Will we ever see a 1,000lb bench press?

[Imperialist]

Power lifting is highly specialized and requires excess for success. I'm going to shoot for moderation and if I ever need a human car jack I know who to call.
I once scared myself by injecting a 15cc bubble of gas oxygen into my right median cubital space venus bloodstream. My heart made some very unusual smacking noises that sounded like little kisses in my heart until the cavitation issue was resolved through tissue oxygen absorbtion. Felt really freakin strange, too. I was scared.

[KGBnine]

Power lifting is highly specialized and requires excess for success. I'm going to shoot for moderation and if I ever need a human car jack I know who to call.
I once scared myself by injecting a 15cc bubble of gas oxygen into my right median cubital space venus bloodstream. My heart made some very unusual smacking noises that sounded like little kisses in my heart until the cavitation issue was resolved through tissue oxygen absorbtion. Felt really freakin strange, too. I was scared.

Hmm...so will you be shooting for 20cc's next? more is better right?

[houseofpain]

i am sittin at 440 right now at 22. i will be pleased to see 600 raw, hell 550 raw will suffice. my partner is up there with BDTR, he is 5'7'' and 315lbs. one of the strongest most amizing lifters i have ever seen. like someone already said with the advances in training and drugs it will come in time.
~HOP

[Dude-Man]

i am sittin at 440 right now at 22. i will be pleased to see 600 raw, hell 550 raw will suffice. my partner is up there with BDTR, he is 5'7'' and 315lbs. one of the strongest most amizing lifters i have ever seen. like someone already said with the advances in training and drugs it will come in time.
~HOP

speaking of BDTR.. has he been around?

[ticboy]

With all the stuff in this thread about a bench shirt adding 100 - 200 lbs to your bench. I wonder how many guys will be at the gym bench 250 - 300 with the shirts on and looking just a little silly.

I also wonder if the definition of clean is- when the juice is no longer detectable.

[big swoll]

i would think that the 1000 lb bench is alot like a 4 minute mile....nobody in the world could do it, then somebody does it....the very next week like 5 other guys do it too....i think it will be done and there will be many to do it....the first one is the hardest one though

[Full Intensity]

anyone got a link or some more info on these 'cheating bench shirts'?

[Gorgoroth_]

http://www.inzernet.com/search_resul...el=2&subcat=24

[Maraxus]

THe answer to your question is yes, we will see a 1000 lb bench

November 21, 2004, during the IPA Nationals, SHW Gene Rychlak Jr. opened with 950, and on his 3rd attempt benched a new world record 1,005 pounds!

http://bodytechusa.com/videos.html

[goodtobeapimp]

Was the link in the video the lift he done 1005? WTF? He just had the bar sitting there..

[Maraxus]

yup.

[Prime]

dude almost passes out on the lift. thats alot of weight!

[Psychotron]

he moves it a total of what 14" ? i can do more work with my arm length at 345lbs on the bench.

[Gorgoroth_]

he moves it a total of what 14" ? i can do more work with my arm length at 345lbs on the bench.

Less distance = Less work done... its a powerlifting trick...

go wide and reduce the distance traveled... also his big gut is helping him quite a bit...

Supposedly if you're a good bencher you only have to move the bar 6 inches... I think thats B.S but thats what a lot of lifters do .

I am stunned that he got that weight up... thats crazy... 1005 lbs...

[Psychotron]

Less distance = Less work done... its a powerlifting trick...

go wide and reduce the distance traveled... also his big gut is helping him quite a bit...

Supposedly if you're a good bencher you only have to move the bar 6 inches... I think thats B.S but thats what a lot of lifters do .

I am stunned that he got that weight up... thats crazy... 1005 lbs...

yea, i know how physics work.

[goodtobeapimp]

Less distance = Less work done... its a powerlifting trick...

go wide and reduce the distance traveled... also his big gut is helping him quite a bit...

Supposedly if you're a good bencher you only have to move the bar 6 inches... I think thats B.S but thats what a lot of lifters do .

I am stunned that he got that weight up... thats crazy... 1005 lbs...

How is that B.S? I don't understand why people complain about it. Your not competing against him and neither am I. The goal of powerlifting is not to be the best looking, or who has the best form. It's how much you do not how you do it.

Too many people believe powerlifting is just lifting weights. There's a lot of other things that some people don't agree with and some neither do I. It's a sport. Bench shirts,squat suits,Dl suits are all just parts of the sport. The only thing bodybuilding and powerlifting has in common as far as that aspect is there are free weights involved.

[floyd_turbo]

wow, taht dude is a beast

[houseofpain]

wow, thats amazing
~HOP

[Maraxus]

Whatever its 1005 lbs. who gives a **** if its 14 inches. 1005lbs is 1005lbs. Respect the man, hes got power.

[Gorgoroth_]

Whatever its 1005 lbs. who gives a **** if its 14 inches. 1005lbs is 1005lbs. Respect the man, hes got power.

Oh , trust me , I do respect him - I'd just like to see him do it without a shirt .

[Hed]

Just talking to my friend who says the guy goes to his gym. Says hes a really nice guy, but absolutely enormous.

That man is a tank.

[anaBROLIC]

i give him respect but serously did he lock that out?? looked like he was stuck..

[Hed]

i give him respect but serously did he lock that out?? looked like he was stuck..

It was considered official, so i guess he did!

My buddy was tellin me that his gym has a message board inside, and there was a note written from him on it that said "Gene is benching tommorrow, needs 3-4 spotters @ 4pm. Thanks"

Thats insane.

I think im gonna write a note at my gym that says "Ian is benching tommorrow, needs 3-4 spotters, thanks", then im gonna get like 875lbs, throw it on there, have 2 people on each end, and just let the spotters know that ill need a liftoff, and ill need a tremendous amount of help getting it back up once it touches my chest, and to also slowly lower it down on my chest.......actually, pretty much ill let them know they are doing all the work, and i just want to look liike a tank.

Thatll impress the gym people lol

[NevrSayNevr]

Here is a link of him doing 900 lbs.
http://www.rychlakpowersystems.com/photos.htm

[Dimes]

Im at 150 right now.. soon ill get to 1,000, lol.