REG PARK BENCHING 500LBS

[the shadow]

 

[Buttsuck]

Damn.... thats what i call a true bench press.... They didn't have racks back then hahaha

[bmacsys]

He didn't even arch his back. Dude was a strong mofo.

[Kaliym73]

Good Lift.

[bcimagala]

doubt it's 500.

his spotters got it up and down a little too easily for it to be 5.

[onlyme]

I think those plates are 35's.  Back then the plates were so wide.  And those guys did lift that weight very easy.  And he took it with bent arms.  But who knows

[onlyme]

I just looked again.  Their are only 4 plates on each side.  So at the most it is 405.

[MONSTER_TRICEPS]

Reg Park benched 500. It's a fact.

Reg: All of my top lifts were made in the 1950's as follows: - Behind the Neck
Press - 300 Lbs. For one rep.
- Behind the Neck Press - 260 Lbs. For four reps.
- Behind the Neck Press - 240 Lbs. For eight reps.
- One Arm Dumbbell Press - 165 Lbs. For two reps.
- Front Squat - 405 for a single.
- Lying Triceps Extension - 300 Lbs. For three reps. This was done at Muscle Beach in 1957.
- Standing Dumbbell Press - Two 120 Lb. Dumbbells for five reps.
- Standing Dumbbell Press - Two 140 Lb. Dumbbells for one rep.
- Dumbbell Bench Press - Two 185 Lb. Dumbbells for five reps.
- Squat - 605 for two reps at Buster McShane and Ivan Dunbar's Gym in Belfast.
- Strict Barbell Curl - 200 Lbs. For one rep.
- Incline Dumbbell Press - Two 185 Lb. Dumbbells for five reps.
I also bench pressed 500 Lbs., April 23, 1954, at around 225 bodyweight at a Health and Strength show in Bristol