It is a little dark, but here's a video of Gene Rychlak's record setting bench press of 1,010 pounds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnjXLQE2joA
Insane!!!!
Senior Member
It is a little dark, but here's a video of Gene Rychlak's record setting bench press of 1,010 pounds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnjXLQE2joA
Insane!!!!
Senior Member
that's just crazy!!!
Retired "hall of famer/elite powerlifter"
glad gene took the record back,!
Anabolic Member
how much can he do without the shirt?
Retired "hall of famer/elite powerlifter"
does it really matter? he doesnt compete raw so who knows.Originally Posted by G-Force
Anabolic Member
i think it matters yes
I Really dont see the point in shirts
why not see how much you can actually bench rather than how much u can bench assisted
its equivalent to having a spot over you lifting about 1/4 of the weight so u dont have too
Senior Member
I heard it is 700lbs to 800lbs bench raw. However, I also heard that Gene usually trains with his shirt on and rarely goes raw. Either way Gene is awesome and is one of the worlds strongest bench specialist.
New Member
Yea, and when trying to see how much ya actually bench ,you may not make any sound and your face should be totaly relaxed .All this to make shure no imaginary spotter helps you.
Retired "hall of famer/elite powerlifter"
lol!
Retired "hall of famer/elite powerlifter"
i have been told it is more like 500 to 600lbs
Retired "hall of famer/elite powerlifter"
it doesnt matter trust me, to compete with the best, you have top use the equipment(i am saying this and i am a HUGE advocate of raw lifting,but this statement is true. )
the sport has to different categories, raw and equipped, i so happen to do both,(clarification,, i used to do raw, now i only do equiped) but not all lifters choose to do this because of how tough raw is on your body. Gene is an equiped lifter period! raw doesnt matter to him, this is where he excells. other lifters like, james henderson, mendelson and glen chabot do raw presses there bests are in the low 700's i believe mendelson has the record at 715(he also used to have the equiped record at 1008lbs)
if to compete in the BEST organizations against the BEST lifters and to put up the BEST numbers, you need to be equiped, it is that simple, i am more proud of my raw numbers than my equiped, but the way the game is set up, you have to use the equipment if you want to be one of the best
New Member
That lift did not look good to me. The shirts do help you get the weight off you chest after a pause, but they do not help much with the lock. Furthermore, If we did not wear the shirts there would be a lot more injuries.
Junior Member
I agree with Doc. You can not say that it is like a spotter lifting 1/4 the weight, it takes years to perfect a shirt; u can't just put one on and bench 200 more pounds than you could.
Banned
I am thinking about using a squat shirt...you can compete in raw benches, and you can compete in shirt comps...its just two different kinds of things, and shirts happen to be what the records are held at.
Junior Member
you mean squat SUIT?
Banned
I really did mean to say shirt...it was just because we were on the subject of shirts haha. my bad...I am not that dumb I promise.
New Member
Well you have to remember people train to maximize what they get out of the shirt
Retired "hall of famer/elite powerlifter"
ok so i am confused, explain to me exactly what you want to do? there are contests where you can compete both raw and equiped in bench, also you can squat eqiped and bnch raw if you enter seperate categories for both(so it will cost you twice as much) not every org. offers this, but know a few,intrested, PM me and will talk
Retired "hall of famer/elite powerlifter"
there are raw records to,i have a few myself LOL! they keep seperate records now
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