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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #100 on: July 19, 2011, 11:15:38 AM »
Lou at the Strong man competition, he Musters up 310lbs for 1 fast rep of standing press


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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #101 on: July 19, 2011, 12:56:58 PM »
ifbb secretary roberts told me he was the strongest bodybuilder in the first outing of the strongman contest in 1977. meaning that he was stonger than franco.
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #102 on: July 19, 2011, 01:07:10 PM »
Shit yeah he could do that.  I benched 410 at 22 years old on not even a fraction of the shit these dudes were taking.  I was 243 @ 6'3 and didn't look half as muscular as that dude.  He would be a pussy if he couldn't.
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #103 on: July 19, 2011, 01:17:05 PM »
cant see why not with his size and the amount of food and whatever drugs they took he should be doing that
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #104 on: July 19, 2011, 01:24:24 PM »
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #105 on: July 19, 2011, 02:10:09 PM »
Quote from: JasonH on July 03, 2007, 02:08:44 PM
Lou's got a good chest on him and reasonably short arms for his frame so a good lift on the bench is possible for him.

560 sounds a bit excessive to me but at a push I don't see any reason why he couldn't put up 480-500 for a single.

Haha, it's weird reading what you wrote over four years ago. I still agree with myself though.  :)
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #106 on: July 19, 2011, 02:14:57 PM »
Quote from: pobrecito on July 03, 2007, 05:57:26 PM
Based on what he did on Pumping Iron, I would say NO. Yates and Coleman are probably among the very few BB that could actually BP over 500.
Yates never benched 500. He really didnt bench after his first year or two training. Very good on Inclines though- got a few reps with 425 at one point.  Lou was heavier than Yates with a bigger chest and arms so I believe the 500 bench. Dorian would kill Lou on back or legs though.
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #107 on: July 19, 2011, 02:43:59 PM »
Don't believe #560 for Lou, atleast not a clean bench. I do think he could get into the low #500's, but not that high. I'm basing that on what other dedicated Powerlifters, Strongmen, OL'ers, and Track and Field guys were doing at the time. #560 was and is,  a huge number. You'll see it today even with raw lifters, etc...... once they break into the low #400's, it's a big fight for every pound after that point.

I'm also grading it by the old standards, which would be feet on floor, head on bench, minimal arch, with decent press commands. Not the any-how style that most gym lifts get graded on.
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #108 on: July 19, 2011, 02:47:56 PM »
Quote from: pobrecito on July 03, 2007, 05:57:26 PM
Based on what he did on Pumping Iron, I would say NO. Yates and Coleman are probably among the very few BB that could actually BP over 500.

Kevin Levronie could bench over 500 easy
Franco Columbo also beched 500
and Frank Mcgrath also benched little over 500lb for a couple reps

thats just a few
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #109 on: July 19, 2011, 02:52:51 PM »
Quote from: BB on July 19, 2011, 02:43:59 PM
Don't believe #560 for Lou, atleast not a clean bench. I do think he could get into the low #500's, but not that high. I'm basing that on what other dedicated Powerlifters, Strongmen, OL'ers, and Track and Field guys were doing at the time. #560 was and is,  a huge number. You'll see it today even with raw lifters, etc...... once they break into the low #400's, it's a big fight for every pound after that point.

This.

Listen, folks, there's no way he pressed 560. That is a HUGE weight to press. Many of you fail to understand that, just because so and so pushes 400-plus-change, doesn't mean there's not a WORLD OF difference between 425 and 560! It isn't some smooth and linear climb in poundage as some suggest. Heavier weight requires greater and greater amounts of force and size.

Few elite powerlifters press between 500 and 600, raw. Heck, Coan never hit 600, and he is, despite having the personality of a clam, one of the very greatest.

Get a clue, folks.  
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #110 on: July 19, 2011, 06:27:11 PM »
Quote from: Fortress on July 19, 2011, 02:52:51 PM
This.

Listen, folks, there's no way he pressed 560. That is a HUGE weigh to press. Many of you fail to understand that, just because so and so pushes 400-plus-change, doesn't mean there's not a WORLD OF difference between 425 and 560! It isn't some smooth and linear climb in poundage as some suggest. Heavier weight requires greater and greater amounts of force and size.

Few elite powerlifters press between 500 and 600, raw. Heck, Coan never hit 600, and he is, despite having the personality of a clam, one of the very greatest.

Get a clue, folks.  

A 500lb bench press is huge. Thats the ultimate benchmark in all strength sports, so for a guy as monstrous as Lou thats not really far fetched. 60lbs heavier than that is though, theres a big difference. Not buying the 560 claim either bro.
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #111 on: July 19, 2011, 11:40:16 PM »
Quote from: BILL ANVIL on July 19, 2011, 06:27:11 PM
A 500lb bench press is huge. Thats the ultimate benchmark in all strength sports, so for a guy as monstrous as Lou thats not really far fetched. 60lbs heavier than that is though, theres a big difference. Not buying the 560 claim either bro.

