Heaviest lift you have ever seen in life or spotted somone?

[iron lifter]

Over the years, I'm sure all of you have seen or even spotted some crazy gym lifts

I spotted someone ...
Incline dumbbells 170 for 2.
flat barbell bench in a tight shirt, 545 for a single

seen in person
Someone squat 8 plates for a double in knee sleeves only with a belt; he was a powerlifter

 

[st114]

Chuck Vogelpohl in a meet. I think he was squatting upwards of 1100lbs. I was barely out of high school and shitting my pants

 

[iron lifter]

Chuck Vogelpohl in a meet. I think he was squatting upwards of 1100lbs. I was barely out of high school and shitting my pants

i think he was the westside barberll guy right?

 

[socialdfan]

I watched Mark Henry bench 600 plus at a Golds in Louisville Ky back in the early 2000s. He manhandled it.

At OSI in Cleveland I have seen many 600-800 raw squats. There was one young kid, a 181, that easily pulled 600 and had a 60inch box jump.

 

[gtihonov]

Andrey Malanichev squat 465kg for 2 reps in knee wraps and belt only. Looked scary

 

[Splitzz]

Nothing near the weight you guys have seen.. in for the responses!

 

[romo]

1989 Ted Arcidi at Baloons gym in Fort Worth doing skull crushers with 3 plates on the cambered Olympic curl bar for 10. Jeff Everson at Golds in Arlington benching 565 for 6 or 8 cant quiet remember 6 for sure. No wraps, gloves or nothing lol.

 

[Splitzz]

1989 Ted Arcidi at Baloons gym in Fort Worth doing skull crushers with 3 plates on the cambered Olympic curl bar for 10. Jeff Everson at Golds in Arlington benching 565 for 6 or 8 cant quiet remember 6 for sure. No wraps, gloves or nothing lol.

Skull Crushers Insane strength!!

 

[st114]

I watched Mark Henry bench 600 plus at a Golds in Louisville Ky back in the early 2000s. He manhandled it.

At OSI in Cleveland I have seen many 600-800 raw squats. There was one young kid, a 181, that easily pulled 600 and had a 60inch box jump.

OSI used to be my home gym, and before it was OSI when it was Iron Asylum. Back before I joined the Army. Always visit when I’m in town. My profile pic is there actually. Great gym. Lots of strong dudes used to lift there from 2008-2015. I spotted many 1000lb squats there

 

[chooch]

Got a buddy that can bench over 500 for reps. Think 545 for 3 was heaviest. 505 for 6. At least to me that’s heavy as fk. Dudes an absolute freak of nature.

 

[socialdfan]

OSI used to be my home gym, and before it was OSI when it was Iron Asylum. Back before I joined the Army. Always visit when I’m in town. My profile pic is there actually. Great gym. Lots of strong dudes used to lift there from 2008-2015. I spotted many 1000lb squats there

I was a member back on Kamms.

 

[blazencruise]

I spotted during an untested meet at the Olympia a while back and a Mongolian dude was benching 950 lbs raw... On the first attempt he failed, and despite our best efforts we couldn't rack it, the safeties saved his head. Dude was an Asian meatball...or dumpling...

 

[Josefein421]

Spotted Gene Rychlak squatting 1000 w the SSB many times. Also was a spotter when he dropped 850 on his chest from arms length. He was pissed as hell but took 10 minutes and came back to rep it out. He was an asshole but he had balls and was strong as fuck.

 

[iron lifter]

Wow you guys have seen some heavy ass lifts

 

[meat&potato]

Chuck Vogelpohl in a meet. I think he was squatting upwards of 1100lbs. I was barely out of high school and shitting my pants

Goddamn. That’s a hell of a spot. I spotted a guy doing a 600lb bench once. That’s the most I’ve spotted, I got up to a 500lb bench at one point with anadrol but feels like being crushed by a car

 

[Sully1234]

I've never seen much in person but if you're bored check out this guy on IG doing some pretty impressive stuff: iamquinnstott

 

[buck]

The gym owner at the gym i trained at was a powerlifting and BB competitor. He was the focal for the area for the USPF. Certified kilo plates and the most 100 pound plates i have ever seen at 1 gym. Some at the gym competed at the national and international level. In the 90's and early 2000's i helped at our state powerlifting championships that he ran. The Gym had a few guys that benched 5+ plates. Watched a guy squat 900 in competition for the first time. The owners daughter impressed me as much as anyone. As i remember you had to be 17 to compete in the teenage division. So when she was 15, 16 she completed in the open women's division. Ended up taking 2nd in the world when she was 16 as i remember. No one ever told her that a 16 year old 120 pound girls weren't supposed to be strong.
She found it tough to get a 2nd date after she invited the guys she liked to the gym to work out for free with her.

 

[xheavyx]

I trained with a geared powerlifting crew for years and spotted at a few big meets and I've seen some wild stuff. Scariest thing I've been a part of is handing benches off to guys in the shirts. Even with great spotters anything over 500 can go very wrong very fast. But anytime I was spotting someone squatting 900 damn near gave me a panic attack.

 

[fisther69]

I have competed in powerlifting since I was a young kid..I have seen some heavy lifts and a lot of world records..but the most impressive standout lift I ever saw started a now 20 year friendship.

New guy walked into my gym when I was in my early 20’s..did the new gym shuffle when it was busy because he didn’t know what he wanted to do..went to the half squat rack..did a set of squats with the bar of like 2 1/2 reps..then loaded a plate and did a set of 3..then when straight to 405 and did a straight set of 31…that was the first time ever I was outclassed in my home gym

 

[KyleSmith1985]

Are we counting geared powerlifting? Dozens of 1000lb+ squats, 700lb benches and 750lb deadlifts. Gears kinda gay now though with how tight the shirts and suits have gotten. And I've seen judges give white lights to a lot of bullshit geared lifts.