Moreover, he puts special emphasis on his upper body, specifically his back and shoulders. This is because of the pressure exerted on those parts while hunching over in golf. Hence, Woods likes to bench press in order to achieve these goals. According to reports, the 15-time major winner can lift a massive 315 pounds.
Bodyweight workouts can help rebuild muscles without putting too much strain on the body. Woods said that the bench press was the only workout he could do when he got home from the hospital, and he was able to get his maximum bench up to 255 lbs.
Tiger – can lift 550Kg (twice their own body weight)
Perhaps surprisingly, the tiger is the most powerful big cat on our list.
Gene Rychlak is the first man to bench press over 1,000 lb with a lift of 1,004 lb (455 kg) in November. Scot Mendelson presses 457 kg (1,008 lb) (February 18) in a powerlifting exhibition called Fit Expo in Pasadena, California. Gene Rychlak presses 458 kg (1,010 lb) (December 16).
I'm actually surprised he only benches 250. He's a shorter dude. I would have guessed at least 300.
He benched 120 pounds for his chest and did about 400 crunches and sit-ups to build his core.
Stallone claims to have been able to bench press 385-400 lbs (174.6-181.4 kg) and squat 500 lbs (226.8 kg) in his prime. While in a bench pressing contest with former Mr. Olympia Franco Columbu, he severely tore his pectoral muscle and needed over 160 stitches on it.
His perfection in these allows him to defeat opponents he otherwise shouldn't be able to. Batman bench presses between 800-1,000 pounds, military presses 500-600 pounds, and curls 300-350 pounds!! Again for a mere mortal, that is unbelievable.
Almost every guy can bench press 135 pounds when they're just starting out. After about 8-12 months of training, many can work their way up to bench pressing 225 pounds. However, very few ever reach 315 pounds – aka three big plates.
Bench press — 25, 15 and eight reps at 165, 195, 225 lbs. Nautilus press — 15 reps at 80, 100, 130 lbs. Incline press — 15 reps at 80, 100, 130 lbs.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Just Shared His Heaviest Lift PRs
"My best bench press was 525, my best deadlift was 710, and my best squat was 610," he said.
Known when he came out on tour as "The Tank," but no longer bulked up, Choi told me he heard that Tiger benches 350 and squats 700.
Tyson could absolutely bench over 215lbs. A 215 pound bench press is an incredibly modest bench for a man and would not raise any eyebrows at any gym in America. Mike Tyson is gifted and was a muscular 220 pounds in his prime.
Tiger Woods was the best at self-focus and he needed a much higher level of it simply because his distractions were greater than any other player out there. Self-focus was perhaps Tiger Woods' best skill and without it, he wouldn't have achieved what he did in the game.
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Here is Larry Allen bench pressing 700 pounds. It's a moment that is still talked about in the halls of the Dallas Cowboys.
– A Silverback gorilla can lift 4,000 lb (1,810 kg) on a bench press, while a well-trained man can only lift up to 885 lb. A gorilla can weigh up to 860 pounds, making them the largest species of extant primates.
“The mental difficulty it takes to put 1,000+ pounds over your face and bench press — it is something that I cannot really explain.” Mather has now become the fourth man in the world to have ever benched 1,000+ pounds without any reliance upon performance enhancing drugs.
As to Sly, he's tried every workout under the sun (& his workouts are in my book Main Character Swole), but before he tore his pec benching with Franco Columbu, he was putting up 385-400lbs on the bench & squatting 500lbs.
The amazing thing about the Hulk is that unlike nearly every other superhero ever created, the Hulk's strength has absolutely no upper limit. He can lift a commercial airplane – which weighs around 100 tons – when he is at his calmest; that's no problem for him.
Superman can bench 5.972 sextillion metric tons. And, almost certainly more than that. At the time I first heard this, I was of course dumbfounded by the sheer magnitude of it. And back then, it just seemed the latest in a line of limitless powers he had demonstrated.
For elite athletes like The Rock, bench pressing is not just about muscle gain but overall strength and conditioning. While there is no official figure provided by Johnson himself, industry experts and trainers who have worked with him often estimate his bench press capabilities to be between 450 to 500 pounds.
Michael Jordan did bench press during his prime. In fact, he benched 315 lbs. with ease. The reason he benched was to build up his back for defense.