Who here has...............

[MikeThaMachine]

I have not done a max bench in a very long time but last fall (around oct) late night at a small party at my house while stoned i did 290 after 2-3 warmups in my smith machine (didn't make anyother attempts) at 6' 175-180lbs, but i don't remember for sure. Either way i am 200lbs now and i doubt i would not have a problem on a lift day putting up 315 for atleast 2. I doubt i will make an attempt anytime soon though.

[body88]

Agreed, DB's require more stabilization, your bench will go up if you get strong on using DB's.

130's are not too shabby!

Thanks boss!

[body88]

i know guys who squat that!


 

Lmao.....



Kieth is strong as shit!

[danielson]

I heard that the record for 150 in body weight was 342, but that must be erroneous information if you have done more.

definitely wrong info.

[sarcasm]

Anyone here know have a list of the real records by weight class?

150 bwt. would put a guy in the 165 class which is 148-165 and the record for the 165 class is around the mid 500's or maybe closer to 600.

[Hedgehog]

Anyone here know have a list of the real records by weight class?

52kg    Andrzej Stanaszek   1971   POL   50.00   182.5   05.11.2003Vejle DEN      
56kg    Konstantin Pavlov   1973   RUS   56.00   190.0   19.05.2005Hamm LUX      
60kg    Ayrat Zakiev   1981   RUS   59.71   210.0   19.05.2005   Hamm LUX      
67.5kg    Ravil Kazakov   1982   RUS   67.20   232.5   10.11.2005   Miami USA      
75kg    Alexander Gromov   1981   RUS   74.70   240.0   11.05.2006Prostejov CZE   *    
82.5kg    Jan Wegiera   1965   POL   82.50   260.0   12.05.2006   Prostejov CZE   *    
90kg    Jan Wegiera   1965   POL   84.75   263.0   19.07.2005   Duisburg GER      
100kg    Ivan Freydun   1981   UKR   99.60   290.0   12.11.2005   Miami USA      
110kg    Orhan Bilican   1978   BEL   108.00   285.5   13.05.2006   Prostejov CZE   *    
125kg    Yevgen Yarymbash   1983   UKR   123.80   325.0   13.11.2005Miami USA      
125+kg    Brian Siders   1978   USA   152.70   351.0   30.04.2006   Duluth USA


IPF records.

Single ply shirts, the biggest federation. To have a record valid, the lifter need to pass a WADA doping test after the lift. So they are clean... when they lift at least.

YIP
Zack

[kicker]

52kg    Andrzej Stanaszek   1971   POL   50.00   182.5   05.11.2003Vejle DEN      
56kg    Konstantin Pavlov   1973   RUS   56.00   190.0   19.05.2005Hamm LUX      
60kg    Ayrat Zakiev   1981   RUS   59.71   210.0   19.05.2005   Hamm LUX      
67.5kg    Ravil Kazakov   1982   RUS   67.20   232.5   10.11.2005   Miami USA      
75kg    Alexander Gromov   1981   RUS   74.70   240.0   11.05.2006Prostejov CZE   *    
82.5kg    Jan Wegiera   1965   POL   82.50   260.0   12.05.2006   Prostejov CZE   *    
90kg    Jan Wegiera   1965   POL   84.75   263.0   19.07.2005   Duisburg GER      
100kg    Ivan Freydun   1981   UKR   99.60   290.0   12.11.2005   Miami USA      
110kg    Orhan Bilican   1978   BEL   108.00   285.5   13.05.2006   Prostejov CZE   *    
125kg    Yevgen Yarymbash   1983   UKR   123.80   325.0   13.11.2005Miami USA      
125+kg    Brian Siders   1978   USA   152.70   351.0   30.04.2006   Duluth USA


IPF records.

Single ply shirts, the biggest federation. To have a record valid, the lifter need to pass a WADA doping test after the lift. So they are clean... when they lift at least.

YIP
Zack

Nice.  Do you have a list of RAW records for the various weight classes?

