He is legit.
He is strong at everything he does.
I put a vid up of him smythe pressing with 4 45's on each side military press.
He will never powerlift again
He will probably never compete in bodybuilding again (he just doesn't have the mentality to do it correctly or get down to the bodyfat percentage you need to be successful).
Ive trained in the same gym as him for close to 10 years, there are no fake weights there....we all use the same weights. He is insanely strong on every single movement you can think of. I don't care if its deadlifts or dumbbell kickbacks, he will use weight that will make you shake your head.
He just likes to lift real heavy, have fun, he can jump thru the roof, he can dunk a basketball at 5'9"....insane genetics.
Ive seen him deadlift 5-7 plates a side in probably 100 workouts now.
Seen him squat 500-765 in about 100 workouts now
Seen him incline press 405 for reps too many times to count. Seen him do 455 incline for I think 4-5 reps by himself at his best
close grip bench press 405 for reps too many times to count.
A lot of times he uses spotters to keep the weights moving...he really doesn't care about all the people who say "that wont pass in a powerlifting contest".....you could say it to his face 20 times...he doesn't care.
It is what it is.
If I had those genetics I would do something special (Ive had long long talks with him about this)....but you can only give your opinion, whether someone follows your advice or not....is something out of your control.
You will never ever see him win his pro card or win a big national NPC show or anything like that....its just not in the cards because he doesn't understand how truly shredded you need to be to do that. I saw him start his diet for a show 9 days out on water and tuna fish...he placed second in his class (that's kind of the deal here with Bradley....there will never be a 16 week diet, there will never be him listening to a coach, or anything like that)....he just likes to do his own thing.
Myself if I had those genetics I could not allow myself to get to 40 years old and realize I didn't do something very special or attain something very special (YOU PUT THOSE GENETICS into someone elses fortitude (lets say someone like mentalflex or AJ Sims) who has the mindset of extreme dedication, pro card in 2 years guaranteed). I don't mean this as a putdown but Chris Aceto could go up to Bradley and say "I will train you and diet you for free for the next 20 weeks to do this show".....and Bradley would either turn him down or make it about 2 days before he started to do his own thing....its just who he is right or wrong.