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And "Hitting 1202 lbs". ::)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ch6d-RCraSW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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What a fucking joke.....that`s all I need to say if you know what true/real powerlifting is.
If that lift was official,the organization putting it on should be shut down.
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Wtf? 10 guys grabbing bar, bench shirt, mouth piece. How about No hands on bar No shirt no mouth piece and just lift what you can lift. So fucking stupid.
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Lightweight for B “The Machine” Hanks.
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I saw Doug Young bench 611 in a t-shirt and when I see crap like this it just makes me shake my head.
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I saw Doug Young bench 611 in a t-shirt and when I see crap like this it just makes me shake my head.
My best bench ever was 300 at 150 pounds.....touch and go very strict.
There is no way I could bench 325 but I trained with a 21 year old kid once who trained really hard and though I knew better he thought we should train heavier.....well we got up to 325 with his hands on the bar and "we" did a triple.....if he let go I would have gotten crushed.....this shit is just plain old fucking DUMB!!
After that I told the kid we were training my way or he could train alone.
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My best bench ever was 300 at 150 pounds.....touch and go very strict.
There is no way I could bench 325 but I trained with a 21 year old kid once who trained really hard and though I knew better he thought we should train heavier.....well we got up to 325 with his hands on the bar and "we" did a triple.....if he let go I would have gotten crushed.....this shit is just plain old fucking DUMB!!
After that I told the kid we were training my way or he could train alone.
I haven’t been in a commercial gym in a while but I always chuckled watching someone benching and some spotter would be pulling on the bar with all his might and screaming “All you!”
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I haven’t been in a commercial gym in a while but I always chuckled watching someone benching and some spotter would be pulling on the bar with all his might and screaming “All you!”
The guy benching should be yelling "its all you" while his partner upright rows the weight off of him...
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The guy benching should be yelling "its all you" while his partner upright rows the weight off of him...
yeah or No it’s not!
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yeah or No it’s not!
LOL ;D
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The guy benching should be yelling "its all you" while his partner upright rows the weight off of him...
That`s what it amounts the spotter doing mega-heavy upright rows! :D
"bencher = no pecs
spotter = huge traps
A much better scenario that has been proven effective is heavy negatives but you have to have 2 knowledgable spotters.
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I saw Doug Young bench 611 in a t-shirt and when I see crap like this it just makes me shake my head.
He was a Awesome bench presser & what a great physique!!
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He was a Awesome bench presser & what a great physique!!
He was a freakin` beast !!
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He was a Awesome bench presser & what a great physique!!
He really was I was fortunate enough to get to watch him train on a few occasions. I actually squatted with him once although it was not really my idea it just worked out that way.
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I thought it was "the worlds reddest face" competition
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I could not watch it, especially after reading the excellent comments here. There should be no special shirts, undies (sorry, Mormons! ;D ), suits etc.
No one touches the bar except the lifter. They must lift it off the bench themselves and if anyone touches the bar any time during the lift, it is over and void. Same with squats. Deadlifts should be done in one style only. Traditional. Think Vince Anello.
But mankind, even with drugs, can only go so far, get so strong. Until there comes a man whose genetic makeup is genuinely superior to others and then maybe he will set new records. People will cheat to set records and to be truthful, those "records" ain't shit. Those records are broken, made invalid by cheating with crap that makes up for being a pussy. Fuck That Noise.
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I don't like the assisted lifts. Seems kind of silly.
But it is like a different sport.
In the early 2000's i trained in power lifting and met Tiny Meeker, he was one of the first 1000-pound benchers. Watching them bench with these shirts on gave me anxiety, saw a guys arm snap right in half.
We are not built for this. The crazy shirts, wrist wraps, etc.
But if this is what they enjoy, go for it i guess.
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For my money, this is the most impressive bench ever:
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For my money, this is the most impressive bench ever:
All on his own, correct? That is how it needs to be done. You lift it off the supports yourself and bench press it then put them back yourself. I used to arch my back like a bridge when benching and one of my powerlifter friends told me that was wrong and instructed me to raise my legs off the ground then bend and cross them above me to prevent me from doing that. He was right. It made bench pressing the right way possible for someone used to cheating.
