A 400 pound shirtless bench press by a 165 pound, 15 year old... right

[The Squadfather]

hahahaa, oh brother, a 400 pound shirtless bench press by a 165 pound, 15 year old high school sophomore, i've heard it all now.

Can't remember, but I broke the BP record at my high school when I was a sophmore, the record was held by a senior at that time who weighed 225 and did 375, I broke it at 165 and did 395.

[joelocal]

hahahaa, oh brother, a 400 pound shirtless bench press by a 165 pound, 15 year old high school sophomore, i've heard it all now.

CRICKETS

[SS]

Shit he should be benching 800 by now.

[bigmc]

hahahaa, oh brother, a 400 pound shirtless bench press by a 165 pound, 15 year old high school sophomore, i've heard it all now.

maybe his real name is clark kent

[Man of Steel]

AHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!  Wow!! With those kinda teen stats joelocal must be the second coming of Anthony Clark!!!

[WhiteCastle]

Do schools even have bench press records?  I don't know anyone who has ever talked about a high school's bench press record.

[SS]

Do schools even have bench press records?  I don't know anyone who has ever talked about a high school's bench press record.

Back in the day they did..........not sure about now.

[joelocal]

Do schools even have bench press records?  I don't know anyone who has ever talked about a high school's bench press record.

Our coach kept records. Our football team won CIF for something like 15-20 years and had one of the biggest teams back then.

[Brixtonbulldog]

Back in the day they did..........not sure about now.

They sure do.  Although it's more common in the west, south, and especially the midwest.  Schools in most urban communities don't usually have it.  Schools with a lot of team pride and big sports programs always do.  My buddy still has the hang clean record from his school at 325 at 195lbs from his junior year.

[joelocal]

Back in the day they did..........not sure about now.

Even more so now, especially with as much as schools and parents are pushing kids more and more. I have alot of high school kids I train and the parents are so fanatical it really pisses me off. It's not uncommon for a 16, 17 or 18 year old to bench 275 or more.

[WhiteCastle]

Looks like I'm wrong, apparently records are kept.

http://www.usapowerlifting.com/records/national/men-highschool.htm

Here are the current (as of 2007)reigning records at that weight:
75 kgs (165.25 lbs)
Squat J Kelly  529.00  1989 
Bench Press T Smith  319.00  1991 
Deadlift C Crockett  505.00  1990 
Total J Kelly  1,278.00  1989

Wow, you annihilated the record of 319 lbs!

[240 is Back]

Even more so now, especially with as much as schools and parents are pushing kids more and more. I have alot of high school kids I train and the parents are so fanatical it really pisses me off. It's not uncommon for a 16, 17 or 18 year old to bench 275 or more.

Some of it is the improved nutrition or hormones in the food.  Kids are gettin bigger.  I read somewhere that within 200 years, every birth will be C-section, as baby's size keeps getting bigger with each generation and kids are going to stop fitting down the pipes.

[onlyme]

What high school did you go to

[WhiteCastle]

Here's another organization that has the highest record at 165lbs to be a 325 lb bench as of 1/04/08.

http://www.nasa-sports.com/American%20Records/MenUneqBP.htm

If the records are generally centered around 315-330 at this weight, I find it unbelievable for you to have bested these by 60+ pounds.

[joelocal]

What high school did you go to

Temple City High School

[joelocal]

Here's another organization that has the highest record at 165lbs to be a 325 lb bench as of 1/04/08.

http://www.nasa-sports.com/American%20Records/MenUneqBP.htm

If the records are generally centered around 315-330 at this weight, I find it unbelievable for you to have bested these by 60+ pounds.

I don't know what to tell ya!

[gtbro1]

  We had a big board with names on it. They were divided into collums with a seperate "club"  they called it in each collumn.It started at 200 then 225 then 250 etc all the way to 375 but I don't think anyone ever got past 325-350. Don't recall.
However,The  coach  in charge of the strength training for the school  would not put your name on the board if the weight was not decent strength for  your body weight. If you weighed 200+ he wouldn't put you up there at all until at least 250

[emn1964]

Why do people feel the need to make outrageous claims like this?  Joe, do you think that you'd impress anyone here?  Are you that starved for validation as a man that you seek it from total strangers on an internet board?

[joelocal]

Why do people feel the need to make outrageous claims like this?  Joe, do you think that you'd impress anyone here?  Are you that starved for validation as a man that you seek it from total strangers on an internet board?

 

[Darren Avey]

Bullshit!!!!

[jpm101]

My two cousins benched over 400+ about every workout. One was 18 and the other 17 at the time. Weighted in around 220 to 240  when in high school.

Most high schools  keep a bench and other lift records in SoCal and just about every where else. Usually posted on a gym wall in plain sight. Even have school lifting records on a blackboard. Every time a record is broken (even by a  pound) the old record is erased. Colleges keep much better records. Coaches love that kind of stuff.

The biggest lies SF hears is when he is talking to himself.

[Man of Steel]

My two cousins benched over 400+ about every workout. One was 18 and the other 17 at the time. Weighted in around 220 to 240  when in high school.

Most high schools  keep a bench and other lift records in SoCal and just about every where else. Usually posted on a gym wall in plain sight. Even have school lifting records on a blackboard. Every time a record is broken (even by a  pound) the old record is erased. Colleges keep much better records. Coaches love that kind of stuff.

The biggest lies SF hears is when he is talking to himself.

Was something there is was "jpm101"?

[benz]

JOELOCO FOR LIFE

[knny187]

I see some things just don't change

[Mydavid]

Temple City High School

What year did you graduate?

Lisa