[Mr. Intenseone]

I broke the high school bench record when I was a sophmore.....365lbs for a single!

[sarcasm]

i don't think they even keep raw records anymore that's like asking what is the record in hockey for goal scoring in the pre helmet era, who gives a shit, the rules NOWADAYS is you can wear a shirt.

[SDMF]

Before my surgery I was able to get 315 for 6-8 reps, I was 20 years old at the time and weighed around 215

[liberty]

I decided to search for power lifting world records and came by this
http://www.nuvo.net/archive/2003/06/25/worlds_strongest_man.html

[brianX]

I first got a 315 bench in early 2005. My current max is a little over 380 at 230 lb bodyweight.

I don't know about everyone else, but it was hard as hell to make further progress once I got to 350.

[Al-Gebra]

not on the internet, for a natural lifter tis fukall, we should behind the neck pressing while still at kindergarten.

why is it so surprising that a majority of people here would be able to put up 315 naturally? it's self-selection . . . most people who aren't serious about lifting weights wouldn't go to the trouble of registering and posting . . . unless they had lucius fox tendencies.

[El Guapo]

Yes I did 405 as a Sr. in HS. When I got to college as a freshman, I did 385 on my last camp test of 10 straight 40 yd. dashes, agility drills and max squat. The bench was the last test.  (I was 17 BTW, and it was the 4th best bench on a team of 100 guys. ) All these uppper classmen on the team were asking me "what are you taking". I had ZERO idea what they were talking about, this was in 1987. I never was able to get higher than that, as a natural you eventually just tap out strength wise, or at least I did.

I am naturally very strong, in 1998 I was doing shoulder pressess with 300 lbs and I ruptured 3 discs in my neck. Had major surgery etc...I never train with anything over 225 anymore, because of my neck. 

I am a lifetime natural, I have nothing to prove or lie about here, it was, was it was...I have seen other naturals bench this much as well, why your so surprised is beyond me.   

Im with you man. I did not even play big time college football and we had quite a few in the 405 range and a couple exceeding that. A couple of the Samoans on the team would still be able to bench 405 immediately postseason! Drove me nuts. I dont think a 315 bench press is impressive at all unless that person has an extremely light bodyweight. If someone is juiced and only able to single 315 something is seriously wrong.

[Mr. Intenseone]

52kg    Andrzej Stanaszek   1971   POL   50.00   182.5   05.11.2003Vejle DEN      
56kg    Konstantin Pavlov   1973   RUS   56.00   190.0   19.05.2005Hamm LUX      
60kg    Ayrat Zakiev   1981   RUS   59.71   210.0   19.05.2005   Hamm LUX      
67.5kg    Ravil Kazakov   1982   RUS   67.20   232.5   10.11.2005   Miami USA      
75kg    Alexander Gromov   1981   RUS   74.70   240.0   11.05.2006Prostejov CZE   *    
82.5kg    Jan Wegiera   1965   POL   82.50   260.0   12.05.2006   Prostejov CZE   *    
90kg    Jan Wegiera   1965   POL   84.75   263.0   19.07.2005   Duisburg GER      
100kg    Ivan Freydun   1981   UKR   99.60   290.0   12.11.2005   Miami USA      
110kg    Orhan Bilican   1978   BEL   108.00   285.5   13.05.2006   Prostejov CZE   *    
125kg    Yevgen Yarymbash   1983   UKR   123.80   325.0   13.11.2005Miami USA      
125+kg    Brian Siders   1978   USA   152.70   351.0   30.04.2006   Duluth USA


IPF records.

Single ply shirts, the biggest federation. To have a record valid, the lifter need to pass a WADA doping test after the lift. So they are clean... when they lift at least.

