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The advent of bench press shirts, which support the lifter's shoulders and provide upward force, have increased records significantly since 1985. As of 2023, the world record bench press without any equipment ("raw") was set by American Julius Maddox at 355 kg (782 lb), surpassing his previous record of 349 kg (770 lb). [1] [2]
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 ...
Rychlak previously held the record for the world's heaviest equipped bench press of 1010 lb (457 kg) December 16, 2006 in Lake George, NY. This record is now held by Ryan Kennelly, who has lifted 1075 lbs in the same lift. At the 2005 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition, Rychlak attempted to break his own record by pressing 1015 lb (460 kg ...
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 ...
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]
In March 2020, Maddox set the world bench press record at 770 pounds (350 kg) [4] at the Arnold Sports Classic in Columbus, Ohio beating his own previous record of 744 pounds (337 kg) that he set at the Rob Hall Classic meet in November 2019. [5] The record prior to that was 738.5 pounds (335.0 kg) by Kirill Sarychev, set in 2015. Maddox also ...
Scot Mendelson (born February 21, 1969) is an American powerlifter and armwrestler who specializes in the bench press. [3]He has broken multiple bench press world records and was the raw (unassisted) world record holder in the 308-pound weight class with 701 lb (318.0 kg) from 2002 to 2020 and the equipped world record holder in the 275-pound class with 1,031 lb (467.7 kg) from 2009 to 2021.
By the time Clark was 13, he was lifting 110 lb (50 kg) cement weights. [2] In 1986, Clark became the first teenager to bench press 600 lb (270 kg), and was notable for using a reverse grip on the bar. In 1992, he was the first lifter to bench press 700 lb (320 kg) using the reverse grip.