Jeramy Freeman wins bench press contest

bigbaldbulldog · Oct 16, 2005

I heard that he did 225lbs for 54 reps...WOW...congrats J...

MAINEVENT · Oct 16, 2005

bigbaldbulldog said:
I heard that he did 225lbs for 54 reps...WOW...congrats J...

Yeah but did you see his form? He was doing a 2 inch movement from the middle....what a joke. Hell who knows, maybe I've been benching wrong my whole life.

Hercules · Oct 16, 2005

much more impressive was 46 reps by phil heath who only weighs about 225 right now, maybe 220.

Jrflex10er · Oct 16, 2005

why wasn't freeman going down all the way? Was it because he couldn't because he's to big or is that just the way he benchs?

Tman2002 · Oct 16, 2005

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Freeman's a joke the bench challenge was an even bigger joke. There was 2 inches of movement on the bar. Its a marketing promo anyway were'nt all of them sponsered by muscltech?

bigbaldbulldog · Oct 16, 2005

Tman2002 said:
Freeman's a joke the bench challenge was an even bigger joke. There was 2 inches of movement on the bar. Its a marketing promo anyway were'nt all of them sponsered by muscltech?

Tman....didn't know you knew Jeramy....do you know him? Not nice to say bad things about a pretty nice guy..unless you know something i don't...lol...I know he is a pretty busy guy and does not have the time he used to to talk to soem of his friends like we want him to but i hear he is still a pretty down to earth guy...

I know i had my difference with him but Him and I worked them out and he still seemed teh same old Jer to me...

Anyway don't take what i said the wrong way ..i was just wondering what falling out you two may of had..

galaxy · Oct 17, 2005

Is it true Nasser only did 15 reps? That just seems wrong?

Vander_V · Oct 17, 2005

Look ive done an average of 225 36 rpes for the last year the only difference is i go very deep and all the way up , if i slighty shorted my reps who knows how many , If i was Freeman id be embarassed to say i won

Tman2002 · Oct 17, 2005

Freeman

Never meet Freeman, but his performance in the bench challenge would piss me off if I was competing in it. I wasnt trying to attack him personally he may be a nice guy. If he was my own brother I would tell him the same.

rAJJIN · Oct 17, 2005

Vander_V said:
Look ive done an average of 225 36 rpes for the last year the only difference is i go very deep and all the way up , if i slighty shorted my reps who knows how many

Kinda what I was thinking...I didnt see it and 54 is a lot
but thats the world record

Id bet good money
BigByrd here could break that at under 200lb

bigbaldbulldog · Oct 17, 2005

Tman2002 said:
Never meet Freeman, but his performance in the bench challenge would piss me off if I was competing in it. I wasnt trying to attack him personally he may be a nice guy. If he was my own brother I would tell him the same.

Kewl bro i respected that..i guess i have to see for myself what this new found form is all about and judge for myself...

Steak Helmet · Oct 17, 2005

Yes it was emabarrassing to see a man that out weighed the field only win by 10 reps and he was not even doing a full bench press.

PROMO PROMO PROMO...watch the next AD they have for their new produc with have him on their doing the bench press and talk about how it took GEEKRICK before his record setting bench press for reps....some BS like that.

SZona · Oct 17, 2005

This GAKIC Bench Press Challenge was just for fun. Obviously, yes it was a promotion for Gakic, but both teams (Weider and Muscletech) were given samples 40 min before the comp. The instructions we were given were that reps were to be performed in a 6 inch range of motion just short of lockout and that the chest did not need to be touched. This was as per the NFL combine rules. For the record Jeramy experienced a minor pec strain around rep 15 but continued on to 54 which may account for some of the ROM points you guys are making. My reps were all just short of lockout (for my stubby arms) and I hit 43. It was fun and I am glad I was asked to participate.

SZ

miketasher · Oct 17, 2005

Bench

Thats for clarifying the contest SZona. Now maybe everyone will quitt dogging everything and everyone involved. It was for fun... So what if the range was 2" or 6". Just goes to show that people shouldnt comment on things that dont know about.

powerforward · Oct 17, 2005

nasser got 15 reps. i just don't get this. only thing i can figure out, is maybe he was obliged to compete due to sponsorship and had no interest and just went thru the motions.

SZona · Oct 17, 2005

powerforward said:
nasser got 15 reps. i just don't get this. only thing i can figure out, is maybe he was obliged to compete due to sponsorship and had no interest and just went thru the motions.

That was exactly the case. He did not want to be there.

SZ

Iabadman · Oct 18, 2005

I just wanted to add something here ..........They keep saying that they were using combine rules , which is bullshit , having played in the NFL ......I can tell you that this is complete bullshit . You have to lockout each rep or it does not count .[ you also must touch your chest eachtime as well ] I know that you , Jeremy , and Phil are all very strong in your own right [ no doubt ] .....but using real combine rules none of your numbers would have been what they where ........I will give you and example .....I came off a bad injury my senior year ,and didnt get an invite to the combine ........but scouts come by many colleges across the country and have a workout day on your school campus .[ very similar to the combine ] I completly dominated mine ..............4.54 40 , 40 in vert , and when I benched I hit 225 for 42 ....[ they were amazed ......the said they had not seen anyone that was a db touch that many before .....They told me that a guy that used to play for the Raiders probally could have [ Eddie Anderson ? he benched over 500 as a db ] .........this was a long time ago and things have evolved alot since then ....the guys that tested me said that in the 80s guys like Hershal Walker and Bo Jackson where hitting like 26 reps ....And on the NFL channel now, they even show the testing and you can see the NFL rules claim was an insult to the NFL............I ended up having a very short forgetable career [ only two years ... injuries were my downfall ] I will say this athletically , and mentally I more than belonged ........I just wasnt durrable enough ......the men that play that game are just plain freaks of nature ......plain and simple !!!!