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Ted Arcidi first presses 307.5 kg (678 lb) [25] and then becomes the first man to bench press over 700 lb with a lift of 705.75 lb (320 kg), [26] 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. [9] [27] shirt: 326 kg (718 lb) 1990
Reverse grip bench press for reps – 143 kg (315 lb) x 25 reps raw [175] Incline dumbbell press – 100 kg (220 lb) dumbbells per hand x 7 reps [ 176 ] performed after picking up the dumbbells from the floor one-handed, and positioning them himself (only person to perform this feat using 100 kg (220 lb) dumbbells) (unofficial world record ...
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. Other muscles located in the back, legs ...
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 ...
Press 128.5 kg Mohammad Nassiri Iran: 10 July 1972 Tehran, Iran: Snatch 115.0 kg Koji Miki Japan: 23 October 1972 Kagoshima, Japan: Clean & Jerk 150.0 kg Mohammad Nassiri Iran: 13 October 1968 Olympic Games: Mexico City, Mexico: Total 377.5 kg Imre Földi Hungary: 28 August 1972 Olympic Games: Munich, West Germany: 60 kg Press 137.5 kg Imre ...
Maddox had been lifting for around seven years at the time he set the world bench press record. [7] Maddox credits lifting weights in helping him overcome his addictions and problems. [3] [13] Maddox has stated that one of his personal inspirations is C. T. Fletcher. [13] His progressive goal is to bench press 800lbs. (363 kg) [13]
Bench press - 711.0 lb (322.5 kg) @ 390 lb (SHW) raw without wrist wraps and belt (July 13, 1997 USPF/IPF) [9] [10] → former IPF world record in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) for over 7 years; surpassed by Brian Siders 's 712.1 lb (323.0 kg) (equipped in singleply bench shirt) in 2004
Weighing 291 pounds, Arcidi set another world record with a 718.1 lbs bench press at the APF Bench Press Invitational on September 30, 1990, in Keene, New Hampshire. [5] On September 14, 1991, at a Mr. Olympia contest, he squared off face to face with his greatest rival Anthony Clark to determine who the greatest bench presser of the world was.