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The women's equipped bench press record belongs to Ashleigh Hoeta, from New Zealand, who lifted 317.5 kg (700 lb) (2023, IPL standards), [4] [5] and the raw bench press record belongs to April Mathis from the United States, who lifted 207.5 kg (457.4 lb) (2016, Southern Powerlifting Federation standards). [6] [7]
James Henderson is the current world record holder for heaviest drug tested raw bench press in history and the highest raw bench press ever done in a full powerlifting 3-lift-meet (squat-bench press-deadlift). His record setting lift was 711.0 lbs. (322.5 kg) [13] and was performed on July 13, 1997, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the 3rd ...
Still, Williams' 675 pound bench press went into the books as an American Record [6] and it was the all-time bench press world record, regardless of governing organization. In addition to that, it stood as the American record in the AAU and later in the USPF for over 20 years from November 9, 1972, until July 31, 1994, when Anthony Clark ...
Keg toss – 12.5 kg (28 lb) over 8.54 metres (28 ft 0 in) (2014 New Hampshire Highland Games) (World Record) [90] Hafþór has broken this world record a total of 7 times with both 'American 15.5 gallon keg' as performed during 2014 New Hampshire Highland Games [91] and 'European 50 litre keg' as performed during 2014 SCL China's Guinness ...
Pumping impressive amounts of iron is the norm for Kadlub, who squats 450 pounds, bench presses nearly 320 pounds, and has deadlifted 530 pounds. He currently holds 45 to 50 world records, over ...
The record prior to that was 738.5 pounds (335.0 kg) by Kirill Sarychev, set in 2015. Maddox also holds the official world record for most times bench pressing 700 pounds (320 kg) in official powerlifting competition, with 10 times. [6] Maddox competes at anywhere from 440 pounds (200 kg) to 460 pounds (210 kg) bodyweight in recent competition.
The bench press or chest press is a weight training exercise where a person presses a weight upwards while lying horizontally on a weight training bench. The bench press is a compound movement , with the primary muscles involved being the pectoralis major , the anterior deltoids , and the triceps brachii .
Arcidi's 705 pound all-time world record bench press was performed in one of the earliest bench shirts - an original prototype supportive bench press shirt, which was 50% polyester and 50% cotton and only one layer thick. [7] [8] It was thus later categorized as "equipped", although it did not improve his bench by much, if anything. [7]