re: bench press

Nevis just edged my mark at LSU.

pianoman, no one benched 600+.......guess what? The lift record before that was 565 (Steltz) and before that was 545 (Bo Davis - Saban's DL coach). I saw Bo's lift in person and it was total bullshite. If he spotter's mits are on the bar, then it is NO LIFT. I later watched Bo struggle with 405 for 8 reps (horrible form)......oh, and the NCAA had a "chat" with Bo for a year.


yea, Mendallson has BEEN broken......Gary Frank of Baton Rouge has done 1000+ I believe. That dude is a FREAK! 6'4" 400lbs.....

Moffitt has doen wonders for every team he has gone to, but he does embellish......it suits his resume' to do so.

who cares about any of this?

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I thought he became #1 all time scoring during the Auburn or NT game....

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I think that was for kickers

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Well considering i have a kid here in Iraq with me that does 502 (no bench shirt/no assist) that I saw with my own eyes (he is 192lbs) I can believe that a college athlete (50 lbs heavier) can do 100 lbs more

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That is some awful heavy weight and would win him just about any bench meet he entered. That is a more believeable number than the 600 number but it is pushing the limits of believability. I am not one to call people liars and if you say you saw it I will believe you. You did say that you did not see the 600lb press. Remember for a legitimate BP you cannopt bounce the weight and the bar must stop on your chest for a full second before pressing up.

There is a big difference in 502 and 600. Remember that the guys who set these records are professional athletes and most of the BP'ers specialize in that particular lift.

i dont care if sombodys hands were on the bar larry allen threw up 700 lbs.

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I guess he is damn near the world record holder than PianoMan. I believe he was in the 242LB category. That is an amazing accomplishment since he was not a professional powerlifter and took half the drugs and had half the time to lift that these powerlifting pros have. In other words it is B.S.

Weight Class Name X-Bwt Bench Press (lbs) Date
114 Andrzej Stanaszek 3.51 391 11/16/94
123 Rick Couch 3.06 377 4/10/93
132 Joe Bradley 3.00 397 12/6/80
148 Alex Poku 3.02 435 1/13/90
165 Rick Weil 2.94 485 7/23/83
181 Rick Weil 3.06 556 6/29/86
198 Mike Macdonald 2.84 562 10/4/80
220 Mike Macdonald 2.64 582 5/19/79
242 Jeremy Hoornstra 2.56 615 9/29/06
275 Ted Arcidi 2.36 650 11/13/83
308 Scot Mendelson 2.28 701 10/12/02
SHW Scot Mendelson 2.28 715 5/22

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To me that's like pointing out that a 40 time is not 100% accurate due to the reaction time of the person holding the clock.

As long as the standards among football players are the same (or close to it) who cares if that differs from professional power lifters?

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thanks

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Honestly, the far more impressive footbal numbers are cleans and squats.

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I agree. I also am not a big fan of shirted bench presses. Check this one out. The body isn't meant to lift that much weight.

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