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All on his own, correct? That is how it needs to be done. You lift it off the supports yourself and bench press it then put them back yourself. I used to arch my back like a bridge when benching and one of my powerlifter friends told me that was wrong and instructed me to raise my legs off the ground then bend and cross them above me to prevent me from doing that. He was right. It made bench pressing the right way possible for someone used to cheating.
Yes. No lift off help and no leg drive.
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For my money, this is the most impressive bench ever:
Posting this is like posting that played-out video of Prince playing a solo in “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in best-guitarist threads.
The go-to for folks who don’t know much of anything about the subject.
There are dozens of examples of presses throughout the years EVERY BIT as impressive, and many more so, as that one, as impressive as it no doubt is.
No offence.
And I’ll say it once more: A natural arch through the length of spine, with pinched shoulder blades, is the optimal biomechanical “shape” for both peak performance and shoulder safety. The shoulders BEHIND the chest, thereby channeling the downward force into a point through the centre of the upper torso and not to dual points directly onto the relatively vulnerable shoulder mechanics.
Done properly, shoulder issues through bench pressing will RARELY occur.
Now, as with anything, humans take something good and exaggerate it to the point of ludicrousness. Arches are no different.
A flat back on the bench, with the shoulders lined up with the chest, and the elbows out, is a first-class ticket to shoulder issues/injury.
As far as these presses as like the one with Mendy, it’s obviously ridiculous. However, unlike most gear-only lifters, the man did hold the raw record for almost a decade with 715. Before Spotto, Sarychev and Maddox came along.
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I saw Glen Chabot do a triple with 650 at our old gym back home.....he also benched 722 at the Arnold Classic.
Dude was 315 with abs!!
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I saw Glen Chabot do a triple with 650 at our old gym back home.....he also benched 722 at the Arnold Classic.
Dude was 315 with abs!!
Dude was a dangerous lunatic.
One year I was backstage at the Arnie Strongman with Coan and Gillingham and Glen was trying to dismantle some twig journalist who’d written something that offended Chabot in some way. A battalion of elite strength players were protecting the runt from certain death.
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… he also benched 722 at the Arnold Classic …
Not raw, just to clarify. I was there.
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Dude was a dangerous lunatic.
One year I was backstage at the Arnie Strongman with Coan and Gillingham and Glen was trying to dismantle some twig journalist who’d written something that offended Chabot in some way. A battalion of elite strength players were protecting the runt from certain death.
I was good friends with Chabot but I had an argument with his chick who worked the gym desk.....she said she was gonna` get him to kick my ass.
That same night the gym owner called my house and told me to avoid the gym for 2-3 weeks until Glen calmed down.
I said fuck Glen this is my hometown and I run from no one including him,I was there in the morning training my clients as always.....I figured if he fucked with me I had mucho backup that were not nice guys at all plus I thought he had to lay down sometime to do benches and that would be when he met a 45 pound bar across his face.
Anyway I stepped into the gym for my first client in the early AM and he spotted me from way across the gym,came up to me and shook ,my hand and told me he always had respect for me and his girffriednd was an ass at times and it didn`t warrant losing our 3 year long friendship.
In all honesty I had no fear cuz where I`m from payback is a monster.
He used to supply me with pins.....pretty good guy if he was calm and if he wsasn`t it didn`t faze me a bit.....you think Josh is crazy I could have cared less what he did.
I saw him get his ass handed to him at a strip bar as ne was the bouncer but instead of bouncing,he got bounced around.
I know he could have killed me but it was far from my first rodeo.
Believe it or not but I had no fear at all.....not trying to sound tough but my feelings were fuck him !
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Not raw, just to clarify. I was there.
Still.
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I was good friends with Chabot but I had an argument with his chick who worked the gym desk.....she said she was gonna` get him to kick my ass.
That same night the gym owner called my house and told me to avoid the gym for 2-3 weeks until Glen calmed down.
I said fuck Glen this is my hometown and I run from no one including him,I was there in the morning training my clients as always.....I figured if he fucked with me I had mucho backup that were not nice guys at all plus I thought he had to lay down sometime to do benches and that would be when he met a 45 pound bar across his face.
Anyway I stepped into the gym for my first client in the early AM and he spotted me from way across the gym,came up to me and shook ,my hand and told me he always had respect for me and his girffriednd was an ass at times and it didn`t warrant losing our 3 year long friendship.
