My max was actually a couple reps over 30 I remember at the time only offensive and defensive lineman were getting more at the combine my standard warmup was a set of 25.
I was looking for Jane's horseshit/lie 40-yard dash claim and saw this.
B. Hank - why wouldn't you remember your number of reps at 225? For instance, Eddie Hall got 42. He posted it in a video...I think it may have been at a UK bodybuilding expo earlier this year, but I can't find it.
Brian Shaw got 44, and Robert Oberst got 40. Shaw starts at 7:58, and Oberst at 10:10:
^ Brian Shaw was using both wrist wraps and elbow sleeves, which you told me help a lot [I think they give 5%, but IMO, they do not give 10%].
My friend told me wrist wraps alone will help me about as much as my loose elbow sleeves do. I think I have a pair in my closet, so I'll dig them up and try to see what I can get before the contest here ends on January 1st.
I'm hoping my final submission for the contest is 360+ raw.
So far, my best raw lift submission is 350. The positive/concentric rep speed was 3.88s here [which is also my 40-yard dash time!]:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CyfAUyktbGR/And again on Saturday night, in 2.51s:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1B2_XpOfrJ/^ I had 360 in me, IMO. So I'm going to go for 360 raw next week, and if I get it, they 365. That will be my final submission for the contest. IMO, I'm close to 370 raw right now, but I won't have time to risk attempting it. If I miss, I may not be able to get 360...and we're down to the wire now, so...expect a final submission of either 360 or 365 for me.
I just realized all my other lifts were with sleeves [albeit loose-fitting knee sleeves that my friend wears...not elbow sleeves], and are inadmissible.
My best video upload with sleeves was this 375-lb I got a couple of weeks back:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0X_Caetirj/Still over 200-lb heavier than Walter Sobchak can bench press with Jane rowing it!
Ronnie Coleman supposed got 225x77 at the 1997 Arnold Classic expo. No idea if that's true or not, but I can see Ronnie getting 225x50+, for sure.
My best 225 for reps so far is 225x25, but I'm stronger now than I was when I did it here:
I think I can get 225x26+ now, but without my butt coming off the bench. With sleeves, I think I can get 225x28.
That said, if I get wrist wraps...and get a couple of sessions training 225 for reps...I do think I'll hit 30.
B. Hank, question for you:
Why don't you remember how many reps you got at 225? This is why I'm somewhat skeptical. 225x30+ is significant.
I mean - Brian Shaw, Eddie Hall, and Robert Oberst are three of the strongest men in history, and they barely got over 40 reps.
Eric Spoto got 315x43 at one of Dave Palumbo's "Bros vs. Pros" contests.
I'm very confident I could get close to 225x30 raw, but that's no easy feat...consider that Luke Skaarup got 30 reps in 2012, which was the same year he won his first Ontario's Strongest Man contest. He was 6'0" and 296-lb at the time. Kyle Rayner got 29 reps, and he was 6'1" and 282-lb at the time:
^ I notice they are both using wrist wraps. I'm curious what I can get with wrist wraps.
Like I said, I feel I will be able to hit 225x30, but it won't be easy. I mean, Brian Shaw was getting tired by the 35-rep mark. So...I'm just curious why you wouldn't remember how many you got, B. Hank.
Anyway, I'm realistic. I feel that about 30 reps is realistic for me. But over 30 reps is an elite lift.
If you truly got 225x31 or 225x32, that's really good, B. Hank. Walter Sobchak can get 225x1 with JustPlaneJane rowing it for him.
His bench press max is 170, just for perspective. He can do the rep in 4.33s.
But IMO, your physique suggests you can get 225 for 20-30 here. Like I said, over 30 reps with 225 is an elite lift. If you truly got that - good work!
