Watching the strongest man on earth front squatting a double with 617 lbs puts claims from Muscletech "athletes" in perspective.
HOT TAMALI
VITAL STATS
Nick Name: The Terminator
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Date of Birth: March 29, 1972
Residence: West New York, New Jersey
Occupation: IFBB professional bodybuilder
Height: 5'10"
Contest Weight: 255 lbs.
Off-Season Weight: 310 lbs.
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Arms (contest): 21.5"
Waist (contest): 33"
Bench Press (1 rep max.): 585 lbs.
Incline Dumbell Press: 200 lbs. x 5 reps
Barbell Curl: 225 lbs. x 2 reps
Deadlift (1 rep max.): 765 lbs.
Squat (1 rep max.): 765 lbs.
Lots of bullshitting going on here...
There is no way, absolutely no way, Kamali has ever done a single with 765 lbs, belt only. Maybe Team Kamali, all 16 of them, could do partials with it in a smith machine, but no way Kamali could do a real squat below parallell.
I seriously doubt the deadlift number as well.
I positive that the benchpress claim is an outright lie. Kamali has never benchpressed 585 lbs. If he ever shows up on getbig again, I hope he will address the claim of benchpressing 585 lbs.
I think Rezazadeh could squat raw (belt only) high 800's . Probably the same could be said for Shane Hamman.
Kamali isn't only 100-130 lbs behind the strongest man on earth.
YIP
Zack