In all honesty I had no fear cuz where I`m from payback is a monster.
He used to supply me with pins.....pretty good guy if he was calm and if he wsasn`t it didn`t faze me a bit.....you think Josh is crazy I could have cared less what he did.
I saw him get his ass handed to him at a strip bar as ne was the bouncer but instead of bouncing,he got bounced around.
I know he could have killed me but it was far from my first rodeo.
Believe it or not but I had no fear at all.....not trying to sound tough but my feelings were fuck him !
Good for you, brother.
Run from no man.
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Still.
Oh, he was monstrously strong, no argument.
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We used to have bench press competitions when I was in college. Most impressive lift I ever saw was a dude who was about 5’8 and weighed no more than 180lbs and didn’t look special. He put up 465 and looked like he could’ve got more but it was his last lift. No shirts, no spot and you had to fully touch and go, no bouncing.
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I was good friends with Chabot but I had an argument with his chick who worked the gym desk.....she said she was gonna` get him to kick my ass.
That same night the gym owner called my house and told me to avoid the gym for 2-3 weeks until Glen calmed down.
I said fuck Glen this is my hometown and I run from no one including him,I was there in the morning training my clients as always.....I figured if he fucked with me I had mucho backup that were not nice guys at all plus I thought he had to lay down sometime to do benches and that would be when he met a 45 pound bar across his face.
Anyway I stepped into the gym for my first client in the early AM and he spotted me from way across the gym,came up to me and shook ,my hand and told me he always had respect for me and his girffriednd was an ass at times and it didn`t warrant losing our 3 year long friendship.
In all honesty I had no fear cuz where I`m from payback is a monster.
He used to supply me with pins.....pretty good guy if he was calm and if he wsasn`t it didn`t faze me a bit.....you think Josh is crazy I could have cared less what he did.
I saw him get his ass handed to him at a strip bar as ne was the bouncer but instead of bouncing,he got bounced around.
I know he could have killed me but it was far from my first rodeo.
Believe it or not but I had no fear at all.....not trying to sound tough but my feelings were fuck him !
Maybe he wasn't used to people not being scared of him? Maybe he really respected you and gave no shit about what his woman had to say. "Tough guys" like him in my country usually don't live long.
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Still.
Saw him bench 560 raw... Then he started to get into the multi-ply and of course went up from there.
He did 705 in a multi-ply meet (York Strength Spectacular) in 1999...
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Im not sure I understood the video. Did they actually lift the 1200 pounds???
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Im not sure I understood the video. Did they actually lift the 1200 pounds???
looks like 4-5 guys did. :D
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That's some Jimmy "the iron bullshitter" benching there.
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That's some Jimmy "the iron bullshitter" benching there.
Only Jimmy admits he's a side-show and not a "Powerlifter"...
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Only Jimmy admits he's a side-show and not a "Powerlifter"...
True. A "power bodybuilder."
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He really was I was fortunate enough to get to watch him train on a few occasions. I actually squatted with him once although it was not really my idea it just worked out that way.
I grew up in Lubbock when Doug Young was a 215 lb guard on the football team, he was the strongest guy on the squad with a 360 bench, I used to see him at a local sporting goods store where he worked, I was in awe of the guy. I was told that in high school he threw the shot 60 feet while only weighing 175...He was a freak as was his brother Bob.
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I believe Doug dropped dead in a restaurant, having dinner with Terry Todd.
Sad...
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I thought he had a heart attack while cutting his lawn, don't know...He was from Waco.
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Just found this on Tim's (Wes's) old board.
The following is information shared by Terry Todd about Doug Young:
I’m sorry to report that on Friday night, October 7th, in Abilene, Texas, Doug Young suffered a massive heart attack and died instantly. Jan and I had not seen Doug since the funeral of his older brother, Bob, ten years earlier, but we kept in loose touch. I called him last week to tell him we had to be in Abilene over the weekend, and to ask him to join us for dinner on Friday. He agreed, and he and his former wife, Beverly, also a friend of ours, picked us up at our motel at 6:30. An hour later he was dead.
