Post up some of your best lifts and current poundages you use Hercules....I could use a good laugh.
Stronger than me my ass pal..............NEVER count me out as you will see when I post my pics ay sixty seven an age you will never attain.
Brian,
Why don't you take Wes up on this challenge?
Our best gauge of your strength was a touch-and-go 1RM bench with 350 (maybe you had 355 in you, but you needed assistance on the second rep). That's a good bench press, but:
A. As you're fond of saying, it is not current and, by your own logic, "doesn't count" since you can't duplicate the lift today;
B. You're perfectly able, and seem willing to, film yourself when you think it portrays you in a positive light.
As such, if you're "twice as strong as Wes" (LOL!), why not video yourself lifting poundages greatly in excess of what Wes claims?
What would it take for that to happen? Does he have to post videos first? That's not fair. You said you would squat 405 on camera...instead, we got a half rep with 355 and a "work set" with 225 that drug-free girls can rival.
I know you've had your set backs vis-a-vis leg training, and I know you've had some pec tears. That will hurt your performance, and for that, you've my commiserations (I've been there, too).
Yet, I'm not going around saying I'm twice anyone's strength in a given lift -- you are. So what would it hurt? Even if you don't film the bloody thing, pick one of Wes' current working set weights, try to beat it, and if you can't, come clean, dude. No excuses, no caveats.
It would earn you some respect...and if you say you just don't give a shit about others' opinions of you, it's time to engage in some serious introspection. You obviously DO care; otherwise, you wouldn't fight the entire board daily.
I reckon that's as reasonable and polite as anyone will address this.