Pete Hegseth - Athlete

[GymnJuice]

I cannot give an educated opinion about Hegseth's athletic abilities until I see his strict curl max.

[Stephano]

He's 46.

He could possibly have 32-33 years of training under his belt -

He played high school football and football. Here in the States, kids usually start lifting around 13-14. High school is 4 years.

He was an athletic guy in college, so that was another 4 years  of training probably. There are reports that he was still into basketball back then.

He was famous for training Crossfit and other liftting during his overseas deployment so that's another handful of years.

One could question whether he did a lot of lifting during his private life, but I bet he did.

So why does he look like he's never touched a weight?!?!?!  Literally zero visible muscularity.  And why does he lift like he's never touched a weight?!?!?  Total noob form.

There are cardio guys who disdain weightlifting and still have more muscle. 

Hell, there are ultra runners who look stronger than Hegseth.  Pic attached is Dean Karnazes, the "Ultramarathon Man." How much do you reckon he could bench?  He doesn't look much smaller than Hegseth, except perhaps in the gut!  (Granted, he is a couple of inches shorter.)

[BB]

Let's do a "for and against" for this lift -

Fake Plates? -

For - Fake plates are known.

Against - You'd have to fake both iron and bumper plates. Rumors that they were 10s were proven false.

Edge - Real plates, real lift.

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Doesn't look like he lifts that much -

For - He doesn't have a traditional #315 benchers physique, which is true.

Against - There are pages of contest verified lifters of similar weight putting up #315 plus. There are known cases of physically un-impressive people doing physically impressive things. Also it was a bad form, grinding rep for him.

Edge - Against. #315 is not unknown for unimpressive physiques of similar weight.

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He has bad form -

For - He does have bad form.

Against - Nothing.

Edge - For. Pete has horrible form.

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Fake audience -

For - Audience plants are a known.

Against - Would've had to fake at least one lift in front of 50-100 mostly disinterested parties. Would be a huge embarrassing scandal if found out.

Edge - At best, inconclusive. A draw.

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When you look at it like this, the odds are with it being a real lift.

[Stephano]

Let's do a "for and against" for this lift -
When you look at it like this, the odds are with it being a real lift.

lol, cherry-picked bullshit.

Fake plates would be literally the easiest thing in the world to set up, and "muh audience would inspect the plates" is foolish.

Also, just look at him, lmao.  Look at his form and at his laughable physique.  It's just not credible.

[BB]

lol, cherry-picked bullshit.

Fake plates would be literally the easiest thing in the world to set up, and "muh audience would inspect the plates" is foolish.

Also, just look at him, lmao.  Look at his form and at his laughable physique.  It's just not credible.

So find fakes, especially bumpers, that look like these down to the branding. They must be everywhere. Perhaps the the CIA had a whole team of pattern makers, tool and die makers, colorists, and workers break into a rubber molding factory to make these specialty plates. So important to fake a #315 bench.

Edit - Also, what's cherry picked? Those are the main arguements the "fake #315" crowd make, and they are mostly inconclusive or probably wrong if you play the odds.

[Grape Ape]

So why does he look like he's never touched a weight?!?!?!  Literally zero visible muscularity.  And why does he lift like he's never touched a weight?!?!?  Total noob form.

Look at "old roy's" arm in his video.

It's no different.

[Griffith]

He's 46.

He could possibly have 32-33 years of training under his belt -

He played high school football and football. Here in the States, kids usually start lifting around 13-14. High school is 4 years.

He was an athletic guy in college, so that was another 4 years  of training probably. There are reports that he was still into basketball back then.

He was famous for training Crossfit and other liftting during his overseas deployment so that's another handful of years.

One could question whether he did a lot of lifting during his private life, but I bet he did.

Muscle memory would help, but surely he would have had to train up to the event as well, specifically to bench 315.

[Stephano]

Look at "old roy's" arm in his video.

It's no different.

Who is Old Roy?