You're a man who knows, clearly. Yes, it is a massive divide between a 500 press and a 560 press. The ever-increasing horsepower to push smaller and smaller increments of weight is major.
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #112 on: July 20, 2011, 03:46:23 AM »
Quote from: ToxicAvenger on July 03, 2007, 08:28:32 AM
low louie maybe got 405 back in the day for a double..THATS IT...



and i'm talking without a bench shirt..i dont consider bench shirt benches as legit..my weak ass put up 285 for a single  wearing a double ply..and i could barely get 225 up without one..


If you only got 60lb out of a double ply shirt you're doing something wrong  :)
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #113 on: July 20, 2011, 09:40:51 AM »
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #115 on: July 20, 2011, 09:50:57 AM »
chuck owns everyone, here he makes lou a twink

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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #116 on: July 20, 2011, 09:55:25 AM »
chest looks thick enough for 500+ to me














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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #117 on: July 20, 2011, 10:06:28 AM »
Quote from: Nails on July 20, 2011, 09:55:25 AM
chest looks thick enough for 500+ to me

What does chest thickness have to do with ultimate bench-press prowess, especially when we're talking about poundages in excess of 450 pounds? Most huge pressers are mostly triceps/shoulder effort. Anyone who knows anything about bench pressing for huge numbers knows it's best to minimize pectoral work so as to both prevent tears and to fully engage the triceps/shoulder/back effect.
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #118 on: July 20, 2011, 10:34:57 AM »
Quote from: Fortress on July 20, 2011, 10:06:28 AM
What does chest thickness have to do with ultimate bench-press prowess, especially when we're talking about poundages in excess of 450 pounds? Most huge pressers are mostly triceps/shoulder effort. Anyone who knows anything about bench pressing for huge numbers knows it's best to minimize pectoral work so as to both prevent tears and to fully engage the triceps/shoulder/back effect.

If your talking shirted benching, then yes the chest is not nearly as important as triceps/shoulders.  However for the raw bencher, chest is quite important. 
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #119 on: July 20, 2011, 10:38:14 AM »
Sure, but some of the greatest and largest chests have been built with much less than 500 pounds. Lee Haney had a thoroughly thick chest and he struggled to do several reps with 405.

Many of you simply have no understanding of how heavy a 500-pound press truly is. Having done a halfways OK rep with 365 or even 405 doesn't allow one to usually fully grasp the feat of pushing five or 600 pounds.  
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #120 on: July 20, 2011, 10:59:23 AM »
500 is nothing nowadays, hundreds can do it, including myself  8), but in Lue's day only a handful could.....its possible for him to have done 560 considering he was 330 at onepoint and in the strongestman comp.....but maybe not, 500 for sure though
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #121 on: July 20, 2011, 11:28:19 AM »
Quote from: Onetimehard on July 20, 2011, 10:59:23 AM
500 is nothing nowadays, hundreds can do it, including myself  8), but in Lue's day only a handful could.....its possible for him to have done 560 considering he was 330 at onepoint and in the strongestman comp.....but maybe not, 500 for sure though

a) Did you press 500 drug-free?

b) Did you press 500 raw?

c) Lou was 330 in the early '90s (much less in his classic era) ... and I can guarantee you he never pressed anything over 400 (if he barbell benched at all) during his comeback training. I trained with him and Platz around this time when I was an editor at MuscleMag and visted Venice World Gym/Gold's. Huge, but not a heavy trainer.

d) The WSM contests at the time in which Lou participated were not anything CLOSE to what they have become. When Ferrigno competed, he was up against friggin' pro ball players, etc.

 
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #122 on: July 20, 2011, 11:29:31 AM »
Ferrigno never had a prime..
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #123 on: July 20, 2011, 11:54:45 AM »
Quote from: Fortress on July 20, 2011, 11:28:19 AM
a) Did you press 500 drug-free?

b) Did you press 500 raw?

c) Lou was 330 in the early '90s (much less in his classic era) ... and I can guarantee you he never pressed anything over 400 (if he barbell benched at all) during his comeback training. I trained with him and Platz around this time when I was an editor at MuscleMag and visted Venice World Gym/Gold's. Huge, but not a heavy trainer.

d) The WSM contests at the time in which Lou participated were not anything CLOSE to what they have become. When Ferrigno competed, he was up against friggin' pro ball players, etc.

 
q-a..........no, juiced to the gills
q-b.......no bench shirt, elbow, wrist wraps
q-c.........maybe he didn't, but I believe we are talking if he was strong enough to do so
q-d.......didn't know that
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Re: did lou ferrigno bench 560lbs in his prime?
« Reply #124 on: July 20, 2011, 11:57:11 AM »
Quote from: Onetimehard on July 20, 2011, 10:59:23 AM
500 is nothing nowadays, hundreds can do it, including myself  8), but in Lue's day only a handful could.....its possible for him to have done 560 considering he was 330 at onepoint and in the strongestman comp.....but maybe not, 500 for sure though

I will never bench 500lbs in my life bro  :o
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