YIP
Zack

Around 1982 I did several unsanctioned bench press contests, I always competed in the 181 class at that time. One contest I was in one of the judges was Gus Resthwich (if your into powerlifting you probably know of him) on my 3rd attempt I successfully did a legal, raw 240.90kg (530lbs) since it was an unsanctioned event, they considered it an unofficial state record for that event. After that I trained with Gus at then Astro Gym in San Gabriel, Ca. This could probably still be verified either by Gus himself or the owner of Astro (now called "Lou Greenburgs San Gabriel Gym) Lou Greenberg..  I know, I know...who gives a crap !

[Al-Gebra]

Around 1982 I did several unsanctioned bench press contests, I always competed in the 181 class at that time. One contest I was in one of the judges was Gus Resthwich (if your into powerlifting you probably know of him) on my 3rd attempt I successfully did a legal 240.90kg (530lbs) since it was an unsanctioned event, they considered it an unofficial state record for that event. After that I trained with Gus at then Astro Gym in San Gabriel, Ca. This could probably still be verified either by Gus himself or the owner of Astro (now called "Lou Greenburgs San Gabriel Gym) Lou Greenberg..  I know, I know...who gives a crap !

were you natural? use a shirt?

[dorkeroo]

Best I have done is 435 raw at 225lbs body weight. I want that 450 (455 would be nicer), but that extra 15-20 lbs at that point is murder for me.
Best I ever did with 315 was either 14 or 15, I can't remember, it was back in February or something this year.

[Birdman]

I first hit 315 at 19 years old...I started lifting at 17.  I weighed 190 and I was using creating, but thats it.  The first time I hit 405 I was 22 and got it three times.  I was able to get that weight for a few weeks, but I ended up tearing some stuff in my shoulder (I didn't know at the time), but for some reason I was never able to go over about 350 after the injury...I finally had surgery about 2 months ago (its been 2 years) and I am still rehabbing.  Ive trained with a few powerlifters (natural and Juiced) and like most people have been saying....315 really isn't that big of a deal for experienced trainers.  That is if they are training for strength.  
I do know that the first time I got 315 was a great day for me.  

[Mr. Intenseone]

were you natural? use a shirt?

I wasn't natural but I didn't take much either, back then 200mg of deca was considered alot. No, it was a raw lift!

[Al-Gebra]

I wasn't natural but I didn't take much either, back then 200mg of deca was considered alot. No, it was a raw lift!

530 is pretty impressive any way you slice it.

[Hedgehog]

I wasn't natural but I didn't take much either, back then 200mg of deca was considered alot. No, it was a raw lift!

Don't for a minute believe that the lifters from former eastern Europe are life time naturals. They were clean at the day of the competition, but that's as far as I would go in claiming that they're clean...

So that benchpress of yours is an awesome lift. Especially since you're not a powerlifter, you're a bodybuilder and trains with high reps.


YIP
Zack

[natural al]

I've done about 330 a couple of years ago, all I did at the time was bench with my cousin every Sunday night.  I was going to school again full time and working about 55 hours a week in a shop so I had no time to lift.  Since my chest has always lagged I firured I'd start benching with him in hopes to bring it up while I was not able to train.  I ended up using all the free weight he had-he has a power rack and some free weights-I'm pretty sure it was about 330, got it up 2 or 3 times.  Right now on the smith machine I have gotten up to 305 done DC style for 11 reps.

[bmacsys]

Myself and my training partners are nowhere near as strong as most people in this thread yet we always get stares using the weights we use.

Makes me wonder where everyone trains.

When I did my best lifts I trained at World Gym East owned by Mike Katz in Hamden, CT. Every WWF wrestler of the day lifted there. I trained there from 1982 to 1986. Guys benching 400+ didn't get a second look.

[bmacsys]

I first got a 315 bench in early 2005. My current max is a little over 380 at 230 lb bodyweight.

I don't know about everyone else, but it was hard as hell to make further progress once I got to 350.

Took me 5 years of hard training to go from 315 to 405. I got to my goal and just pretty much gave up on powerlifting.

[Ursus]

yes, just about. at 6'3.5 and 220. kinda skinny. was 19yrs old. and with very good form