The restaurant was crowded that night and when Doug suddenly passed out and we lowered him to the floor, several nurses immediately came to his aid. Beverly herself tried mouth to mouth resuscitation, and personnel from the Fire Department were there inside of ten minutes with paddles—followed a few minutes later by the Emergency Medical Services. They also used the paddles, as well as oxygen and all the standard procedures but it was all to no avail. Doug was then taken by ambulance to a local hospital, and was declared dead shortly after arrival. I was seated directly in front of him at the restaurant and his face never registered any pain. One minute he was with us, smiling and talking about the good old days…and then he was gone.
I knew Doug for 40 years, having met him while he was a standout linebacker for Texas Tech. I first wrote about him in 1974, in Muscular Development, chronicling how—after several years of inactivity—he went from a bench press of 305 pounds at a starved-down bodyweight of 178 to a bench of 540 at a bodyweight of 260. In eight months. Astonished by his genetic gifts, I followed his meteoric rise in powerlifting closely, and I saw him win his three consecutive world championships in the 242 pound class in 1975, 1976, and 1977.
Even though Doug’s career was much shorter than that of many other top powerlifters, he became a sort of legend in the sport. For one thing, he had what may have been the most impressive body in the history of powerlifting. He had almost freakishly broad shoulders, a thick chest, a bull-neck, narrow hips, trim joints, sharp muscularity, and a deep tan; and this combination created an indelible impression on everyone who saw him in his prime. He also had a flair for the dramatic on the platform, and a style in the bench press that featured the slowest take-down I’ve ever seen in my almost 50 years in the sport. All of us wondered how it was possible to take what seemed like ten seconds to lower 500 or 600 pounds to the chest and still have the strength to elevate the weight.
His legend grew to some extent because for many years he dropped completely out of the PL scene, retreating to his beloved horses, his family, and his work on the railroad. Naturally reclusive, he was hard to reach and reluctant to discuss his lifting with people he didn’t know. Fairly soon after his retirement from lifting, Doug had a horrific accident on the train when he accidentally touched a pair of live wires in the engine room of the locomotive. For a time he was literally pinned to the metal bulkhead of the engine by the current from the wires. Finally, fire shooting from his fingertips and head, he wrenched himself free, but the accident left him with major, permanent damage to his lower back and hip. From then on he was never pain-free, and he went through some dark years. He was set back even further when his beloved brother and hero, the All-Pro NFL lineman Bob Young, died at the age of only 53. That death was hard on all of us who loved Bob, and Doug’s wife, Beverly, told us that for a full month after Bob died, Doug rode his lawnmower over the grounds of their home all day, every day--just circling and crying--stopping only to refill the gas-tank. When we saw Doug this past Friday night it was hard to watch how difficult it was for him to walk down the one flight of stairs at the motel. But even though he could never escape the pain and debility, he had at last come to what seemed to be another happy time in his life. He lived on a horse ranch in a family compound outside of Abilene. His older son, Payton, a top rodeo hand, lived in one home at the ranch with his wife and three daughters; Doug lived in another home; and Doug’s mother, Laverne, lived in the third house. Doug told me on the way to the steakhouse that he was doing what he’d always wanted to do—train racehorses with his son, and watch his grandchildren learn to ride. But make no mistake, Doug also loved those years when he ruled the sport of powerlifting, and his eyes lit up and even misted over a bit last Friday night as we spoke—all too briefly—about his old pals and the glory days when the sun was always shining and no weight was unliftable.
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Cool article thanks GR
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Yeah, cool stuff. Thanks.
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I would rather die suddenly like that than suffer for weeks, months, or years.
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There is a reason comparing lifts is not an exact science not all forms are created equal
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Seems like bench pressing is now a team sport. On the other hand 1200+lbs are not meant to be moved by human arms.
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For my money, this is the most impressive bench ever:
Awesome Bench pressing strength !!
Does he train Leg's With Bwanky as there the same size.
:D ;D :D
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There is a reason comparing lifts is not an exact science not all forms are created equal
If all powerlifting organizations used the same rules they would be created equal. Each org wants to have the most records so they make it easier and easier to do the lifts.
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when you wear a giant sling-shot, and need to pull the weight down to you, while others have hands on bar... ???
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiYBK-IpX-_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
This guys says he benches 500, I doubt he could do 275 w/out the shirt...
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