I didn't mean to imply that that's all he's got...405 x 6...I just said that's what I saw him do...and the set wasn't to failure, and good form was maintained with all 6, every time I saw him do it. He may have gone up to 455 after that, I'm not sure. I think one day he actually may have.
Right after I got out here 3 years ago I saw the two of them training triceps and they were dipping with a 180-pounder for like 8-12 (if I'm not mistaken on the reps, but they were more than 6), and right after that they were going to 315 and 365-lb. close-grip benches for sets of 6-10. The strength these guys have is REAL. It's a very "functional" sort of strength...he can perform alot of very heavy work, on a consistent basis, which is pretty much the essential difference in that, tested in strongman competitions, and the type of strength tested in a powerlifting competition...the one rep max stuff done in very linear and uni-dimensional planes of motion. So I mean he's done everything else, so this is just what's next at this point. Mike and Tito share this trait: They need to challenge themselves in varying ways and when they find something new, they give it their all, even if they ARE "just passing through." That's respectable, and it sure beats competing in bodybuilding contests for 10 years straight despite their having outgrown their general aesthetism for it after about 3-4 years worth of the shit. There's another thread today with some guy freaking out about not knowing how we should get leaner than Andreas Munzer and thus do our duty to move the sport forward. I honestly think "the sport" has already seen it's peak, and I think progress, in this case, may end up being bodybuilding's having to take a couple of steps back over the coming few years. We don't need to get leaner than Andreas, we just need to TRY to get as lean as what he actually did and when we get as lean as we can we'll just say "f**k it," at least knowing we did our best. I mean, we're probably not gonna get leaner than Andreas without dying, too. Besides, I mean, was there really anything left to see through his skin? f**k no.
"f**k it! You can't look any better than this!" --Lee Priest, commenting on his mirror reflection in one of the Battle for the Olympia videos
