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Reverse grip Bench press for reps – 143 kg (315 lb) x 25 reps raw [176] Incline Dumbbell press – 100 kg (220 lb) Dumbbells per hand x 7 reps, [ 177 ] 6 reps, [ 178 ] 5 reps, [ 179 ] and 4 reps ( both low incline (twice) [ 180 ] [ 181 ] and high incline [ 182 ] positions ), and 80 kg (176 lb) Dumbbells per hand x 12 reps [ 183 ] ( all lifts ...
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]
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.
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 ...
The Amount of Weight You Should Bench Press Depends on Your Current Strength Level. Shutterstock. According to Angelino, you need to assess your current level of strength to determine how much ...
On September 25, 1993, at the U.S. Powerlifting Federation (USPF) Northwest Open, Clark broke his own world record with a 735 lb (333 kg) lift. In May 1993 he had pressed 725 lb (329 kg). [3] [4] After his record-breaking lift, Clark often referred to himself as the World's Strongest Man, and toured for a time performing feats of strength.
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.
That’s because, unlike the bench press, pushups express relative strength since you're working with your own bodyweight. There are factors that make barbell bench pressing less easy to gauge ...