Zack Khan benching 6 plates

[QuakerOats]

don't know what is the interest for a pro bber to bench 6 plate.

umm..................maybe to challenge himself and the inner satisfaction that he gets knowing he can do something that you, me and 99.999999999999999999999 999999999999999999999999 999999999999999999999999 999999999999999999999999 % of the world can't do.

[El Diablo Blanco]

i did 405 for a negative last november and it felt like my shoulders were going to blow off. i can't even FATHOM 585. i'd bet any money not one person in this thread could even get that on a two inch lockout.

My wrists would probably snap under that  weight.

[Method101]

Strong as a Gorilla

[jpm101]

Very impressive weight and did handle it well. Thought the actually finger assist did help a bit, the important psychological  factor of just having a helping hand ( or fingers) near, not even touching the bar it's self,  can give a mental boost to any lift. Always thought lifting may be just as much a mental effort as a physical one.

Khan's first language was more than likely not English. Lots of first generation accents in SoCal.

Side bar to Magoo, take it or leave it...don't care: if you include more short range (2 to 4 inches) heavy  partial lockouts in a workout you may find the total ROM bench getting stronger. Have to get use to handling a much heavier weight overall.

[Relentless]

For a bodybuilder, there is absolutely no reason to bench 600s lbs.  A powerlifter, yes...but not a guy trying to make money from bodybuilding. 

[The Master]

For a bodybuilder, there is absolutely no reason to bench 600s lbs.  A powerlifter, yes...but not a guy trying to make money from bodybuilding. 

Debussey wonders how much cash "Zack Khan" will make from BB anyway. He = big, but he talks like a doofus, looks weird and will probably never win a big big contest.

His best bet = to score a supp contract with a mediocre brand, which ain't much.

He might be better off Bbing for ego satisfaction

[suckmymuscle]

Next thing you'll be hearing is how Zack Khan has a torn pec...

Not the smartest training for a bodybuilder

  You are an idiot, Chick. The two bodybuilders with the greatest pecs ever, Coleman and Arnold, organized their entire pec workouts around benches, and regularly did doubles and singles, all to failure. Ronnie didn't even do flys, smith machine or isolation machine work in the off-season. He did three exeecises: flat bench press, incline bench press, with a free bar, and flat dumbbell presses.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

[suckmymuscle]

i did 405 for a negative last november and it felt like my shoulders were going to blow off. i can't even FATHOM 585. i'd bet any money not one person in this thread could even get that on a two inch lockout.

  Wrong. I did bench 600+ lbs raw for a single - with the aid of a benching shirt - years ago, when I was on the sauce and weighted 330 lbs - at a height of 6'4.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

[Boost]

My uncle destroyed 600lb back in '99

He lowered the bar super slow and rested it on his chest for 5 seconds.

We all thought he'd bottomed out, but all of a sudden his arms just flew up like a hydrolic lift.

It was as if 135lb was on the bar.

3 clean and controlled reps followed.

Not a spotter in sight either.

[Relentless]

Debussey wonders how much cash "Zack Khan" will make from BB anyway. He = big, but he talks like a doofus, looks weird and will probably never win a big big contest.

His best bet = to score a supp contract with a mediocre brand, which ain't much.

He might be better off Bbing for ego satisfaction

This sport is a big joke, isn't it Debussey?   

[The Master]

This sport is a big joke, isn't it Debussey?   

You = correct to the nth degree

[Relentless]

You = correct to the nth degree

I'll always love bodybuilding and consider myself a bodybuilder, but the people and events surrounding this sport are less than palatable. There's a reason why it's considered a fringe sport.

[bigbobs]

  Wrong. I did bench 600+ lbs raw for a single - with the aid of a benching shirt - years ago, when I was on the sauce and weighted 330 lbs - at a height of 6'4.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

And didn't you also claim that Greg Kovacs had 28" arms LMAO

[rccs]

It would be impressive if he could do do it, which he obviously can't...

[MisterMagoo]

My uncle destroyed 600lb back in '99

He lowered the bar super slow and rested it on his chest for 5 seconds.

