1,005 lb BENCH

[luckyone]

check the link

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[luckyone]

Who is this guy's competition for best bench??

Any names or links would be appreciated.

 

[keepittous]

I have see this guy at power lifting meets before and he is HUGE. If you think your big do not stand next to this guy. I am 5'10" and he towers over me . This guy is HUGE. He is as wide as the bench press arms. I can't belive he even fits on the bench. Its like us laying on a 2x4. I shit you not his shulders are so wide he needs to turn sideways to go throw a doorway.

 

[btmagnus]

That's getting kinda ridiculous. Who would ever think that the bench press world record would be that much more than the deadlift world record.
I wonder how much this guy would bench without his shirt.

 

[Entity]

theres alot of controversy surrounding the lift becouse he used a shirt that the guy said was 6 layer type which is banned by almost every federation, he didn't pause, it didn't come up evenly...
Perhaps it wasnt legit by most federation standards but how cares about all that shit, its legit in my book! The guy took 1005 lbs, put it in his hands, brought it down to his chest, and pushed it back up...waddaya call that? A bench press.
Im sure he couldnt do it without the shirt but ive seen video of his pressing 750 for reps RAW! Ill try to fiond the link.

 

[alpha-longhorn]

theres alot of controversy surrounding the lift becouse he used a shirt that the guy said was 6 layer type which is banned by almost every federation, he didn't pause, it didn't come up evenly...
Perhaps it wasnt legit by most federation standards but how cares about all that shit, its legit in my book! The guy took 1005 lbs, put it in his hands, brought it down to his chest, and pushed it back up...waddaya call that? A bench press.
Im sure he couldnt do it without the shirt but ive seen video of his pressing 750 for reps RAW! Ill try to fiond the link.

so a 6 layer suit doesn't matter? what if I install some mechanical arms and a hydraulic system on my chest and bench 2000lbs.. would that still be legit?

 

[Jrflex10er]

I don't like bench shirts. If I ever run a bench press contest it will be RAW bench...I don't want to see what a guy can do with a bench shirt because he has help.

 

[Entity]

alpha,
Actually I found out that its a regular 2 layer shirt with each layer composed of 3 "micro-layers" (whatever that really means), point is its a regular double ply bench shirt.
I dont agree with bench shirts either (thats why I lift raw) but thats whats the branch of the sport that he competes in entails. Its like telling an olympic skiier that his high-tech carbon composite nanotube skis with the computer chip built in to adjust for the density of the underlying snow are illegal.
I used to compete in a double ply bench shirt and let me be the first to tell you that its no different then competing raw but using a slightly heavier weight. I got 50lbs out of my shirt, Gene Rychalk probably gets around 300 which I think is a little rediculous but like I said, thats the sport.

 

[feelnfit]

any one have a link to the video of this guy lifting?

 

[AsylumBitch]

You can find some of his videos here. His 1005 isn't posted yet, but there are several other lifts.
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Look under Gene Rychlak

 

[Future]

Gene lifts within the rules of what the sport allows. The feds like the APF, WPO and IPA all want big numbers. I don't respect the numbers totally. That is my opinion. I do respect him as a lifter. He is a strong guy. I wish he would lift somewhere or just lift with more credibility. Hell I just wish shirts and all this "equipment" wasnt an issue. I mean WE lift the weight and yet we use the term equipment. How odd is that. It just cheapens the sport. Especially when we have such great strongmen like Gene.

 

[Paul Bunyan]

I don't say much about equipment because I use it in contests but I will say this. Buy yourself a bench shirt then go load 1,005lbs on the bar and just get it out of the rack. It's hard enough having that much weight on your back let alone laying underneath it.

PB

 

[rAJJIN]

Thats the guy That was crushed in the clip I seen!
check this out-
http://www.guzer.com/videos/benchpresscrush.php

 

[luckyone]

OUCH!!

 

[AsylumBitch]

That is absolutely NOT Gene.

Picture of Gene