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Title: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: Boost on June 13, 2008, 03:12:41 PM
The most i have ever seen is a guy about 5'8 220 Puttin up 495 for 3 reps.

Anyone seen any big numbers?
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: MisterMagoo on June 13, 2008, 03:23:46 PM
5'9, 275, 495 extremely easy single. 455 for a cake double, and 315 for 23. dude's a record holder in the ADAU.
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: wes on June 13, 2008, 03:41:46 PM
Glenn Chabot one night in the gym-650 for a triple,no shirt.
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: Emmortal on June 13, 2008, 03:47:07 PM
I've seen a few of the biggest guys put up 495 for a few reps, but it's rare.
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: MisterMagoo on June 13, 2008, 03:51:59 PM
Glenn Chabot one night in the gym-650 for a triple,no shirt.

there's a name i ain't seen in a while. what's he been up to? the dude had the easiest 675 single i'd ever seen, then he just kinda vanished.

Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: wes on June 13, 2008, 04:33:03 PM
He did 722 at the Arnold Classic one year.........2001 I beleive.

I moved out of Mass. to upstate Ny and haven`t seen Glen in a while.

From what I hear from buddies of mine back home,he`s a lot smaller and not training.

When I first saw him without a shirt,he weighed 315 with abs!!
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: wes on June 13, 2008, 04:34:02 PM
That`s our old gym in Springfield Mass. in the video!
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: buffbong on June 13, 2008, 05:21:36 PM
i saw ken brownfield bench 675 in the wabdl he is a 300 pound guy but walks on metal stilts so he used very little or not any leg power. i also seen a 220 pound guy press a 600 pound bench with a shirt. the man was huge and massive.

i also saw a woman in the 181 pound class press 315.
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: _bruce_ on June 14, 2008, 06:20:05 AM
A 6'4" guy benching 225 - his arms were bigger than his torso  ;D
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: local hero on June 14, 2008, 07:29:26 AM
ive seen 5 plates for 4 good reps,..... in a tiny comunity centre gym, the song 'the drugs dont work' by the verve was on the radio just after he done it, the big fucker shouts out,,,, they fuckn well do !!!!
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: chaos on June 14, 2008, 08:49:10 AM
I spotted a guy at the K with 535 once. A couple other guys in there hit 495 for 2-3 reps. Those are the biggest I've seen in person.

The guy that does the 535 bench I also spotted on a 745 squat, his dead is in the 600's.
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: triple_pickle on June 14, 2008, 04:08:16 PM
i once saw a guy lifting a stone and moving it a good 30 feet, the stone must have been at least 500 pounds :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: Obvious Gimmick on June 14, 2008, 06:33:29 PM
i saw a dude hit 495 for a double. he was probably 5'10, 290. Bounced it so hard on his chest that i thought i heard a rib pop.
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: SpeedDemon on June 15, 2008, 09:51:10 AM
In my High school PE class a kid benched 465, he was only like 17 or 18

i dont know his other lifts but I was maxing on squat with 365 on the bar and just to fuck with me he said "wait, let me make sure its balanced." and then he turned out five reps with out an ounce of effort. it looked like he was using the 45lbs bar. then he racked it and said, "yeah, thats about right"

He never played any sports but the coaches would follow him around all day trying to get him to play football or wrestle
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: Painlayer69 on June 16, 2008, 08:08:54 AM
Saw a guy at the local golds gym he was about 5'10 maybe 220lbs put up 675 for 5

It was fuckin awesome
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: MisterMagoo on June 16, 2008, 11:57:39 AM
Saw a guy at the local golds gym he was about 5'10 maybe 220lbs put up 675 for 5

It was fuckin awesome

i'm assuming shirted.
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: Overload on June 16, 2008, 02:14:22 PM
I watched Tiny press 900 in a single ply shirt.

I've also seen him press 600 RAW on a few occasions.

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Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: Geo on June 16, 2008, 03:23:51 PM
a couple years ago a  samoan kid used to come into where I work out (pretty sure he played ball @ SDSU) and used to rattle off  5 or 6 piston like reps with 495 with what seemed like little effort....

I'm guessing he was somewhere between 240-260
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: slaveboy1980 on June 16, 2008, 05:24:16 PM
325kg bench
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: Painlayer69 on June 17, 2008, 11:03:28 AM
Yeah mcgoo i forgot to put that in there before i hit reply,

But still man it was freakin awesome to see in person
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: JasonH on June 17, 2008, 12:56:03 PM
I was training in another gym about two weeks ago and watched a guy put up 400lbs on close-grip benches for 10 easy reps - probably the single most impressive thing I've seen in a gym ever. Hard to say how much he weighed (he wasn't fat) but he was about 6'4 which with the long arms made it all the more impressive.
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: thewickedtruth on June 19, 2008, 09:56:19 AM
560 for an easy single by josh bryant not long after having elbow surgery.
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: MisterMagoo on June 19, 2008, 10:27:46 AM
Yeah mcgoo i forgot to put that in there before i hit reply,

But still man it was freakin awesome to see in person

well hell yeah dude, it's 675. i asked just because, well, it's getbig and you never know who's gonna make something up. and let me say, REPS in a shirt is just awful. even a triple with relatively easy weight made me wanna pass out.

also, yesterday i spotted a dude hitting 475 for a pretty damn slow and controlled rep after hitting 315x12 and 405x8 as easy warmups. thumbless grip was a bit dumb, but hey.
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: CalvinH on June 20, 2008, 05:56:07 AM
Where I live I've never seen anyone go as heavy as the rest ot the posters.
tops I've seen is 455lb for 1.
Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: K-1 on June 20, 2008, 08:46:44 AM
only one that has ever stood out was about 5-6 yrs ago while I was with Golds in jax,fl

this decent homie was i'd say about 5'8 200 put up 495 5 or 6 times slow rep complete control no spot. I gave him the head nod after he racked that sh*t.  ;)

Title: Re: Biggest Bench press u have seen with ur own eyes
Post by: Overload on June 20, 2008, 09:42:48 AM
Where I live I've never seen anyone go as heavy as the rest ot the posters.
tops I've seen is 455lb for 1.

All the big lifts i've seen were either at my old power lifting gym or in a competition.

At the local LA fitness and 24 hour gyms you will be lucky to see 405+ benches.

Anytime i go over 405 on bench at my local LA fitness, half the gym watches like it's some unreal amount of weight...lol

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