Ted Arcidi first presses 307.5 kg (678 lb) and then becomes the first man to bench press over 700 lb with a lift of 705.75 lb (320 kg), performed without wrist wraps, but with one of the first prototype supportive bench press shirts, which was 50% polyester and 50% cotton and only one layer thick.
Here is Larry Allen bench pressing 700 pounds. It's a moment that is still talked about in the halls of the Dallas Cowboys.
6th man to bench press 700#
🤯 Ben Crowley has just broken his all time personal record with this 180kg / 397lb bench press at 60kg bodyweight…
* note: Anthony Clark performed a controversial 800-pound bench press at the Arnold Classic in 1997, 2 years before Tim Isaac.
Mather has now become the fourth man in the world to have ever benched 1,000+ pounds without any reliance upon performance enhancing drugs. According to Mather, he owes this success to a man he calls coach. About 10 years ago, Mather discovered his interest in powerlifting.
During his 12 seasons with the Cowboys, Allen played every line position except center. His strength – Allen once bench pressed over 700 pounds – and tenacity were noted by teammates and foes alike. “Larry had a job to do, and his job was to go through you,” Hall of Famer John Randle told NFL Films.
A squat of over 700 without a squat suit is fairly rare. Add in a squat suit, along with knee wraps and squat briefs, which go under a squat suit to help move even more weight, and these guys are squatting over 1000 pounds. Training gear is not magical though.
– 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.
Generally, a 315 squat means you're no longer intermediate and you've entered the world of advanced lifters. It's a substantial weight, to say the least, and for many people, it's a big milestone.
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Gibson attended Decatur Central High School, where he lettered in football and track. He holds the record for heaviest NFL player ever, at 410 lbs, weighing over 350 lbs in high school. He was a two-way player.
Mike Tyson was quite muscular and had fairly short arms. His max bench would be pretty high if that's what he trained for. However he didn't train to bench, he trained for speed and power so I'd guess 350–400 lbs.
In clips posted to his YouTube and Instagram pages, Brady nails a 245-pound barbell bench rep. Before you start coming for his number, it's important to remember that Brady's training was never tailored to push big weight.
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"My best bench press was 525, my best deadlift was 710, and my best squat was 610," he said.
For a beginner lifter, a 315 lbs deadlift could be extremely impressive. For an experienced lifter, it might be considered moderate. And for a competitive powerlifter, it might be on the lower end.
But that didn't stop Jones from regularly bench-pressing over 130 kilograms. Efferding revealed: "He would pretty consistently bench over 300lbs.
However, the heaviest deadlift of all-time belongs to Poland's Krzysztof Wierzbicki who achieved 502.5kg (1,107.8lb) in April 2022 using lifting straps and the sumo style. But is this really the heaviest weight loaded onto a barbell and lifted from the floor?