Your math stinks. It's 440.
LOL ... and, *cringe* ... shit!
Rob, you are of course correct. I was thinking two-hundred TWENTY kilos for some reason. Believe it or not, I'm perfectly cognizant of the fact that a kilogram is 2.2 lbs. and, yes, per simple math, 200*2.2 = 440.
As others have said, however, even 440x15 -- or 16, if you're willing to count the last rep -- in good form, no less, is pretty damned impressive. It really doesn't matter if the lifter is 161.5 kg and juiced to the gills; plenty of super-strong, gassed-up guys (e.g., George whats'-his-name, the 300ish pounder who can close-grip 330 for 30, deadlift over 800 for 8, etc.) probably can't duplicate the Big Frog's lifts, so those lifts remain pretty mind-boggling to me.
In any case, I notice you tend to denigrate really huge bodybuilder's training poundages. You once told me how you "marveled" at how Nasser El Sonbaty struggled to incline 315 for a few reps. (Aside: yes, I have used before, albeit somewhat conservatively opposite Nasser's doses, and within a few months, I had no trouble equaling or eclipsing his incline pressing strength based on what you noted. Of course, at the same time, he would've made he look like a complete jerk-off onstage.) On the other hand, when a big bodybuilder moves decent weights, like "Big Ramy" doing an easy eight reps with a 405 flat bench, you sneer and say he couldn't do "two sets of 225x8 'without the drugs'."
While I've little doubt you've enough experience with these juiced-up motherfuckers to support this conclusion, the very proclamation, particularly given the frequency with which you make it, does strike me as a bit ... ehhh ... I dunno. Bitter, maybe? There were, after all, a LOT of bodybuilders who were decently strong even before they gassed or used much on the way of gas. Of the semi-modern sort, Mike Mentzer and Boyer Coe come immediately to mind.