We all thought he'd bottomed out, but all of a sudden his arms just flew up like a hydrolic lift.

It was as if 135lb was on the bar.

3 clean and controlled reps followed.

Not a spotter in sight either.

http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/records/600-pound-raw-bench-press

which one's your uncle? in the 1999 area i see beau moore and bob hickey. since you're claiming four reps it's probably bob hickey since he got 650 in a meet.

that's cool that you're related to a legend, dude.

[Boost]

http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/records/600-pound-raw-bench-press

which one's your uncle? in the 1999 area i see beau moore and bob hickey. since you're claiming four reps it's probably bob hickey since he got 650 in a meet.

that's cool that you're related to a legend, dude.

No,

he's not a powerlifter.

He was a marine, Congressional Medal of Honor, the whole nine yards.

Benching 405 for reps as a 16 year old

comfortably handled 600lb on numerous occasions just wearing a t-shirt and some old flip-flops

He'd even make jokes while under the bar

[The Wizard of Truth]

Good single but whats the point???
Hes a bodybuilder

[The Master]

No,

he's not a powerlifter.

He was a marine, Congressional Medal of Honor, the whole nine yards.

Benching 405 for reps as a 16 year old

comfortably handled 600lb on numerous occasions just wearing a t-shirt and some old flip-flops

He'd even make jokes while under the bar

That = near Kaz strength on the bench.

[kiwiol]

Good single but whats the point???
Hes a bodybuilder

So what? Nothing wrong with pushing heavy weights if you can and like to.

Life would be too boring if you only did what you need to do and not what you want to do (as long as it's not affecting someone else adversely).

[The Wizard of Truth]

So what? Nothing wrong with pushing heavy weights if you can and like to.

Life would be too boring if you only did what you need to do and not what you want to do (as long as it's not affecting someone else adversely).

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyy yyyyyyyyyy Mr.Bumbum

[Ursus]

Older i get more i realise most bbuilders who are huge and compete use shit weight

less than 300lbs and do lots of reps and sets in 8-12 in short space of time.

big muscles in most cases is not built with big weights

[Boost]

Older i get more i realise most bbuilders who are huge and compete use shit weight

less than 300lbs and do lots of reps and sets in 8-12 in short space of time.

big muscles in most cases is not built with big weights

Yup,

a man can simply use his bodyweight to sculpture a fantastic physique.

[rccs]

So what? Nothing wrong with pushing heavy weights if you can and like to.

Life would be too boring if you only did what you need to do and not what you want to do (as long as it's not affecting someone else adversely).

That is true, plus, most guys don't even have enough training capacity to go heavy. Most people around here base their training 100% on drugs. When the juice is over they don't even train, plain and simple. But they forget that the best bbers always trained with more intensity and heavier than all the other bbers...

[Ursus]

Yup,

a man can simply use his bodyweight to sculpture a fantastic physique.

Guy who competed at 17st 10 in NABBA show benched like 80-120kg for 8-12

im stronger than him yet he has a 56"chest and 21inch arms atm whilst at 280lbs leanish

[kiwiol]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyy yyyyyyyyyy Mr.Bumbum

 

That is true, plus, most guys don't even have enough training capacity to go heavy. Most people around here base their training 100% on drugs. When the juice is over they don't even train, plain and simple. But they forget that the best bbers always trained with more intensity and heavier than all the other bbers...

Exactly. I think that's one of the main reasons why bodybuilders looked a whole lot better in the 90s - back then, we all heard plenty of stories and saw clips of insane lifts by guys like Ronnie, Dorian, Kevin, Marcus, Cormier etc. I haven't seen anyone from the current crop who has a rep for lifting heavy like that. Seems like they rely on drugs and Slin a lot more now, to look muscular, rather than get that look from heavy lifting.

Guys who lift heavy ALWAYS have a look of thickness, density and maturity that the guys who lift light and get pumped up on juice will never have. That's why guys like Milos looked paper thin next to guys like Ronnie and Dorian.