnson benched 500 lbs  ::)

(http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/1615709.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939057D9939C83F106E433B9CDDA26C0715A5397277B4DC33E)
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: The Squadfather on February 25, 2008, 12:29:01 PM
I worked with an old man who wanted to fight me when I laughed at him when he told me Ben curls 315 for sets of 10 after every game and practice....lol, I said "do you actually know how much 315 is"? and he said yes that's why it's so cool and I laughed even harder.
hahahahahahahahaaaa.
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: The Squadfather on February 25, 2008, 12:30:16 PM


well, some of them are believeable, Karl malone was a beast, at 6'10 275lbs, and he was very muscular too. I believe his claims, the others might be questionable
bullshit.
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: The Squadfather on February 25, 2008, 12:30:56 PM
Jordan once claimed 300 for 10 in Total Sport magazine
bullshit.
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Post by: The Squadfather on February 25, 2008, 12:31:34 PM
shaq's is legit.  D-Howard has a max of 375lbs and yao ming has a max of 350lbs.  Shaq is bigger than Ming and has been around longer than howard.  Ming is by far the most unbelieveable i know, but it's been confirmed by players and trainers.  Him and D-Howard have a 'competition' seeing that both are the heir apparant to next best centre, neither one wants to be out lifted or out worked by the other.

I think all are legit, except wilts.  I don't think the weight training in hsi time was serious enough for them to even care about doing bench press often enough, to build major strength.  Make no mistake though wilt was an athlete of out of this world proportions.  It's confirmed by Lew Alcindor (kareem) that he could jump and touch the very top of the back board in his early playing days.   
bullshit.
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Post by: The Squadfather on February 25, 2008, 12:33:14 PM
I remember hearing several times while watchin spurs on TV that this Beast avery johnson benched 500 lbs  ::)

(http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/1615709.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939057D9939C83F106E433B9CDDA26C0715A5397277B4DC33E)
biggest bullshit of all.
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Post by: nycbull on February 25, 2008, 12:33:54 PM
Its a about a woman a day if he lost his virginity at 14 til when he died at 63.

im sure he had a lot of group action and multiple partners per day...what does the guy do all day if he's not playin basketball, rich and on gear.
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Post by: Bast000 on February 25, 2008, 12:35:03 PM
(http://www.checkoutmycards.com/CardImages/Cards/004/984/03F.jpg)
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Post by: The Squadfather on February 25, 2008, 12:36:34 PM
(http://www.checkoutmycards.com/CardImages/Cards/004/984/03F.jpg)
epic Fresh Prince fade and 15 inch arms.
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Post by: kcballer on February 25, 2008, 12:58:18 PM
shaq's is legit.  D-Howard has a max of 375lbs and yao ming has a max of 350lbs.  Shaq is bigger than Ming and has been around longer than howard.  Ming is by far the most unbelieveable i know, but it's been confirmed by players and trainers.  Him and D-Howard have a 'competition' seeing that both are the heir apparant to next best centre, neither one wants to be out lifted or out worked by the other.

I think all are legit, except wilts.  I don't think the weight training in hsi time was serious enough for them to even care about doing bench press often enough, to build major strength.  Make no mistake though wilt was an athlete of out of this world proportions.  It's confirmed by Lew Alcindor (kareem) that he could jump and touch the very top of the back board in his early playing days.   

correction it's 310lbs for Ming and 345lbs for Howard. 
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Post by: fathead on February 25, 2008, 03:41:14 PM
epic Fresh Prince fade and 15 inch arms.


where's d j jazzy jeff ?
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: TooPowerful4u on February 25, 2008, 03:55:03 PM

Ok this is excluding Wlits claim...hes a compulsive bullsh*tter.......

A professional athlete trainer once made a good point to me.  I said all these claims of Tiger woods benching 300lbs etc..is total bs. He said........

"Tiger is one of the hardest training athletes you will ever meet, i know his trainer also.  If you were being paided 7 figures a year to perform and the better you perform, the more money you make....what would YOU do?  These guys have superior genetics in the first place, which is why they are the best....and they also have superior trainers, drugs, their food prepared for them day in and out, are pampered, and can rest all day because they dont have to work like us." 

Then he said "if you had all of those options...would you be alot better than you are now?"  My answer was obviously....he11 yes!
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Post by: JOCKTHEGLIDE on February 26, 2008, 01:24:33 AM
Ok this is excluding Wlits claim...hes a compulsive bullsh*tter.......

drugs,

I guess its believable when you think about it let it be bowflex or free weights and yeah ALL DRUGS!
Title: Re: NBA bench press claims!!!!!
Post by: JOHN MATRIX on February 26, 2008, 01:39:25 AM
karl malone was probably pretty strong.
Rodney rodgers? anyone remember him? he was a huge guy.

mugsy bogues as well. only 5-3, but jacked, and short arms and explosive black power  =big bench press.