Thanks for the honest answers, dude.
He might have had the capacity at one time to do so, but without specific training over a period of several months, he would have been crushed like a bug under 560.
Agreed.
Didn't he fight like hell to get maybe 12 reps with a 205 incline when we first see him training in "Pumping Iron"?
Granted, I suppose it's possible that was one of his later sets and he was tired, but fuck ... a gassed 270 lb. dude struggling with anything less than 365 on the incline isn't too impressive -- I don't give a shit if his arms are a mile long.
Then there were his standing presses with 245 or so. "Duh, how many Hank?"
"I wanna see TEN, Louie! Come on, you're gonna wipe him out!"
"Ugh, ugh, ugh, uh, uh, duh, duh, AHNOLT, AHNOLT,
AHHHHNOLT!"
I freely admit I probably can't do strict standing presses with 245. I've not even tried the movement in 10 years. But Louie's strength was singularly unimpressive on film.
I won't even mention how badly he embarrassed himself in that "Superstars" show. I hear he slimmed down a good bit for that, but even if he was down to 230ish, he couldn't even push-press 290 and hold it :\