Pete Hegseth - Athlete

[Humble Narcissist]

Getbiggers are jealous of Pete Hegseth's power and strength.

But not his brain.

[Grape Ape]

NGL, if someone can bench 135 lbs for 40 reps they can bench 315 lbs for 1 rep for sure

pamith is using the epley formula.

This shows he understands what a number is, and can probably count.

We will update and adjust his database profile a bit.

[AbrahamG]

pamith is using the epley formula.

This shows he understands what a number is, and can probably count.

We will update and adjust his database profile a bit.

@Pamith - please repost the pictures of your pepperoni nipples. 

[Coach is Back!]

@Pamith - please repost the pictures of your pepperoni nipples.

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[robcguns]

NGL, if someone can bench 135 lbs for 40 reps they can bench 315 lbs for 1 rep for sure

So I can do it for well over 100 so how much can I bench 650? 135 x 40 to me is prob a 250 give or take but sometimes not even that. It’s endurance with some strength butt it’s so light you can’t really gauge strength with it on bench or squat or dead.

[Van_Bilderass]

Did you see Hegseth catch a workout with the army and how he was trailing everyone, even some women? I think it's fair game to clown him after all his talk about leading by example and how under his leadership they don't accept any wimps, how they'll be checking everyone's testosterone. Someone called him Low T Pete LOL.

[Stephano]

So I can do it for well over 100 so how much can I bench 650? 135 x 40 to me is prob a 250 give or take but sometimes not even that. It’s endurance with some strength butt it’s so light you can’t really gauge strength with it on bench or squat or dead.

100% true.  LOTS of people can do dozens of solid reps with 135.  Very few people who look like Hegseth -- totally skinny guys /w zero muscle -- can bench 315.  The average competitive PL in the 82.5/83 kg class benches ~275 pounds, and almost all of them are more muscular, lift with better technique, etc.

[BB]

This is Roy Mason at 76 deadlifting #480+. Never benched over a #110 at a meet. Never squated much over #300. Never weighted over #165 in competition -

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Roy was a trucker, his training was lifting things around his truck, and doing deadlift tricks while he preached occasionally at his church. Claimed God told him to deadlift. He routinely deadlifted 3x+ bodyweight in training and competition.

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Lots of people can be spectacular at one lift naturally. A #315 bench is a good lift not a spectacular one.

[Stephano]

This is Roy Mason at 76 deadlifting #480+. Never benched over a #110 at a meet. Never squated much over #300. Never weighted over #165 in competition -

Lots of people can be spectacular at one lift naturally. A #315 bench is a good lift not a spectacular one.

The top 20-30% of powerlifters in his weight class can bench that much, lol. 

Also, I know that I've posted about this before, but the deadlift just doesn't have as much to do with muscularity.  I've seen people with absolute shit-tier physiques deadlift tons of weight.  I've actually never seen anybody in my life bench 315+ at 180 pounds, ever.  Let alone guys who look like Hegseth.  (Skinny, long arms, zero upper body muscularity, etc.)

Actually Hegseth looks more like a deadlift specialist, come to think of it.

[Irongrip400]

This is Roy Mason at 76 deadlifting #480+. Never benched over a #110 at a meet. Never squated much over #300. Never weighted over #165 in competition -

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Roy was a trucker, his training was lifting things around his truck, and doing deadlift tricks while he preached occasionally at his church. Claimed God told him to deadlift. He routinely deadlifted 3x+ bodyweight in training and competition.

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Suleymanoglu made spectacular lifts while looking like a kid -

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Etc.........

Lots of people can be spectacular at one lift naturally. A #315 bench is a good lift not a spectacular one.

There was a dude I went to college with, he was probably 5’8 and 175 pounds and not super jacked, in a shirt you’d never really know he was a gym rat. This fool benched 405 at a meet we had, blew everybody out of the water body weight wise. Started with 385 and I’m thinking to myself, this dude is going to fault on his first lift.

[BB]

Also one has to look at Hegseth's training age. He played football in high school good enough to hold a few state records at one point. He also played basketball.

He played college basketball all through it

His military career is noted for his love of PT and Crossfit. He enjoyed so much it was used against him in the media when Trump picked him.

He's 46 now, let's assume he starts benching at 13-14, which is the age many start thinking about high school ball..... That's 22 to 23 years to get a hard #315.

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On the powerlifting front, I put him as a 82.5 / 181 class lifter, although that is probably a few pounds light -

https://www.openpowerlifting.org/rankings/82.5/usa/men /

https://www.openpowerlifting.org/rankings/raw/82.5/usa/men .

There are literally pages of guys way over #315 just in the US.

Also, that is not a competition bench press. He'd be called for butt lift certainly. I've seen others from him that probably could get called for uneven extension, bar not under total control, foot problems, etc.....

This was a gym quality hard bench for him, and he probably got it.

[jude2]

Seriously hegseth looks like shit. 135 for 44 that’s Sally shit. Maybe if he curled it 44 times we could talk

You do realize that only 40% of the men can lift 135 once.  People are very weak.

[Van_Bilderass]

I think faking the lift would be too much work, too many involved parties keeping their mouths shut. Like why even bother?

I benched almost 315 at 16 with almost no visible muscle, I think I weighed about 190lbs.